Beginners were educated by nature No barter education Money now changes hands for a paper future Like it changes hands for the pride of the nation Crumbling the nation No skills seep through head veins of many creatures But they hold certificates worth the adoration Who are we cheating? Fake peacocks’ wings will be revealed […]
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INDEGENOUS
Indomie and ‘deli-aliens’ replace ‘akara, tubani’ Because African televisions scream they are the ‘ish’ Banku, fufu, tz, local rice Are but bush foods meant for bush people No wonder ‘etor’ is fading in minds No wonder ‘aprapransah’ is deemed so evil No wonder we hide to ‘face the wall’ See, we are like cocks without […]
When a storm uproot mighty trees And catches the seas in its palms and splatters Causing sands to hug in marriage As its anger burns shelters to ashes, Only brave hearts can brave the storms II When chaos sings a duet with pain And clapping eyes throw punches insane Hurts cover possibility of gain Like […]
Death painful, sad abandoning, scarring, shocking hurts, tears, relief, ends dissipating, spoiling, burrying hugs, love passing Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
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DAWNY TEARS
Fondness burns As the spirit turns It may have a spiritual lens To see our yearns Eyes fetches from the drum of pain Sad II The left space Who can find the trace And be that face? None, so legs pace As pain embraces giving us its weight Sad III Additions heal no subtractions These […]
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CUDDLE
You need the humble I’ll make it double So keep me out of trouble Hurdles are troubly bubbly I need You to be cuddly II I am like a thin cloud Hanging between earth and thick clouds Knowing not whose pull Will honour the beckoning of its tool Make, the pain, cool III Do I […]
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A WOMAN WITH ACTIVE HOLE
Ao! She has told me blankly I went to bath my hair But I ended up staining my ears Abena, I have heard it all now II She says I have a hole like her And I need a digger, lest it fills up with dirt She said she has been studying me like a […]
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NIGHT PULLOVER
Earth has peeled off its dark pull over once again Sun will show its muscles No matter how much it heats Some will survive Others hellishly will perish to nourish him Others giving him their hands seeking for rest II I am in love with watching his muscles The way it moves and gives his […]
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FAILED; HER PLAN FOR CLAN
Mama said I needed a man A man who will care and be my fan A man who will take an arrow And hide me in his shadow But she warned me not to borrow Or I will get stuck when I become an unknown widow II Mama said I needed a clan To form […]
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LET YOUR CLOTHES LOOSE
Dimples are jingling Simples are singling Principles are mingling Let your tight clothes loose baby II You wear your disciplines like a corset Wearing your pride like a huge helmet You wear your need like your underpants Who will tear through to see its needles? Let your tight clothes loose baby Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) […]
If Jesus was bruised and killed Then I think this is karma Oh! What else can best explain this enigma? Of sticks needing sticks And mortars needing mortars? II If indeed Jesus was bruised and killed And He was sent by a human-like God Then who can stand and watch his own abused? Oh! This […]
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KNIGHT OF CROSSING
I Bats and owls have gone to bed On huge trees with great great shade Cats and bowls may be in shed In an Ewe’s cravings grade II I am here like a soldiery bridge Having crossed from a darkened night I may be faced with a hardened ridge But I’ll make sure I get […]
Righteous to a fault Too pious, Satan fears to stain A voice like the softest touch Eyes like the vastest, cleanest ocean Many climb and reach far But he stands supreme II Innocent and fine Funny with unbended trust flowing like a fountain A vine without doubts A shelter ready to protect Many climb and […]
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CALLING BREEZES
The breezes are whispering After they hid in the whirlwinds To swell the dust As the sky threatened to spit In the face of the earth II The breezes are fanning After they stirred the pots of dust And blinded eyes to shut As the sky frowned and yelled Sending beings to seek cover III […]
I have reached the middle of a rose Through the bushes And all the thorns Seeking more colour to brighten Seeking more scent to attract I pray the Sky gives its nurturing II I need the sun in gentle doses I need the breeze like livers need breath I need the rain in moderate doses […]
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TIME REVEALS
Time takes off the mask of manhood And shows the real faces of boys Boys who throw tantrums When they feel pangs of confusion II A heart of grace Swerving disgrace Widening the pace And saving face Busy beings need no drama Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
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YES WE CAN
I Amidst the tiresome run And the freedom ban Amidst the horrid fan And the dirty empty national pan I know we can Yes, we certainly can II Though there be trails Though there be pains Though the future may look Dull and bleak I believe we can Yes we certainly can III Over the […]
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LET’S FIND THE STRENGTH
Golden shores With zeal that snores Mother Ghana calls for cleaning chores To shut low confidence doors Whinning, she abhors II Form a circle Working for the miracle Get truthful oracles Who can trash all obstacles To rid us of all ridicules III We need to be like the peacocks Prideful in beauty not like […]
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AND SHE WHIPS
I, protest Because my heart, in this detest But she calls herself old in age Saying she knows the running of this stage And I am in rage II I do as she wishes Because, her, this heart cherishes But I keep hurt in shame I hate the chains of her tame I know I […]
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PLAY THINGS
I go from hand to hand A cuff and a band A sit and a stand I keep on walking And running I keep on flying And breaking I keep on singing And laughing Crying is like salt dipped in my blood for cleansing So I cleanse II Chai! I cause some headaches And toothaches […]
When I turn cold I know you hurt But I hurt in ten-fold And I need an outlet II When I turn cold I know you fret But to you I am sold As you cuddle a safe bet III I am bold I need, to strength, get I need a hold Or I will […]
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WHEN I SAID I LOVED YOU
When I said I loved I was like a caught bird Under heated water in the saucepan of society Being cooked for being alone Now that I see a hole in the pan I see my true heart and I am sorry II When I said I loved I was like a lone soul Deserted […]
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OKAY
Never falter When you are at the alter Allah is Lord And He is on board II Never whine For you are fine Allah, with you, does dine And he will add to your table blessed wine III You are a messenger Not a stranger Allah needs your devotion So don’t be drowned in the […]
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HAPPLINGS
Waking to smiles from naughty faces I see the hidden naughties’ paces Like the happening of yesterday left no traces The humurous battle is drawn “Mrs. Phone, Fufu Mafia, Poetry Eater” My few nickies But I smile Knowing a mile has been reached I call far away home Everyone is fine A few business calls […]
Abena says Kwaku Bonsam is a liar He feeds on lies And hoards them in his bloated belly He needs mere friends as brothers and cousins He needs his ugly face as handsome He needs his piggy beddy bounces As the best ride on a smooth road II Bonsam says Abena feeds fat on lies […]
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NEWLY BORN (CRAZY STANZAS)
I hear sounds Dancing like dew all around I feel bounds Crying like attention seekers, to be found And I am astonished II I feel fear Gathering, like seas, much tears I feel cheer Taunting, like pain, all the queers And I am perplexed III I smell conflicts Ready, like doped soldiers, to conflict I […]
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I CALL FOR YOU
I am sometimes in a semi-circle But the faces are not familiar You aren’t there I turn to the freedom chasers They see me like a meaty rat So give me the hot chase Unfortunately, all welcoming holes hoard smokes And heat whose fore-fingers point at me in a warning So I run on Crying […]
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RESTORATION
I am naught But some call me naughty II I am naught But I still own my breathing III I am naught But I mostly feel like your diamond You are Lord You are God So take me through and don’t be bored IV I see the tallest hurdles Like fenced walls I hear roars […]
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YOSHIKO’S CHALLENGE
Thank you Yoshiko for nominating me for this challenge.
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HIS LETTER
“Give your life to Christ” He writes boldly “For even the love of humans Can’t compete His earthly love” I ponder on the three paged sheet And wonder why I feel I am being coerced, like a little puppy, into a cult I know God creates Who needs what he creates when he continuously creates? […]
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PLAYERS AND LOVERS
Players play like porters use clay Forming, watering, playing and wasting Eventually messing up everywhere Like kids in dangerous games Sometimes harming themselves Sometimes shaming themselves Most times incurring the wrath of their carers All in their initiation of fun II Lovers are like roses They open wounds and show Admitting they will take all […]
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BROKEN
They say once one is down A fall is nothing to fear But here, lying flat on my back I feel my pulse racing like a tsunami Who knew falling from the pain tree Breaks no bone But beats your bests And blasts your breast? Interesting, that is where the heart hides II I am […]
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OF CLITS AND CLAMOUR
They claim we claim gooses are like ganders And ganders are like gooses Their goodies, the same Their bothers, the same So circumcision is a decision None fights for a cock So none must fight for a hen Abena, I say bullshit! Leave your danglers if you like But leave them clits alone II It […]
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LABOURING ME
Some call me a worm Some call me a poor pet Others call me an unbaked yam But I am the bread winner of my home II With opened mouths of 7 Waiting for the manna from my sweat I am like their goddess of harvest I am like the air they breathe I am […]
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YOU ARE WONDROUS
Speechless, I stand before your throne Speechless, this short tree bows before your throne It knows it needs no hugeness for greatness Amidst the foes and the blows Amidst the hurts and the pains Beneath the shame in light fame You knew who and what You needed me to be You knew what training You […]
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INDECISION
She says she wants a perm Then she changes her mind She wants a jelly Her friends laughed at her She wants corn roll Her face taunts her She wants rasta II Long rasta is not faster She wants the short huge ones After completion she looks into the mirror and screams What a horror!!! […]
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SOOTHING BALM
Sunshine in a frowning sky Gentle lightening in an angry storm Ice in an unbearable heat You, you II The best song on the biggest stage The best feet in a dancing bout The moon in a rebellious sky You, you III Your fingers hold my soothing balm Your mouth hold my living breath Your […]
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ROLLING DAYS (TANKA)
Ancient of days pass Like a fast rolling football Caring not about Anything blocking its way Battling with force to bursting Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
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NAMASTE
Now the night goes to sleep Day is coming so dawn weeps Owls and bats yawn in tiredness Beds start complaining That they really need to be unburdene I say “Namaste” to God who has brought us this far II Give all their delicacies Grant us all good breathes to live And like the birds […]
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SOUNDS OF TODAY
“Bue! Ouch! Agyeiiii! Meku la! Aaaaah!” Mourning Sounds of today Like a deathzone Everything reeks mourning From shooting of God’s men in church To thunders lighting the fires of flood to “ghosten” beings Sounds of today! II “Ei! Eh? Wosh! Appalling!” Suprising sounds of today Hidden answers find themselves naked on the market Prostituting and […]
Give me magic Magic of thoughts Give me magic To salvage all rots II Give me magic Like a superior angel To know and touch broken angels Called and humiliated, abandoned and garbaged III We call those we need They are called by their own and taunted Give me a magic thought And a magic […]
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A SUCCULENT MANGO LIKE ME
Like a succulent mango You bite me deep After washing me in cool waters And chew my flesh Claiming I am fresh I can only scream by sewing my threads In your teeth But you wait after chewing And curse me While you enjoyed me with no blessing I know my juice tasted like heaven […]
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PHANTHOM IMAGINATION
I would like to imagine him Not too short nor tall Playfully funny in discipline Handsomely lovely in friendship Warm and reassuring in hugs Soldiery and feared in protectiveness Like God’s shield II I’d like to imagine him there By her side Holding hands and occasionally talking to the invisible me Giving me massages With […]
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BELIEF (ALLITERATIVE TANKA)
Breezes bearable Bath before the brute bakers Beings burning break bounds Bothering bests being barred by Brute bakers, belief brightens Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
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A DIFFERENT FEELING
It is a blessing of emotion A different feeling Watching you in sync with her in laughter Like a well rehearsed choreography II It is as though Someone switched on my thinking plug Could this have been a trap? Did he joke over my sincere messages with her? Could I be a fun they are […]
What will it amount? I ask what? What at all will it amount? If we fall only once and get crippled? II If I am a print in book, When crumpled by the ruthless I aim to show and embrace minds III When I get burnt, I pray my shadow moves me from mind to […]
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FLOW AND MAKE ME GLOW (ADULT POETRY)
Cool cloud, come and rain Into my drain And clear the stain Causing this chest pain *** Now I refrain *** Cain my pain Gather my gain As long as you call me no Jane I will gladly soak, giving you my main So flow and flow and flow and flow Until I glow Amoafowaa […]
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AS IF I’M COOL
I am hoarding a lioness In the cave of my heart Yet smiling like the sun Deceiving the depressed As if I am cool II It can be raining cats and dogs in blood Flooding the cave and killing its space But even in the darkest of times The moon appears on my face […]
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CAT BLINKS, DOG BARKS
A master sent a cat on a dangerous mission It went like a wind And came like a breeze All breaths for a minute seized II The dog got jealous and barked for the same mission It went like a wind But never returned All hearts, for it, burned III Then all animals decided to […]
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YOUNG INKS
Young inks bleed All digging to plant seeds Seeds for a great tree Which will shelter their future II Some will dig shallow holes Because like the parable of the farmer Weeds grow with plants So winds or birds will destroy some plants III Those prepared like Job in the Bible Will dig and grow […]
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