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IF I WERE PRESIDENT MAHAMA

If i were President Mahama Friends will be at the ends Of my throne Because too many thoughts Of closeness, flies truth airs to the unknown II If i were President Mahama i would have eyes and eyes i would have ears and ears In all breeding places of monies i would trust all but […]

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SOCIAL

REST NOW

Who asks the centre to enter? Who asks the counter to counter? Spare the breath Trust the more Sores are tended more than just pores Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015

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SOCIAL

DIFFERENT SHADES (SEDOKA)

Sun’s gentility Inviting those needing heat Hugging travellers II Sun’s burning fires Causing all to run into The bosom of shade Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015

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LIFE

NIGHT OWLS

ko ko ko ko koooooooooooo! “Shiverings Witchcraft? It must be the badluck That is plaguing my life!“ I will say no! When you hear owls Shouting in fear or jubilations in the night Pause and think Don’t you panic You are the defaulter If you only shed the worry You wouldn’t feel this sorry Leave […]

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AFRICA LIFE

KNOWLEDGE UNTAPPED! (CRAZY STANZAS)

Water left untouched for long, stinks Foods rebel by punishing noses When left for long But some people need plain words To decipher the little words From the mouth of this small calabash II Knowledge must be a fountain Flowing for all to see And filling the holes beneath Only to flow up and go […]

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DEATH

GRANDMA

Grandma, You should have been here to see, Did I tell you I have written much about you? A school in England wrote to me II Grandma They said I should consider And even tell them if I need more time Parading their scholarship packages III Grandma Your grand daughter has travelled far But where […]

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AFRICA LIFE

AT THE HEART OF DAGBON

Running sweats  conceived by mating muscles and mobility in tiredness *** Chapped skin like burstings of mud zones whipped by hot sunshine *** Palms calloused like the skin of a rough tree displaying wares hoping for money exchange *** You realize nothing is easy when you see frustrated breath running through noses  on their hind […]

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SOCIAL

OTUMFO AWODA

King of the golden stool The sitter on the red stool Guarded by porcupines who wise up fools Otumfoↄ ↄtekↄkↄↄ soↄ ↄmama a ↄma ma akuma tↄ ↄwoo woↄ wo wo a Wawo wo anya nyam Enti mÉ›ka no wↄ kpↄtↄ kasa mu Beings are blessed by your birth Asantemma are blessed by your bests A man […]

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GHANA SOCIAL

IF i WERE FORMER PRESIDENT RAWLINGS

If i were Former President Rawlings i would be a cat While many dogs bark i would package boom After i, its disadvantages, zoom Because i would know it can cause doom II If i were Former President Rawlings i would be the diamond in the midst of gravels Charming the media like a fairy […]

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LIFE

THE SHADE (CRAZY STANZAS)

Light upon my sight Lighting the way Blinding in brightness II Touch upon my patch Soothing the pain Hurting the lane Remembering the future of scardom III If you are the shade What do I do in your shifting? Take it all?  Storms, heavy rains, sunshine and all? And take the fall? No! Help me […]

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KIDS LOVE

MISSING EDGES OF THE SWORD

I may be nothing Nothing worth something To have touched hearts of the future To openly declare II I hate being a plantain tree Peeling off my leaves while growing others But I love that most peeled, Climb for the heavens After falling off me III A thought of a goner And this heart flutters […]

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LOVE

LOVE ME

Love me Love me with the whole you Love me like you never loved Make me your grounds because you are a giant tree Love me and I’ll be a perfect sea If you turn into a fish II Breath me Breath me like your very last breath Breath me like you see no other […]

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LIFE

SKY TEARS

Could the sky be regulated? Sky tears, human fear Sky tears, plants happily bear Could the sky be regulated? It blesses And curses Giving colds And growing plants It imprisons And liberates Imprisoning beings And liberating flowers Oh lover of discrimination I shiver Still ill by your touch Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015

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AFRICA

DILUTED

  I Long long ago Behold and lo We were in the skies Flying in blissful highs Waters were wine Food were handed to us straight From the hands of the earth, no bait And the airs told tales of authenticity II  Long long ago Behold and lo None cared about covers Nakedness was famous […]

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LOVE

TOUCH OF THE MAGIC STICK (ADULT POETRY)

At the touch of the magic stick Beauty pricks As brightness licks Innocence flies after high hot kicks II Style rears its poky head Over confidence uses its left finger To direct agers to stubborn hell At the touch of the magic stick III Bathing Ladying Shyness And consciousness The magic stick is like the […]

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LOVE

SHOW ME

Show me Show me where the gates of pleasure end As its treasures start from the doors of love II I don’t want to be in the realms of hell Where lust flees replaced by fires which burn only hearts As it taunt souls in roasting pain III Show me Show me where pleasures’ borders […]

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LIFE MOTIVATION

NATURE WORKS

As seconds speed into minutes And minutes gallop into hours As hours run into days As days walk into months As months cross over to years Stagnant fears Tend to stink Sympathetic tears Are given a wink A giver today May be a crucifier with time’s transitions So get under the showers of hard work […]

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WOMEN EMANCIPATION

TRASHES

You are not to blame Go on and shame The sheep who offered Its centre of gravity To hoard a trash whose sounds are so harsh Is the one who needs a mourning II You are not to blame Just go on and shame Since you have no centre of gravity Open you trash and […]

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LOVE

PURE HEART

Sure and pure None can lure His presence can cure So I will the storms endure God can feed his success manure Because he is really mature I just had to say it raw Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015

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ENTERTAINMENT

GHANAIAN PALAVER

Mexico puts on screens How social stratifications Are  breeched by love sensations And many of the lovers are in their teens   *** Koreans put on their screens Deeds of kings who lived in days of old Depicting their cultures in many fold Breaking clean the outmoded in keens   *** US puts many stories […]

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LOVE

FEED MY MIND

There are varying animals In this rounded ball This rounded ball Whose hairs are weeds and feeds II Each has its loves and likes Only the lost knows not theirs So I will tell you Feed not my eyes Feed my mind So I can draw you in III I am a good book With […]

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LIFE

QUEER WORLD; FLONNY

It is a queer world Where pain has a money cage A queer world Where the hungries fight To see the fighting stage A queer world, queer world indeed II It is a queer world Where the voices get the choices A queer world Where pretenders get fast horses Dressed in fortune While the land […]

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LIFE LOVE

HOME (DIAMANTE)

Home Cozy, comfort Welcoming, pampering, correcting Love, hurts, friends, foes Supporting, quarrelling, blackmailing Care, rare Family Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015

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RELIGIOUS

THE POOR CHURCH BELL

The radios blasts happy God’s songs The folded clothes cry iron long Discarded Bibles now belong Some high heels will sing sensual songs To get to hearts of the many strongs Still, the church’s bell rings, digi digi digi digi dong! II I know heart clothes many will wear Those needing good husbands to stare […]

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LOVE

THANK YOU FATHER GOD

I hear the winds singing Drumming delighted leaves I hear the cockerels’ sounds Praising the master and waking all generations While caging others The “kramokok⊃” is crowing Calling on all to come and pray Now, what do I say? You are the mighty one You see, hear, feel and judge You are the merciful father […]

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LIFE

RIGOROUS MEETINGS

At the meeting of tornadoes, storms, Lightening and thunders Whirlwinds keep dancing Only calm diffuses their excitement Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015

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AFRICA LIFE

NOTHING IS FAIR

The tree that is processed Into toilet tissues Did nothing to see and feel such horrors Nothing is fair II Nothing is fair The land which gives us food Did nothing to carry horrors of its gift Really nothing is fair III One who wants to play and is played Needs no loud voice in […]

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LIFE

MOVIES WATCHING MOVIES

Movies watching movies Living movies sorrier than those on screens Please watch yourselves! Watch yourselves and stop the critiques You are like woods on flames Calling for rains for the coal-pot Ha ha Which pen stops writing to tell the other It has a pointed tip? It’s a shame really You are hilarious movies Very […]

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AFRICA SOCIAL

PIETY IN RAMADAN (HAIKU WITH A TWIST)

All ablutions apt Proud pious people praying Bow before Allah II Aboabo is chaste Showing good of Ramadan Abuse? Forgiven! III I remember a Day after Ramadan left Its footsteps were heard IV Abudu just said  “Shegia!” and his mouth was snatched By sharp machetes V Amina just puffed And her body was found in […]

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SOCIAL

FLAUNTING TAUNTERS

I thought the world said “Female” is a fee for the male So what is this? In a tie where the fees for the males Charm in accoutrements And amassing attention Men are taunted to pension To a point of trying to metamorphose Into a fee for a male II The K’s have succeeded Pushing […]

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MOTIVATION

SCREAM

It is not a dream You are in the troubled stream Smeared in the shame body cream You feel like one in a team None of those are as they seem So come out and SCREAM! II It is day And you have no say Death has given you its pay And you feel you […]

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AFRICA GHANA

THWARTED (HAIKU)

Gifted hands do plait Armpit hairs forgetting head Attracts public eyes Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015

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SOCIAL

WHEN THEY TURN GOATS

When they turn goats They don’t see their own productions When they turn goats They hit all notes, no matter how high   II When they turn goats They sniff like no other And pounce before looking At the strong or defeated target   III When they turn goats They  swim in tricks Noticing they […]

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AFRICA GHANA SOCIAL

A RED MAY DAY

“Amoansene Ayie ase anibre Owuoyiaw” Marks of red Why are we in a red May Day? Grumbling workers! Feeding on their skins Swimming in debts Roasting in hunger And fuming in anger! “Aniwa aniwa abiri biri asoso gya” II It is a red May Day Hearts with hurts’ field day Hands with canes Chasing an […]

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MUSIC SOCIAL

GIVING THERAPY

Take a seat And feel the beat I will make you neat Relax and give me your feet You walker who feel defeat CHORUS I will massage them Following through to your leg stem For they are gems Which must be clear of germs They have worked hard II Give me your hands As you […]

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LIFE SOCIAL

WORKERS “AYEKOOO”

Heads rightly occupied Are like heaven with God Who sends angels to protect II Hands rightly occupied Are like golden hens Who lay golden eggs III Mouths rightly occupied Are like widely listened to radios Which gains high dues IV Legs rightly occupied Are like expensive vehicles Which drive beings to divine places V All […]

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LIFE

NEW SHOOTS

Like plantain leaves We roll up Bloom Extend our hands to enjoy the weathers And are heated to dry As the tree of life shoots up And generates new leaves II We are leaves In the winds In our newness We dance In our brown age We fall III I pray new shoots Live in […]

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SOCIAL

WORLDS IN WORLDS

I know I know our eyes are other worlds Worlds which keep other beings Beings who are forced to sleep When we shut them And die when we fade in our mud   II I know I know our skins are other worlds Worlds which hoard many a soul Like a planet filled with pore […]

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HEARTBREAKS

SPARKS OF BOREDOM

When love turns sour All hormones bore Oh! How I wish there was a law A law which forces love to tour Tour and catch happiness to the fore To calm all “the-bored”, Store “fore ever “ And stamp “Happy Ever Afters” CHORUS Oh carnivorous bitterness Oh taunting thoughts of unfairness Oh forceful streams of […]

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LIFE

UNFAIR LAMENTATIONS

Annor, the world is not fair Look at Ama She is crying and chasing money While money is crying and knocking  On Akumaa’s door Akumaa, who has more than enough The world is not fair! As one cries Another enjoys in satisfaction II Aren’t we like monsters and angels? Aren’t we like ground and the […]

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SOCIAL

THANK YOU SWEET FOLLOWERS

I need to say thank you to cherished followers of amoafowaa.com for voting for me during the Blogcamp Ghana Awards. I must say to have a vote takes trust and dedication and although I didn’t win, I give thanks to those who spared their times in voting. Thank you and God richly bless you. Dedication […]

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AFRICA

WHAT WE ARE

We Working like horses Can rise like mountains To look down on the flowing rivers Of poverty II We Together like bees Can be highly equipped To battle alien soldiers Of corruption III When wires of confusion Develop fingers of wickedness As fingers of indifference sit on Other walls in folding We, can break free […]

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LIFE

FOOLS IN TOOLS

When the fool Who is a tool Loses her cool The wise turns bull II When the stool Which is so cool Loses its strength Sitters know their length III Life of hardships Open wide eyes on the ship Even light whips Show in years without skip Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015

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SOCIAL Uncategorized

TAKE OFF THESE CLOTHES

Take them off Take them all off and leave me naked So naked as the day I was born And make sure all my troubles are gone II Take them all off, all off! The clothes of labelling The clothes of gender Take off the clothes of need And help me feed III I say […]

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LIFE

ROOTS OF HUGEDOM

They say huge trees sit on huge roots Abena, “Abetifi nana nkansoa” My roots are not even as huge as little worms *** I can be uprooted by angry winds raging storms piercy rains And can be killed by  heavy footsteps heated sun bites by ants But I am striving In this soil of driving […]

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WOMEN EMANCIPATION

DIFFERENTIAL FLOWERS

Flowers in colours What are you blooming to show? Attraction to your nectar? By droppings of scents? “Dib dib dib, dibi dibi di haa Dib dib dib, dibi dibi di haa”   II Flowers with paints What are you painting to show? Erasing of age routes? Concealment of colour? “ka ka ka, Kai Kai Kai […]

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DEATH LIFE

ON THE WORLD’S MIND

When all gains wane And all sanes stale The world writes right Deeds and live frights That’s why I entreat   CHORUS Paints horrors With beams of smiles Scatter hatred With words so mild Give good hugs To last for life Greatness needs no fingers of gold All needs is a heart of gold   […]

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DEATH LIFE

EXPIRIES

The expired spends not And cares not of spending II The expired, like dead wood, feels not And cares not if it is burnt III None can make it angry or sad If it gets naked, its countenance changes not IV We will all expire And will all be obedient to all So why the […]

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LIFE LOVE

LIKE LEAVES ON A GIANT TREE

The presence of breeze is announced by close leaves on a giant tree II Their strength of closeness tell others the presence of intruders and praise those who bless III What rings a bell on a bald tree? Nothing! So like many siblings of leaves on a great tree,  let’s entertain one another Until horror […]

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LIFE

THEATRE OF DETECTIVENESS

Take me there, There, to the place where truth and lies meet And leave me there   II I will stand there, There, at the place where truth and lies meet Until time’s sun rise fully on them   III Time’s sunshine will show the chameleon there, There, at the place where truth and lies […]