There are pointers That ingratitude, like breath, is inherent And is produced by the human heart Like bile is produced by liver II Let mouths wavering mute for a minute And listen to reason As validity, like water to the dying thirsty, Is all III Why will a teething child Bite mercilessly nipples which still […]
If I fall into the centre circle of breathlessness Please be gentle with the leftovers For it has carried me well It took my sorrows And suffered as such It took my hurts and bore my scars It took me places and left good traces It might not be much But it served me well […]
It seems like a cloudy morning wearing heat clothes Headache holds a fiesty cane Whipping mercilessly Warning with pain the need for abstainance From the flowing enticement of Apio A little sound is cursed echoes of torture Eyes are like cassava buried in the ground Being uprooted by a hungry angry man The heart cries […]
Down Solemly down Deceiving teeth show like a mask The soul like a burning child cries For redemption But outward appearance drowns its cries Into the gallon of the filled tight heart Crying hurts pour like torrential rains A faint matured voice calls for hope While a child-like voice emphatically calls for an end An […]
Wasted humans are like human nails Those scratching gently Are replaced in days No one recognises their importance Teeth murder them at will Blades are their wicked cut throats While cutters are like their doom judges So scratch deeply in light as hard as you can Not on other skins But on minds So that […]
Soft, weak arrivals Like fresh “koobi”, we’re Being dried for earth’s dish Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015 (For the benefit of foreign viewers, “koobi” is salted tilapia dried with salt for preservation and subsequent consumption)
I dream of food Like earth craves rain And the sky does give In its own time II I dream of school Like vehicle crave fuel The owner does fill At the proper time III I dream of shelter And like the tortoise The earth gods give Until pubics harden IV I’m left to learn […]
Where are the mouths? The mouths wherein lie the real stories? The real stories guarded by fiery soldiery intents of deceit? II Let them loose! The stories which have true buildings True buildings in which kisses never solves all Yes, never solves all hurt puzzles III Let them loose! The stories which house horror habours […]
 Me, I am the metal in the bell Me, I am the cause of the ding Without me, There won’t be a hearing of the dong I am the ding and the dong The don of the bell Never think of having me sold II Me, I am the sound of the voice Me, […]
What if I don’t want to? What if I don’t want to eat anything? Will I be held at gun point and risk losing everything? II What if I don’t want to sleep? What if I don’t want to sleep anywhere? What if I don’t want to rest? Will I be held at gun point […]
Agya aban must be a god Ooooh, Ataa, let me explain When I was growing up I heard one of my uncles died My mother told me Agya Aban killed him Because he did not fix the road And the angry road showed its anger By chewing my uncle and many others I asked who […]
Ex gratia has met its militia Its gun is lowered in front of Mahama Although few mouths are opened in awe The master, for once, aims to be fair Will we see a parliamentary demonstration? Ha ha ha haaaa, ho ho No one is penalized for wearing “kuntunkuni” to a funeral ground But wearing white to […]
Like different worlds put together The head can battle the heart The stomach can battle abdomen Legs can battle thighs Ears can battle ears Nose can battle mouth Human is war Human is war assembled So when the heart says no to waking up, Let the head, like the king, rule Even on a food […]
We are like hens Hens are the pens Which write lives Hens pave way for cock men To help write lives So I tell mothers: You are the lands Which keep the well You are the hands which feed all mouths You are heavenly gateways For blessings untold You are the pores of heavens Which […]
Mothers Takers, keepers Carrying, tiring, giving Sacrifice, care, play, pain Protecting, loving, worrying Work, pray Mums Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
Gobbling fufu Rooted in kontomire’s blood With snails laid in state Are Shika and Randy II There are ghosts of fishes Swimming in their dishes And mouths in wishes Wanting gobbles of the dishes But caring less are the two musketeers Shika and Randy III Oh! Kumasi Adum! The labour and labour Satisfaction The hunger […]
He is fine and suave And so wears them Wears them holes like clothes II He has an overall in his huge house One that all his family knows One that God’s hands have sealed One that all close acknowledge III I am awed to a point At the overall’s removal In replacement with many […]
Hunter, zita is a bird A bird whose family needs a shooting Because they always shout in calling When even breezes step quiet in falling II Hunter, I know it is good Good to make your presence known But not when you have no poison And your enemies have catapults and guns III Hunter, zita […]
I Trees on rocks I know you fear no sand pest And you are famous Because you are unique But don’t be complacent II Trees on rocks Don’t act immortal Remember there are strong winds Which can break you in twos If it can’t uproot you III Trees on rocks Complacency is burst bile in […]
I need me an animal An animal who lives longest To study its habits To know its foods To adopt its relationships To see if I can live like it II I would give it freedom Freedom to express itself And make it know it is my teacher I will see through its eyes Eat […]
With stolen thoughts I sleep with these two tiny legs Like a nice gift cramped into a package With giant sinful thoughts *** I lay here Naked in the eyes of Satan Satan who is a charlatan And never forgives *** He promises to give me a lonely thrashing With cool hot cold heat I […]
Hopeful ears help fearful eyes To pick on lies And strip truth naked To dress the lies To present them to mind Banishing glaring truth Into the evil forest of future regrets Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
It is the cook Whose blame is booked When the taste goes bad Like a stinking spoilt fish So women! Do cook the lads so right! II You worship your creation Into demi god-ship When they seek for worship From your future yous As you’ve always worshipped in tears Book your blame For you are […]
Burning and burnt Bear same papa burn But burning has hope Burnt is lost Be the best burning by swimming Swimming in honest seas  II Poor power pretends Proud pets are penned When its pretension pensions Pom! Pawns then peeve pain’s Power packages Pom! Plain pests plucked like poisonous plants So power the plosives […]
I am fire I am ice I am the loudest storm of all I am a whip I am a mattress I am the perfect knife of all So sit Cut your head onto your laps Cut Open your thoughts and search so well If your heart’s legs can dance to the tunes Of my […]
Monarchy There is no anarchy A little descending And there needs a working standing Englishs’ steps Feeling no reps Britain’s trust Being so just Might have to rust For there is none just With political thrust In this greedy cave called world Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
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 […]
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
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
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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
 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Home Cozy, comfort Welcoming, pampering, correcting Love, hurts, friends, foes Supporting, quarrelling, blackmailing Care, rare Family Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
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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