I hear the winds singing Drumming delighted leaves I hear the cockerels’ sounds Praising the master and waking all generations While caging others The “kramokokā” 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 […]
At the meeting of tornadoes, storms, Lightening and thunders Whirlwinds keep dancing Only calm diffuses their excitement Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
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 […]
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 […]
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 saidĀ “Shegia!” and his mouth was snatched By sharp machetes V Amina just puffed And her body was found in […]
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 […]
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 […]
Gifted hands do plait Armpit hairs forgetting head Attracts public eyes Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
When they turn goats They donāt see their own productions When they turn goats They hit all notes, no matter how high Ā II When they turn goats They sniff like no other And pounce before looking At the strong or defeated target Ā III When they turn goats They Ā swim in tricks Noticing they […]
“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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Annor, the world is not fair Look at Ama She is crying and chasing money While money is crying and knockingĀ 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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
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 […]
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 byĀ heavy footsteps heated sun bites by ants But I am striving In this soil of driving […]
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 […]
When all gains wane And all sanes stale The world writes right Deeds and live frights Thatās why I entreat Ā 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 Ā […]
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 […]
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,Ā let’s entertain one another Until horror […]
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 […]
I want to set a moon table On blue sky grounds With seats made of stars To gently light our love And help it merge into oneness Under the very eyes of God Ā II I want to borrow the voice of a nightingale Hoping an eagle will lend me its wings So I can […]
Boy: Ataa Ayi is my role model But I aim for higher For no soul must get me Until I retire Minister: How dare you? How can you aspire to be Ataa Ayi? Boy: I am now a being with shadowed tongue What is the difference between multiple zeroed fraudsters and thieves? Don’t say they […]
I see you I feel you needing the shine now I have to tell you how I, abject horrors, did bow in my quest to be here after hurting and bruising pulling on the ropes of hard work Ā II I have to tell you how hunger Ā dragged me through shameful mud as […]
High heels High bills Hot chest foods Like succulent mangoes Stop joking If you’re hot, you know it No mouth must draw your attention II When legs are crossed And chest swing in call While eyes look far, The brave knows his call If you are brave, you know it You don’t need a shouting […]
As mouths chirp Of its stinking gutters And eyes roll Appalled by its horror ‘borlas’ The hearts of the slum Beat ‘kum, kum kum kum’ II Like the beings unrespected The gangs so suspected Its ills stand uncorrected But more happiness is erected As its hearts beat ‘kum, kum kum kum kum’ III In its […]
Search and research The birds who perch; Their wings lurch To twat all searches Of guns, stones and sticks II Search and research Ants always hunt Even in faces of being stepped on Crossing streams Even in the face of drowning III Search and research Bees see many a places Before honeys are cooked And […]
When the skies open their gates And give the sun the chance to light Earth beings, some, thank their makers Others, think of their intakes So brains bless and or curse But Abena, I worship your Highness II Through the nightmares Through the storms Through the dilemmas of my dreams Through the runnings With close […]
Teeth of black golds Please sharpen yourselves on ruthless stones And get ready to chew Chew By all means chew II Start chewing from the skulls Which aim to take you there Yes, break those skulls Use your claws to pull them out of their enclaves Bite to chew the good sense out Making watchers […]
Shadows of troubles Approach in lovable sun Of complacency II Unsuspecting souls Have lifted shoulders in pride While future falls loom Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
The foot mat of the heavens Shows its grandness The capable hands of the earth Shows Godās magnificence āAhunuwo abobirimā This is your exaltation āTonsuo bā awiaā I do thee worship Ā II Like the cock and its dawn praise I do your great name in gratification raise You are the greatest thought One without […]
Clear screens Pious hearts Heavenly minds Who calls shinning angels snakes? Must be the blind in spirit II Crying souls, With debris in filthy holes, Curse senders Curse hurters Curse mouths whose words did hurt Only doomed souls hate innocent hearts III Theirs is the kingdom of heaven; Those who know no sins Theirs are […]
Asaase Abibire! Sit on a listening stool And answer your queries Maybe, just maybe, you might convince your host II Why do you boil egos of your masculines Until they attain unbreakable statuses in negation? Why do you create those Who destroy their earth routes And kill spirits who aim to make their names immortal? […]
Hounding heart Pounding pass Calling cruelty Healing heart A pea in a time pot II Sailing saints Beaming beasts Daring demons Fighting fair A pea in a time pot III Giving gains Jailing jests Loving lanes Mending most A pea in a time pot IV A pea in a time pot A burn in the […]
Dreams are the fastest runners Runners without souls Runners not like Ussain Bolt Runners with wings unseen II Dreams are taunting bothers Bothers who demand hard work Bothers who mess with minds Bothers like psychotic creators III If you dream And you scream Thinking the dream Will walk to your head’s screen Then you are […]
In this rounded ball Is a caging wall But in this rounded wall Are arms which call Arms which call in solidarity Arms which call for rest Arms which call for helping Arms which call to nest Arms which call like the Creator’s Arms which call for peace Let ears be peaceful To heed to […]
Another strong promising leaf Plucked by ignorance Plucked like a weakling Plucked without warning Sending shivers to fetch tears II Another strong promising tree Cut down by many on tall fence Cut down by watchers and head shakers Cut down by greedy animals Leaving in its place nothing but agony III When will closed mouths […]
Books Powerful, attentive Teaching, intriguing, learning Travel, mystical, ignorance, cheats Enlightening, engaging, characterising Bliss, foolish Studies Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015 (Today is World Book Day, please take a book and embark on that travel.)
I took you in reluctantly, one who has been wounded by a storm, fears little winds II Now you are this star’s heart, When huge trees fall, Their sounds travel far, so I am shivering III Anxious for good and bad, I am like a swan and porcupine Ready to love and or fight IV […]
Hug layered onions Hold fumes of tear gas, waiting For knives of awe hurts II They are on their marks Gunning for eyes which lead knives To their quiet temples III Onions with cool souls In detecting the rots, stay Knowing no betrayals IV Who calls them mean things? In fighting fair, weapons are Allowed […]
You can trace the fantasy And see the needing ecstasy On faces with many dreamy fake fallacies True, because boys use flowers Men use deedsĀ II They will come like militants Bow like slaves Raise their flowers And beg like prayerfuls Yes, boys use flowers And men use deeds III They have pipe mouths Which […]
“Story of my life I have a wife Who hates the word ‘strife’ And cancut inspiration with a word knife II Story of my life I have a husband without a life All he does is whine Thinking everything must be divine III Story of my life Ā ‘Work as life is striving for better’ Is […]
Earth Pregnant, kind Polluting, fazing, caring Harmed, used, hurdled, captured Freeing, hurting, spoiling Abused, wronged World Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015 (Today is World Earth Day, please take a moment to think of something you can do to better the earth)
When I lie in quietude With emotions in multitude Bubbling like potent soap bubbling I think of you II When your thoughts flow into mine Like smooth river flowing into a great sea The merging is surreal It harmonises and smoothens all rough edges III My veins are just empty holes You are like the […]
Love Touchy, beautiful Electrifying, hugging, companying Hope, security, fear, loss Hurting, crying, hating Wrong, cruel Breakup Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
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