Call and forget the distance When your earthly vehicle Feels the waistly demonstration of wanting-lifers II Call and forget the distance You are a lion and I’m a lioness We’re all in passion so fearless III Call and forget the distance When the moon acts like an enlightened tent As the stars stand like disco […]
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EDIBLES
Yams are edible when subdued by hot fire but poisonous when taken raw You know what you have to do In order to make it a corner stone So go fetch firewood like a farmer Set the fire and set it to work Then cook your yam To feed all And you Making a difference […]
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TAINTED AT BIRTH
Tinkorangmaa, someone poisoned me The person poisoned me through air So I have a few hours to die II Tinkorangmaa, that person doomed me He or she doomed me first by changing my name Crumbling my internal trust III Tinkonrangmaa, How does anyone take me serious? Even the antidotes hold many but none pays attention […]
Serve someone special Sacrificial sacrament saddles salvation Serenading sweet scents to sour Surreal sustenance stays though svelte Saintly sailors are sages supreme Stone sorrows to stupor Stallions support stables to stand So sweet sleep serves not in stumbling Sagely sayings served in stern Saves Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
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WHEN THE FROG NAUSEATES (TANKA)
Folks climb tall mountains With their voices as day wakes Pledging commitments? Funny flaws’ flaked forces fan Into action when day smiles II What are we on then? Noise pollution with no track? Time’s irritation We may hear the earth shout “bue!” Like ones whose ears itch and hurt III In wake of that time […]
Marry my mind Please marry the thoughts of my mind Before you think of the pleasures of this bottle That done, even a hush, dash, or flush Can cause a blush I am the golden fish upstream Hiding from the rest of my being So marry my mind Be like the mathematician Get the formula […]
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FIGHT FAIR
When the domestic fowl calls for a fight with the guinea fowl in the full glare of all eyes, none must interfere because fairness count’s in win II We live, love, work in all view we each have mouths, to talk hands to wave legs to walk what else is there? coverings in clothes don’t […]
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CONCEALED KNIVES
We can’t surely say That the tons of blood on Alata land Were by knives of the known devil II We can’t surely say That the new shoot of hope on Alata land Is free of all knowledge of the slaying knives III Alata is at the crossroad With eyes watching from all angels To […]
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THE WISDOM OF ANANSE
Too much rains flood Too hot a fire burns Wisdom like Kwaku Ananse, stupifies Who wants to leave his freedom To hide in little corner nests? So Okonore Yaa please advice Little Ntikumah do weep in good plea When a burning hut is close to a safe hut Only foolish smiling teeth will dance Amoafowaa […]
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DON’T DROP
Done drowning due to defeat? Dirt dressing in down deceit? Deafened drowsiness Damaged daft dagger Debts on dancing demons Daredevils dressing in daisies Dote on danger and distress Don’t drown to dust your dreams Dump dormancy, dare and dream Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
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IF GOD’S PHONE NUMBER WERE PUBLIC
What would we do If God’s number were public Some will train their voices As many try work in phoning His network would need no advert But its owners will always ask for favours Other networks would send many juicy packages Would that even make sense? Giving all lines, they will all jam II If […]
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CURSES FROM THE PAST
What have I not seen? “Abro-dua” for t. roll? Acheampong for plasters? Ginger suppository to cure candidaisis? What haven’t I seen? II What haven’t I seen? Slapping of mouth challenging elders? Whippings for tribal marks never intended? Knocks of elders never seen? III What haven’t I tasted? Hunger’s sweet bowl full of axes? Thirst’s huge […]
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SOUNDING DANGER
No matter how sweet The voice of a bird sounds It has to read times For it to grace ears of the earth II Who knows? The melodious sounds Can walk into ears connected to taste buds Which crave for bones with melody And whose bones will those ears go after? III We are in […]
Water, don’t quarter Water, nil is manslaughter Water! It is not bitter A good flow serves as a sickness quitter Water, don’t litter Water, help the heart smoother Water, and let skin shed all sweaters Water! Hydration is safer Water! Please water! Water and save your body workers Water can give a nice figure Water […]
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THE GOOD STUDENT
I sit in my seat waiting for exam My friends shake heads and call me awam Unfathomable, they think of learning, bam! But I know all their backbones are pitiful shams II Learning is sweating Timing and painings But with determination and dedication All things get together for good education III I’d rather slim in […]
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A CAN DO COLOGNE
As night hurries in packing darkness To bolt seeing as day tosses to turn in minutes What thoughts are wearing heels Disturbing your head chambers? II As day prepares to take off its blanket And sun’s door is being opened by the moon What fears are taking over the strength of your legs Forcing you […]
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WERE I YOUR WOMAN
If I were your woman I would borrow the brightness of the sun To throw more light on you And plead for heavenly lenses To zoom all your righteousness II If I were your woman Your meals would be indigenously prepared Mostly by my hands and ours And served hot After my tongues of […]
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GO ON AND PEEL YOUR CLOTHES!
After the ticktocking into days of seven Bodies so comfy in sinful clothes think of heaven And wear clothes of purity which is a burden To crying God’s houses whose mouths are deaden II As if white masks are cold and heavy They act like sheep when their wools are wavy And after the heavens’ […]
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THE SMILING MORTAR
She left her smiling alter Knowing not she was going in for a slaughter Oh why is she being pounded in a mortar? Somebody’s precious daughter! II I hear she had the greatest court Knowing not those days were for her to be bought Now she sits in thorns smiling but hot Can’t say what […]
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WAHALA DO GAS
Stretching and stretching But neck is no ladder Failure branding eyes failures in halls Halls where hands are itchy to write But heads have nothing but shame of naught II Sweats are rains falling in pants Breaths cannot take the horror of pants Time is modelling so thoughts scream “please take of its heels” A […]
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AT THE FORECOURT
As monkeys dress in suits And pigs dress in cloths And monkeys eat with cutlery As pigs feed with fingers All mouths shut As tummies receive Forgetting all standing beefs II Talks of climbing and sky defecation Talks of dirt and defecation feeding Talks of the best as compared to the rest All rest, […]
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DEATH CELEBRATORS
Kai! We are all there Arrival of spirits before bodies Hark! Glory to the dead Umbrellaring our sins II Even in sadness is happiness Although He died Servants must drink Thankfuls must sin Empresses must dance Revolting the favour III Core of celebrations are pushed in ovens Over happy thoughts rushed to the fore Ringing […]
Candid Candy curbs and corrects Caring, cleaning, cozying to contest Like a combatant cruising in quest Candy came from charity’s crest II Candy is a caring goddess un-bored Giving and hoarding good to be stored Candy blows storms poo poo poo Lord Until freeze-ice is thoroughly thawed III When Candy lies in the […]
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IF I COULD MAKE LOVE TO GOD (18+)
In all sparks like sharks Emotions calling in harks I think to myself what it’ll be like To make love to God Blasphemy? II It’s the new worldly exchange And He moulded its organs Money for passions Materials for passions Smart telecoms for passions Mischiefs for passions And all are left after breath flees III […]
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THE FARMER FARMED (LIMERICK)
Once there was a farmer Who thought he was a charmer He needed a skilful planter So he called on a mighty hunter Who shot and tore the land and the farmer Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
Great walls of churches Throw shadows on the unsaved Why is sin reigning? II Great mouths of prophets Use energies to nourish Souls, so why the filth? III The many dirt soils Sit on the few righteous deeds Strainers fail to see IV A small world consumed By a bigger realm, pity, End times cry […]
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TO YOU I LOOK (SONG)
In all my trauma You promise me my manna You preach to me of Karma And fan forgiveness’ aroma Please listen Elohima CHORUS: To you I look Hoping to be in your book I know a great life you took To this hardened heart of mine cook II My heart runs high Like a fish […]
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WORSHIP (DIAMANTE)
Worship Soul, heart Singing, thanksgiving, praying Tears, love, hands, minds Loving, glorifying, Exulting Relief, might Magnification Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
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POETRY MARKS
Paintings Oral or written Empirically moral or entertaining Through sagely or silly thoughts Read or listened to to touch or tease You, I or us as a world Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015 (Happy World Poetry day! Hope all poets found the day creative and all poetry lovers who visited amoafowaa.com were fulfilled. My way […]
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HAIL THE POETIC PIECES
Compressed words sit in my ink When I sow, thinkers think As giant trees take, shake or make II Compressed words sit like great queens Their pairings are dense, even the means Causing all martyrs to surrender III A word to the wise, They say live in north The mouthy language of the gods heal […]
As palm-wine ferments When time fans So does passion ferment to booze in time Its booze gives madness Each dose intensifying fierceness So heat in a heat Let’s dance to the beat Even if all we have are our feet And a seat II When we meet In the face of the rising night, Even […]
Hate helms hearts like ships Hoarding in humans horrid flips Hurting horrendously by hitting grips A heart for hatred; a heart like chips II Serpent seething under a carpet like foam Sharpening its teeth with every on-step When its fangs are seen By naked eyes Hate loses its potency When hearts knock heads And heads […]
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GOSSIP CORNER; THE FOUL ARMPIT SECRETARY
GATHERER Yieeeee! Konkonsa served hot Come, it is not to be bought Bring your huge plates and fetch as you wish! Gathered? Kwame, watch the gate Now listen! Okay, guess what? Impatient? Let me open the news for it to cool I hear Kwabena-Bena went for a party Instead of greeting with his mouth His […]
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IN LOVE ZONE
Do not hide me Let me, your real heart, see Then what must be must be I won’t mind making you a “Dee” II Please do not passions hide Let the rules of love we abide Then hatred will never we chide Then Cupid will in us confide III Let no third tongue hear our […]
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BEAN IN A POD
Bean in a pod Use no swords upon liberation Rebel against no pod They camp you for no suppression Whether rain or shine They clothe you to safety II Until you soften in heat You won’t uncover this moral But try in thinking There’s no turning back in heat Unless of course, you are lucky […]
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EQUALITY, NOT SUPERIORITY
Who are the flowers Wearing their thorns Calling for fairness Hitting and biting admirers hard? II Who are the roses Burning opposite noses Claiming they’re bosses And hitting hard in doses? III Listen to a fellow say; Every rudeness has a pay You’re not superior in any way You fight for fairness Then be fair […]
Penpenaaa! Nanaa! If you answer in sexy You get gifted in richness II Penpenaa! Nana! Don’t be rude Nana needs new blood to help his system III Now let’s drop the play; Many say their pairs reject them Many say their beds are tired; Tired of praying Hail Marys Many say their pairs shift their […]
Nose of Prekese Saying dawadawa beings Smell foul is horror II Huge bowls of Etiw Claiming bowls of Akple are Unworthy, is laughable III What happened to fruits? What happened to same corn foods What happened to groups? IV Let us not pretend We’re under huge umbrellas And so we are one Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia […]
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WEEPING RED BLOOD
Do we need ancestral heads to understand The lyrics in this patriotic song of ours? “Yɛn ara asaase ni ɛyɛ abuↄ dendene ma yɛn Mogya na nananom hwiee gu nya de too hↄ ma yɛn Aduru me ne wo nso so Sɛ yɛbɛ yɛ bi atua so“ If blood, precious, were poured to attain this […]
Ah urban! What have you done? Now many people own cars And everybody needs a car See how pregnant the roads are See how tired the traffic lights look Cars rebel and cast choked spell As legs cramp up under small seats We are now like clipped birds Flying on kites A deflated tyre and […]
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IN SAFETY QUEST
If protection needs a prayer Then prayer I call If entrusting metals Godship prominence Need a chanting to God Then I chant for God Hold me tight Take me safely Grant me grace To get to the other side Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
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LEARN THE TRAITS
When you buy a cub Be sure to know It has no trait Of a lion II When you hoard some eggs Be sure to know It houses no python With thought thorns III Pained is he who homes A thing which turns To hunt himself So just monitor Before you turn litter Amoafowaa Sefa […]
Get going Getty Goose Go get gizzards to grill Get a great gait Grease your gabbles Gallivanting for gain? Even galloping gets galumphingly gruelling So get going Getting and giving Or get grilled Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
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PARALLEL PIMPS?
In this era When there is a war of gender Which seeks for us to surrender Who are those calling for cheap smiles to be rendered To climb societal ladders? II Who is acting like a chameleon? Changing spots in gender reflections And using ambitious temples as cheap brothels For gains? This is insane! […]
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WEAK?
Weak? No! Never! Flowers from Ghana are never weak And I’ll tell you why II Long ago, while warriors were killed And the king was caught And what bravers there were hid, Yaa Asantewaa stood tall And she was a flower from Ghana III Even those who raised their hands And flagged gender opposites as […]
When all do talk About complexions And call mine dirty And call mine animalish, *** When all do talk Like holes without breaks About my status And call me low And call me un-classy, *** When all do talk Like fowls sensing danger And call me a taboo And call me cursed; *** I look […]
Your arms; my bed Where I yearn to be fed And considers my sacred shed Is where I need to be led II Your eyes; my mirrors Where there are antidotes to my horrors And I consider my sacred corridors Are what I yearn to lock my doors III Your bosom My flowering pillow blossom […]
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IT BEATS ME
How Hardi heard The silvers bark And peeped to see The walking scents Booting the silvers here and there, Beats me, beats me II Neighbouring niceties nestling Walking in heels And rudely entering When foods at home go on strike Beats me, beats me III Booting barrels bare Hitting heads of metals Making scenes and […]
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FOR LOVE I DID
Love For love I looked above And suffered in love Even needles were like mattresses Except the piercings never ceased tears Emotional burdens were like exciting mountain climbing Slapping/hitting were thought as exaggerated pains unbothering Hyperactively, pretending to massage loving, love opened its eyes And spat into my face, wrecking my neck, suffocatingly brutalising Amoafowaa […]
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BURDEN OF HATE
If Kwaku Ananse’s fate Of always stirring hate Incurred many baits How many would’ve had that death date Or ended on his webby plate? II Feel the hate Wait and deflate The stone-like gate Of blocked freedom in loving fate Do this or dear mate, do mate The hatred until the hurts turn and hammer […]
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