Flies, please take a rest You’ve been your pesty best Feeding on huge sores On this Ghanaian Land. II Flies, try housing your booty Moths hide in pulling While you aim at the bones In this Ghanaian Land III Flies, the bones are ageing Weakness means surrender So rest in triumph IV And oh you […]
Mama Ghana, Are you turning in your grave? Are we all doomed for the grave? Have we doom, on your grave, engraved? Don’t be bitter, we’re all not litter II Mama Ghana, Be a little content We hold onto our peace like fishermen and their paddles Although our ship is in the middle of the […]
He lived like a goat Taking all the beatings And wearing debt’s coats Took all the curses He rode tear boats Taking all the beggings He yielded to no antidote Until Afia asked him why. II Mr. Kadeka laughed out loud Sat his buttocks And looked so proud Craned his neck To clear the path’s […]
Like bats, make us fly together We are trees on same land with different grounds A loud “paaa, pooom, peii” must raise our concerns II While our heads have nations with different thought legs, Their frames have carvings so similar in supplementation Their thought deeds have beautiful uglies Causing real pain to differing acts Which […]
Where lies your heart? In the will of safety or doom? Trust your heart to a machine That can crash and maim?  II Where lies your fear? Oh travelling heart? In the machete of maiming Or in the bowl of death?  III Where lies your motivation? In the importance of work Or in […]
Heal the nation By being doctors of sanitation Inject polythene to death And zap tins’ breath II Heal the nation By delivering pregnant gutters And impregnating bins Do make mosquitoes homeless III Heal the nation By making toilets bell Leaving nature’s smell On bushes and land IVÂ Heal the nation By embracing neatness Banishing flies […]
Maa Yaa! Come and listen! I went looking for snails Then I saw Oforiwaa strapping her newborn, I also saw her holding two of her youngs Then I asked how she was doing, She told me ” Who can be finer than me? Me who gives birth to the strength of the nation This whole […]
As morning stretches On dawn’s mat In thought’s cover cloth, Fears wear high heels Looking for who to attack. Just who is willing to be that pawn? II What pain on earth has never, ever tasted life Or is never, ever going to taste lives That you sacrifice happiness for fear? Those heels, will never […]
They fight seriously Why? Look here, ground-nuts and beans! Fighting for nothing Is like falling into grounds Full of herbivoric pests II As a leaf, I probed Beans claim superiority For being flower-borns As ground-nuts claim bosshood for Being root borns, how trivial! III You silly fighting beans, Don’t you know you depend on roots […]
Sight is calling might As it shines so bright But might doesn’t make it light II When natural aphrodisiacs Stand on heels of passion, Who can quench its fire? III Night’s whispers Make these walkers intense Setting heart on fire IV Calling control to quench Flying forced winds to work Bath the body with an […]
If a squirrel Stays in its hole Fearing trouble, Fire finds it And it is smoked out Into a hot saucepan II If a bird Stays on one tree Like a person tied to a bed Fearing a bullet A gun finds it And it ends up a kebab III Let legs take you places […]
Banned by a Beatrice Burning bear’s bread Bertha became a bystander Being booed by Beatrice In broad bay-light II Being the best, Bertha breathed and bowed When Beatrice bought the shame Of belittling, after seeing Bertha Oh shying shame! III Best be better At being no bore When your bones get bitter At boring beasts […]
When a cat falls in love with a mouse Certainly, it must prepare to banish hunger Form its life Or face the brightest darkness That will engulf it After breaking the bones of the one It feels great love for II When a mouse falls in love with a cat One-sidedly, It must cultivate the […]
When hands suffer to beat drums And parched throats wince as they taste rums Feet must be whipped when they stay calm II As the hands make the sounds Let the feet do the rounds Like possessed by the gods who watch III Africa is a dancing god Africans are dancers for the sun and […]
the cock crows, leaving the chicks to search for the hen who cares II the cock quacks acting swell in search of hens who are fresh III hens are those with hearts cocks are those with active bells in thighs so none blames when it rings Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
Televisions Nice, catchy Thrilling, educating, entertaining concrete, regulated, spellers, readers Teachings, learnings, equipping Ancient, writers Books Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
Like brooms, we must live In a belt of peace which sings, Calling hope for all II Like flowing rivers We must all join a good sea To protect fishlings III Like the wide bright sky We must make room for sun, rains Thunders and still smile IV Like the friendly moon We must be […]
I Those with smooth vocabulary spoons Stir roughly emotions of weak soups Soups clutch at the spoons Hoping to be saved In possible whirl storms It could be ruthless tsunamis  II I, do watch I, see the touches I, get appalled, Seeing the breakages of emotional bones Causing the murders of  strong emotional soldiers […]
Poetry, is fast gaining roots in Ghana, and as such, there are modern poets who are helping give it a boost in the entertainment industry. I must commend the Ghana Association of Writers (GAW) for helping its members gain the recognition they need. Being what many call a prolific writer, I started writing poetry when […]
Dawn’s whispers It freshness and tears Its soothings caress Bodies smile and feel Which arena can compare?  II Morning’s massages Its beauty and smiles Its vitamins like potent drugs Bodies smile and feel Which arena can compare?  III Afternoon’s strength Its drying and heat Its scares and energy Bodies love in care Which […]
Dawadawa and prekese Are now ruled by curry powder And white spices Ghana men hide in masks Thinking they are trending And I ask myself why? II Days when our older generation lived They lived on hwintia, pepreh and kakaduro Adding mako, making sure akoko messa Dance in soups with fowl carcasses in their rivers […]
I am a bright star I need to see brighter sun Help! Help Mister Dark II I am a bright star Sitting dazed like trapped by clouds I need to see sun III With sun in deep sleep While I am fully awake How do I meet her? IV Please Mister Dark, help I help […]
Sometimes I wish I were a broom Strapped together with others In a tight band So I will never lack company And like an eternal love, Be together forever I would hate to be a dropout Because I wouldn’t want to be a child’s play For in the hands of the child, I know my […]
Dan drooled down amidst dears Deeming deans daffy Drawing dears dull Damning daughters deep, Deep drowning his density Dan deems it a dago And dallies getting a dahlia Dating back to get his daguerreotype Drown in dangerous dens Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
Tomatoes, onions Pepper and salt, fish, water Groundnut or palmnut Should I bring in the others? They live independently II Living by themselves So conceited like bosses Never knowing they will leave Together in pots On flames with fingers like swords III Sad that is not all Their carcasses travel through Odours, crashing stones With […]
Tears, like cloud in sky When rained, clears the sky so right Paving way for sun II Pain, like snow on earth When cleared, cleans the earth so well Showing neat beauty III Let it rain till dawn And help the sun rise with ease To heal all pain Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
Tingly tickles tell trophies, Trials tails tops and turns Try twinkling like a twinkling star Or trip in trails while training But trophies laughed and told tt That they are the top many must reach While tt is the fuel which drives seekers to them What I learnt from the discourse? Everything has its grand, […]
A talk will help with the walk A lock can’t help to block *** Prep does help in bold step No bumper comes from slumber *** Cats are lions when they yearn to reach Zion As bats are eagles when they battle daylight *** Wise words have smooth road In the ears of one who […]
I know I don’t do much Well, I may not know much I don’t crave for so much Just crave for a lover’s touch *** Signing in symphony Smiling in harmony Settling in spendable money Non needs to frown tasting honey *** I’m not asking for much I can’t fight you in a match I’m […]
This is a curse I say this slowly I know this is a curse When tortoise flies like an eagle Without any signs of possession Without a cause I know this is a curse *** This is a curse I know this is a curse When dogs act like lions Tearing bodies into pieces While […]
When he calls I keep rolling like a ball I keep moving like a sound I keep flowing like a river *** When he sighs I keep over reacting like a mouse I keep worrying like a lost parrot Tears keep overflowing within me like a fountain *** When he stumbles I keep diving like […]
Why sin was made ineluctable, Abena, I do not know Its terribly sweet whispers Its beautiful shapes and colours Its mysterious rush of adrenaline Its promises of gain Rubbed by its soothing balm of satisfaction after success, Erase thoughts of its consequences II There I was Standing at the threshold of sin Watching Amidu cuddle […]
Fans and heaters Fire and ice Cold marries shivers Heat drains sweat II Suns and rains Brightness and drinks Bright leads all Drinks satisfy thirst III Again suns and rains Dust and flood Dust gives cold Flood kills in cold Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
All great prekeses Prepare before meeting great dawadawas, facts II Scents battling with scents Sharpen their scent skills lest they Get lost in high scents III I wish most scents blend. The power of their result May kill enemies IV Complacency shames Hurts, destroys and kills always Who is not aware? Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) […]
While day flirts with air Thinking it can ward off night And air flirts with day Thinking it can light its path The trees nod their heads, watching II They see this all times Expectations in firing They all leave town and die down Being bombed by darkness How I wish some use their heads! […]
In a world which sniffs And coughs suffering and good The toad must test all waters Before embarking on all its leapings into swimming Even fishes hold water thermometers If trust has become so stubborn As to dive deep into unforgivable tests Then you and I are but pawns Pawns set on each other to […]
Sound the bell Let actions tell Of the tree which fell For the lovely Mel In an analogy which sells And I will step into the shoes of Mel And wouldn’t mind being the tree which fell  II Long go, a huge tree fell Across a trench which was so deep It fell to […]
I am waiting Waiting for that moment, That moment when bubbles will fry And join passions in the bloodstream Sending satisfaction like a serpent in heat To this heart which is living and yearning for a step up II I am waiting Waiting for that moment When a righteous war will be waged Waged against […]
The bulb brightens Like a higher version of candles Knowing air can never get close Knowing its life will end not with a wick It knows it is not immortal But feels it can brighten longer than most candles I am that bulb And until a hot iron brings me down Or a hot current […]
Sparks of lightening When the moon meets sun Sparks of electricity When pluses stand beside negation Sparks and sparks Is what I need Make me the moon If you need to be the sun And let’s produce many stars To help us shine bright Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
Trimmed and hemmed? Oh no! You should have known There are miserly mice Who hate to share On the feast of “hand go hand comes” Especially when their hands are the longest So stop flooding the land of your face Stop looking into the hemmed holes Stop being the cat and forget the mouse And […]
Fall into my arms And let’s recite the Psalms The Psalms which draw And brings passionate beauty to the fore The Psalms which tickles And has a fragrance which sizzles When morning breezes wash their faces As the sun approaches watching its paces The gates of its arms will be opened Like red roses open […]
There is a place where I belong It seems I’ve always there belonged Even while I’m resting under this earthly tree Its eastern corridors reek freedom song Freedom from self, the lyrics of the song From the stitched, to the fried heart From the sick, to heads needed to be heard From the thorned, to […]
Vultures standing in mirrors Prepare to fight their souls None can intervene except pitch dark Then darkness becomes the hero The only hero who stopped an internal war We, With hearts, We, With minds We, With souls Are not vultures Cannot be vultures And must not be vultures In front of mirrors For we are […]
When our minds get together In a bind that can’t go asunder Peace dances as chaos cries Harmony jubilates as jealousy lies So let’s flee in our good highs II Let claps shout And love be stout Let peace be still And like broom, feel The hope standstill Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
Tied to trouble’s tantrums, Today, I turn to You totally Turn around and talk to the times Like the omnipotent that You really are To calm the tantrum of troubles II Here, herald the realms Hear my heart’s heaviness Heal my heat and replace with happiness Helping my  hand always To cease all hurts III […]
When the cameraman dies Many accuse the camera of lies As his image is searched But none can be fetched He got lost behind the scenes While he was busy fetching other scenes Never did he think to be needed in a frame Until his soul answered the call Causing chaos in the hall And […]
“He said what he said Because of what I said I said what I said Because of what he said We said what we said Because of what we both said” So what was it that was said That drove what we said? Most of the time, what was said Like gas, evaporates before a […]
Here I am Sand close to the sea Always wet like a condemned prisoner Even when the weather is warm As other sands turn dust Dancing in the corridors of the breezes, I stay where I am Bounded by seawater I know I’ll eventually be washed ashore And get lost in the same sea of […]
We started on clouds Now pride ties us like a rope Dangling us in air  II How did we get here? Mouths playing opposition To our hearts true sounds  III How did we get here? Tears for the open hidden And shed in the dark  IV How did we get here? Ears […]
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