When sorrow does burrow In your heart like a fierce rabbit Know its path can only be narrow It definitely will outgrow its habit When you eventually pull your arrow So think of its pit You will be the master When you become its crime buster Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
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KOFI THE PREACHER (TRIPLE CLERIHEW)
The preacher Kofi Preaches for “chofi” So he always digs To live the bigs II Kofi The Sunday For that is his day He reaps for Zion And devours all like a lion III Kofi the Gyata, You’ll end in a gutter If you make all bitter By being a litter Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) […]
Sword; Holders In high seats Cutting righteous Leaving the horrors You continue to weed There is a higher swordsman Who is waiting for your sinking And writing all your filthy thinkings You continue growing weeds, cutting seeds Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
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HE MUST BE A WOMAN (TANKA)
Peace amidst chaos Helpful amidst helplessness Healing in murder Embracing ruthless shooters He must be a good woman II Climbs against advice; He holds hands and drops gently. Bad demonstrations; He protects, love and give all Why is He not a woman? III He acts motherly So He must be a woman Catching all our […]
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EMPTY BARRELS?
As you cry victims and say “empty bottles make most noise, know I know I know, that there were touches Which caused the noise, whose touches? II Touches give movements and movements give noise, a choice So touch not, mouth zipped Touch and say, empty barrels and itchy hands cause most noise Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia […]
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UNFAIRNESS WEARING A FOREIGN COAT
He uses the rags Which someone sees as cloth And throws it in animal dung of mud But the rags get cleaned and rushes to him II She uses the doormat Which someone sees as a bed Making sure the rains do cane And pull it into the gutters But as soon as it gets […]
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SHOOT HIM (FOR 18+)
You sit and watch, The hands which has a fenced mouth Through which your disrespectful sermons walk out with ease, Touch and caress your sacred temple As its legs kneel in the tightly closed doors of “mock to” ears And you do nothing? Shoot him! Shoot that freaking son from a rabies dog! II […]
Fie! Artificial fires of the night Fie! You who shine off and on Jumping from the mountain of darkness To the mountain of brightness Scattering arranged futures And pulling hairs of the protected Fie! You nighters like weak but dangerous fireflies! II I wear great clothes of metal Metal to you, cotton to day workers […]
I braced all weathers Alone, Suffered through falling Alone, I faced the anger of mean suns Alone Seeing my twin being pampered Simply because I was banana And not plantain II When she was watered, I was neglected When she was shaped, I was left in my withers Now, plantain sleeps In this weather as […]
As we stand in our fallibility Like soldiers with brave masks showing our durability We’re like maize plants Moving like hungry ants When the winds place their calls To have our falls II As we claim authenticities As lesser lives cry on our artificialities Like victims whose lives were taken Before their happiness was awaken […]
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TICKLING NIGHT
The night is tickling With ringing passions Passions soaring on eagle wings And having flings with loneliness II Sky looks high at the sighs Breezes whisper in gossips Waiting anxiously for the complete lonely season As I lose all my reasons III As the stars pray And the moon displays all shameful longings, Fireflies pull […]
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WRINKLED IN PRIME
Wrinkled, She is wrinkled in her prime Wrinkled, She is wrinkled while her mates glow Wrinkled, She is wrinkled by scorching distortion, Wrinkled by omnivorous corruption Wrinkled by familial keep-up appearances Wrinkled by fence sitting Wrinkled by money gluttons Wrinkled by horrid crime sexing Wrinkled, just wrinkled By eyes of jealousy “Ghanamanosyncratics nsempiisms” Nana Awere […]
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SORES ON THE LAND
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 […]
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THE 58 WE’VE ‘ATE’
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 […]
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A JUMP IN THE WELL
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 […]
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HEAL THE NATION
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 IV Heal the nation By embracing neatness Banishing flies […]
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MARATHONIC PROCREATION
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 […]
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MAGNETIC FEAR
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 […]
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WHISPERS OF TINGLERS
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 […]
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POSITIVE VIBES
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 […]
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CATS SERENADING MICE
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
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TELEBOOKS (DIAMANTE)
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 […]
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SWEET SPOONS
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 […]
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TIMES
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 […]
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DELICO CHANGE
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 […]
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UNIFICATION IN DEFECATION
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 […]
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DROOLING DENTS
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 […]
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SKY DRAMA
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
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THE TICKET TO THE TOP
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, […]
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No Images; Please Think
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 […]
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THIS LOVE WITHIN ME
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 […]
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A TRAVELLING CURSE
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 […]
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WHEN HE CALLS
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 […]
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SEDUCTION OF SIN
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 […]
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PARADOXICALLY SILLY
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
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COMPLACENCY IN HAIKU
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) […]
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FLIRTATIOUS BACKFIRINGS (TANKA)
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! […]
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PLEASE SHARE
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 […]
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THAT LOVELY MEL
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 […]
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