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 […]
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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
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LEFT: VALENTRIMO
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 […]
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THE GATES OF LOVE
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
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TRYING TIMES
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 […]
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WHAT WAS SAID
“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 […]
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PUPPETS (HAIKU)
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 […]
When legs lift the balls At all ambitious goals’ calls Nets cry, touched by balls II As a section falls Another does climb joy’s walls Worshipping the balls III Goal, goal, goal; the calls Where we will head are the malls We are the stand-talls IV All those with the galls Just because you took […]
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BITING BOUTS
Baron bought bread brought by Berth Beating Ben by bribing Berth Brewing beverages bought by Ben Belittling Brown by buying beef Brought-up by Brown’s best boys II “Bring my bread Bring my beverage Bring back my beef in the best bowl” But Baron boasted by biting the last bite Betting Both Ben and Brown That […]
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SWEPT OFF HER FEET
“Oh saintly mermaid! One with a heavenly touch! You are the breath I need to have! II Oh beautiful princess Of a higher kingdom Look down in love On this pitiful patient of love” III Ordinary Abea Thought she had landed Looked down and danced For the one who beckoned in humility IV The dance […]
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VALENTINE ANTICIPANTS
“He would buy me some shoes Which would themselves give boos We will never slip in twos Because we work well as twos” II These are words from novices You all need some services Your minds do have some crevices So come for the services III Even those bonded by bands Showing always on their […]
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NO BURDEN OF GUILT (HAIKU)
“Bone of contention? He lived with a chain of thoughts Ringing in his mind II Kong tang yang kang kong! They rung, rung, rung rung non-stop Until Pantan called III Those loads he carried Those in his goodness married Shunned him totally IV Funny how life sailed There was no burden of guilt None asked […]
When busy legs lie Being neglected by hearts which sigh Watching others move As minds think of all its loss Doom blankets future wishes II Will I ever rise? Will I ever leave like them? Will I ever laugh? Will I ever get my wish? Dilemic songs sing themselves III If God watches now Let […]
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OUR SACRED TEMPLES
Deep within hearts Are yearnings never to be satisfied Many dramas never to be acted Hurts turned shame never to be seen Tears buried under pride never to be dug Words hidden in fear balloon never to burst And so the story is never complete As seated deep our these hidden In a safe like […]
Caused by uncontrolled division of abnormal cells, cancer grows to take lives, irrespective of personalities and fame II Early detection Is needed for a fair fight Once outweighed; no hope So stop tobacco intake Eat well, cut down alcohol III Exercise is key Learn to enjoy monrning sun Do practice safe sex Green tea is […]
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HE AND SHE (BEFORE THEIR VALENTINE)
HE She is the sun The sun I yearn for a tan So all can see I’m a man A man who can face any gun SHE He is the moon The moon which makes me swoon The moon I need for a cocoon Because the moon makes night noon HE Can I bribe the […]
Pretty as flower Rotting within, sharp contrast Oh hearts of the gods! II You have soothing words “He whom the gods love dies young” Ye gods, please hate me! III I don’t need your love! I do not need your warm love! But your protection! IV Let me win this time Let me win again, […]
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NONE CAN FIGHT RAIN
After her lips was kissed by the harmattan which left its peels as her souvenirs, she resolved to begrudge rain which failed in its rescue and like one fighting her soul, she basked herself in her madness II She boxed with revenge and was punched by thirst still, she boxed with hatred and was punched […]
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AFTER MY PARTING
After my parting I hope the world remembers not The stench of my farthings And only sees the marks of my sweeping broom II After my parting I hope none cries for gains lost And that my only son lives Growing in pride over my short existence III After my parting I hope […]
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FAILURE’S DEN
Who needs to hold the tail And suffer a fail When even after the uprooting of the “f” What remains is ail? And after all the suffering to get the “a” off, What still remains attract another “l” To show “ill”? None! II But a fail throws a ladder For a climb to the top […]
Harmattan effects; Burning fresh leaves, kindling ills Favouring orthodox? II Attacking the nose Scratching and biting the chest Murder in cold blood? III When your pinch shivers As your air wrinkles like cloth Of linen, your problem? IV You’ll say I accuse Unfairly, but you know how Right I am. My chest! V Leave my […]
Obroni, If you need to know Why my skin is coal I’ll bless you now With some knowledge bow *** Mama cooked me in her special pot With fire from the sun And work from her womb Turning me in and turning me out *** Yes, mama cooked me in her special pot I knew […]
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MISSING THE PLAY
I miss, I miss, I miss The plays which lived in the past When the sun went to sleep All the children gathered to play in a circle As the alien runs round Looking for an alien to join the circle And the circle sang this song “Antowankire ei! Tinkon! Dwaaso mankani Tinkon! ɛtↄ a ne […]
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DO THE REQUIRE
Carrying the heaviest house Knowing it can’t compete a sick mouse The tortoise still moves in search Of its daily manna II Knowing a step-on is its horrid accident And the steppers would never give it a lament The ant still moves in search Of its daily manna III Even the lions know their Zions […]
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WHEN PAIN GNAWS
You hold my thighs When you hear my sighs And you see dark drawing dawn nigh But your bites tend to be high II What, to you, I did That you’ve placed on my head a bid That none can cancel, not even God forbid! Makes me search for balms God hid III Please leave […]
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AFTER THE GONG HIT (SONG)
I’ll put you in a song Where you really belong From when you came along To the time you run along CHORUS For you were the rain Which promised me gain But drove me insane In a long short lane II You said you were among Those who many do long Because your sweet sweet […]
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WHEN OUR DAYS GO TO SLEEP
When our days go to sleep And end our wondering which is so steep I know we will all take the leap Wanting or not wanting to take a peep II We assume the sound of goodness Will give nice chairs of softness As the sound of wickedness Flog many to helplessness III These grave […]
“I need to rap No one should tap I’m not on laps When impressed, just give some claps II I’m now a bird I’m not on a bed So why are your eyes red When I’m building my shed? III Let me live like an eagle And soar like an eagle No need to act […]
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THREADING CAUTIOUSLY
When turtles swim into the shore Hoping to see the ones before Little do they know what waits in store If only they knew seas have no law II When baby eagles wait in bore Hoping to be the flyers at the fore Showing mothers they can take the tour Little do they know about […]
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WHAT IS A WRITER WITHOUT SELF?
What is a writer without self? A writer needs eyes A writer needs ears A writer needs a mouth To ask to know A writer needs legs A writer needs a heart Hands can be borrowed But trusted hands are needed Like the ladle in a porridge on fire A writer is the centre Of […]
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PLEASE GIVE ME THAT DATE
God, I need a date A date which cannot wait So I can show you my plate Before I become late II God I need a date A date to strengthen my fate By knowing all my baits And securing all my gates III Oh Lord give me that date To know the root of […]
The church calls Won’t you heed to the call of change? The church calls through the voices of cocks Won’t you wake to the sounds they make? Wake to the sounds of the fashionistas Wake to the sounds of the “lusters” Wake to the sounds of pastors who mentor on beds with passion Wake to […]
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ROTS IN BEAUTY
Wrapped in beauty Are the rots with shiny eyes Booting goodness With their long legs of deceits and fancy II Wrapped in the rots Are the goodness sent to hell By heads doped in the rot Into the reverence of its essence III A world, so harmed By bad, so wrong Yet minds, don’t think […]
Dear lover afar Listen to the vibes from me To know and read signs I will send the winds to you To deliver our meet-times II I will bribe all trees Especially the wawa And huge odum trees Sapele too, for our good I dream to cage mosquitoes III Since ethnicity Has mouths with tongues […]
I no want be man Why I go dey want be man? Woman dey be waaa II Them no dey fit cry Them always dey shave shave beard Wet dreams, na wetin? III I no want be man Africa pressure no small For man, them sweat pass IV Them always dey beg […]
When craving pangy bells did rang She lovingly caressed to ease the stress Fuming and threatening that which gnawed With laws which seemed outlawed To make me see that one is flawed When he, she or it, gets to my bad side Increasing love was never cherished Until the mouth of the grave opened And […]
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HYMENACS
I wanted to see I had my own dreams of what it’ll be; Having massages and drinking tea Receiving much love without a fee Being the she never cheated by a he Feeling surreal loving all and me But it was never what I dreamt it’ll be II I began to see That everything was […]
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VIVA AMOAFOWAA
Maker of guava Who is a lover And ever ready to deliver Please deliver And stop my quiver It makes me shiver In my liver Make me a diva In life’s river And I’ll be a giver And I’ll never Let you my lover End like a fowl in a silver Just let many say […]
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WONDERFULLY MADE (HAIKU)
When dangling bells Sound to their importance sell My chest pots do bell II They do bell and tell Of trees of God’s perfection Seeking reaction III Do they produce fruits No matter their hoarding years? My heart calms its fears IV I’m the only house Of mobile humanity Made by the […]
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I NEED A LIGHT
I need a light To lighten my path As I take a stroll In my static state Like a lying statue II I need a light To show me all The stumps The stones And the trappy pits III I need a light To show me faces So I can know One who goes my […]
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SAINTS OF GARLIC
Garlic A delicacy in sauce A good cleanser Infection battler Heart lover Calms blood pressure, Like a great soldier at war, In moderate doses Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
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NO MODELS HERE
Even without the cock The hen does its wake Pecking and pecking For its children’s sake Opening its wings When danger does bake A piece here, a piece there An angel in the wake II When sticks are coming It does shout for all to run When chicks need afternoon roosting It sits and forms […]
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LIKE BIRDS AND TREES
When the sky Goes to war The earth goes awry And becomes the poor II When the sky Dances in colour The world does fly In its moody colour III When the sky Like the elephant thumps The world does cry Feeling the pain of the thumps IV Let the world think Of these simple […]
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REFINED BABOON
He had thoughts confined Kept mute to be refined Like a monkey in a heavy suit His sweat formed a river That run into the sea of the public Whose fishes gulped and swam Loving the newness thereof Unbearables fetched it And sent it to another river To introduce the sweat which initially acted Like […]
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ROLL
Ring riding rims that roll Wretched realms roll wretched wreck Riding and ringing reads reaping rains “Ray has got a ray that say he’s gay” As in happiness in life which never ends So ring ring ring your bell Riding rims that roll and flow Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
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