On winter’s tail Africa has stepped, Stopping snow in its tracks Getting a hold on cold II Little did Kwaku know This luxury is found only in the Belly of Africa Africa goes no further III He runs for pastures Hoping to attract good gestures But falls into the hands Of snow and onto the […]
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REPELLING SCENTS
Scents of ‘momoni’ Repellent of noses but Delicacy of tongues After going through heat II Faeces of the grass-cuter Disgusting at a sight Pleasant smell to the nose When on the raging fire And a delicacy on tongues After their fire refinements III I guess humans can be droppings Rejected at a glance And accepted […]
If Ntikuma studies Ananse The future must weep And all knowledge must be kept Far away from his house II Ananse is the puzzle Which rattles wisdom To dupe gargantuan gallants And leaves loopholes of escape III Ananse is the master planner Who flirts with death And emerges victorious That’s Ananse, Kwaku Ananse IV An […]
Offerings scream as they Walk on heels noisily to Pockets of pastors II Paupers’ pride in Christ Is paused for glitters on beings Who are known vessels III Bibles have no defence As fire can flame all its clones. Christianity cries IV Give! Give! Prophets shout Receive! Receive as you give! Offerings are back-doored V […]
When mama acts mad My mates make fun of me Asking why my mama is mad II When mama acts mad She kisses me in school And ruffles my hair III When mama acts mad She speaks in no language “dibadibamy babybobobo” And shakes her head From side to side IV When mama acts mad […]
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ROCK RIGHT ROCKS
Row, row, and row right Ringing rings in reasoned realm Rearing renewals in raging wrecks Racing, riding and rinsing real even when raddled Radiant reaches rinse recklessness Raise right rings and ramble in raid For rainfall mostly comes with a rainbow Real raiment repels rotten cold Ricki, Racka rock in rock Rays return right after […]
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HOPE IN STORM
On this vast stormy sea Under the fuming stormy breeze With only a paddle and an arm Who can close the mouth of this angry tide? Since there’s nowhere to hide I’m asking you, sea, to give me a ride A ride to nothingdom Protecting me from Fishmutindom For I don’t need to land in […]
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IN PRAISE TO THE ALMIGHTY
Fishes jump in honour Elephants thump in clapping Emperors sound trumpets Loving the Holy Mystic II To the mind reader Healing the sick and afflicted Easing pain and sorrow, ‘thanks’ is in order III Praise be to the king who Rears these fowls through all weathers And welcomes the obedients […]
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I NEED TO DATE AND MARRY GOD
I need to date God I need to date God Because before I would think He’s already thought He would feel my hunger And would feel my pain He would feel my love And would give me trust He’ll corner my lies And will hold my hand Feeling my discomfort in heat And holding me […]
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LEG ON LEG
Leg on leg A lady never sells Her farm or pride II Leg on leg Even in love, there is A knock before enter button III Leg on leg Head and chin up Are her greatest tools yet IV Leg on leg Lowering eyes is a Defeat sign V Leg on leg Owning the kitchen […]
If the goat could swallow lust It wouldn’t have to go through the Pain of castration Feeling bloated and empty In preparation for its meat metamorphorsis II If the cat could stop stealing It wouldn’t have to go through The pain of mewing at the painful canes Whenever theft walks in And out of the kitchen […]
Dear diary, Days die distracted Days dance in dew Dreams dance in hourly heads I sit like a book Being flipped by the wind Knowing not my end Because I know not my weight II Dear diary, Desperate days die young Dreading dreams dumped on another Deepening darkness of dawn Dressing deepness of dew And […]
Fears run rampantDown the streetsWhen words are lost andSolace springs from thin air,Molecular mornings igniteDivisions uniting the sky,Conjoining the lost,Churning distant souls refinedInto something quite like you and I II Something can be nothing Walking through thin air without a face Taunting with blurred thoughts without a trace Molecular afternoons ignite Threatening to spark […]
Goats Change right Like smart stoats Acting stubborn Tasting like heaven From all angry runnings To all the naughty chewings Their sins are forgottten when their Scents hit noses and their taste hit tongues Just as human corpses lose sins to death Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
Brooms wearing one belt Sweep the good, bad, ugly, dust And do grow short together Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
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SEA OF ALIENHOOD
I was there And struggled to be here I am here And struggling to be back there The nauseous smell of the cold Makes me wish for the smiles of the sun The sorry faces of race Makes me wish for my root race I am here; My dream come true My mind is there; […]
Veins hold each other Tight, opening their arms to Let blood flow for good II To make a being work Veins forget their differences And tirelessly work III A single break down And all demonstrate for a Hurried attention IV A block at a point All stop, a rising notice To save their own piece […]
Soft flowers are lined From the doorway to the bed Bowing to the new Madam of the temporary Bed who looks like an angel II She blushes in white; White as pure as snow for all To know that she is The luck filled being in motion She is filled with emotions III She smiles […]
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A CRITIC’S FLAW (HAIKU)
A feeling like hope Sits in the midst of chaos Oh pessimism! II A feeling like love Sits in the midst of hatred Oh ye blind hurt men! III A feeling like wins Sit in the midst of grave loss Oh ye doomed thinkers! IV Hear the sad critic Use the word ‘like’ in her […]
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CRICKETS IN DARKNESS (SEDOKA)
Crickets cry so loud In the cover of darkness Knowing their sizes give shade II Which busy bee would Want to go for the dark hunt? You win dear cricket in dark Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
When moon sits in state Stars gather to see him shine Praying to be him In nights unborn to lead the Shine in lighting the dark earth II When moon sits in state All stars shine in their own fate Their yearnings shirked to The background for light to rule Brewing their oneness III What […]
Madiba made us See signs of peace walking on Strong legs in Africa II An ex-convict who Made his good heart a public Display to shine a healthy ray to break ills III Who thinks of the good Coming from a stinking cell? One would say revenge but his legacy is worthy to sell IV […]
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BROKEN PRIDE (LUSTING HAIKU)
Stretchings stretch satins Seeing soft sweet symphonies Sacrosanctly slide II Even emperors stand Ear-bashings without bating An eye in public III Lust leads litany Listening to lewd lessons In untold labour IV Reason! You Rabbi Reason! Fake romance repines The ranter with time V Read through the patterns Satins are replaceable Pride when broken sucks […]
Daylight enhances The bee’s nuances An innocent flower Smiles like a tower Thinking it has power Buzzing in attractiveness It hovers until the flower gets powerless It then perches, sits, gets comfy and sucks Thanking God for its lucks The nectar weeps Hating where its soul seeps Until its shouts diminish Into the bees beaky […]
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LOVE CAPTURES AND DESTROYS
The stingy man opened up The nagging woman shut up What is up? They saw it riding in hooded chariot Speeding in beauty Capturing with need And taking all the pride there was Those who hated to lie Wore clothes of mud Those who hated to sit Sat on needles of hurt Those who hated […]
In her eyes Love with him flies His every whim is her desire And she does all his needs require Even when her body bleeds II In my eyes Hurt with his motive flies Cheating being his only desire And is bound to all his desires acquire And laughs as she bleeds III She is […]
Let’s chew fashion And get full in its elation Who cares about stinky farms? Who wants to be at the end of its harms? Slugging? We must keep sleeping Prouding? Then let’s dance famished If clothes and prestige cannot feed And none wants to touch or be touched By leaves, Then I’m sorry for me […]
Christmas is palpable Intents are horrible Many will use no Bible They are waiting to kiss Under a mistletoe for bliss And will take no one’s diss II Gone are the days When many stood at bays To think of a blessed baby in tangled hays Now there is the sexy dancing Now there is […]
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BOARDERS
Sounds differ Scars differ Sanes differ Shivers differ Even the world’s wakefulness differ II What is this? I’m asleep He is awake It’s 7:00am here It is 2:am there The world is baffled at its own trait III But time travels same Retaining its discipline Of not looking back nor slowing down No matter its […]
Fireflies, save your glow You capture my eyes in order to glow Now the moon serenades the sky Sending sweet light to you and I II Where is your mouth to brag? Where are your wings to nag? Look up to the sky And hear darkness cry III Lovers of secrecy cry foul Seeing as […]
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BEAUTY PREGNANT WITH PAIN
TTH To think time never stops! II TTH A peaceful house harbouring suffering! III TTH Comings are not goings, the unknown taunts! IV TTH Accompaniers wait quietly and anxiously! V TTH Why does your lights shine so deceivingly bright in the night? VI TTH A habitat of beauty housing abhorables! VII TTH Show a little […]
We are here In this hot sea together Why should one cry the loudest? Water, please stop screaming Pepper, garden eggs, onions Tomatoes, are lost in your world Only their colour seves a reminder through you So why must you make the loudest noise? We are all unfortunate beings Who among us was able to […]
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THROUGH THE TEST
Tear through taunting tests Turning trembling to tantalising Like a tactician T’ai-chi terrors trouble Tame taunters by tearing tambourines Telling tales of your tactility Tamper with risk Tear through Its tantrums; Tersely With Tact And Tower Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
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A DAY IN A LIFE
A day in a life Many are alive II A day in a life Pain is rife III A day in a life Who carries whose strife? IV A day in a life Same time, same place Different thoughts travel through Same and different minds V A day in a life Satisfaction, cheating, hurts Greed, […]
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SLEEPING WHISTLES
When the night bang bangs And sleep whistles; whee whee whee, sleep awhile I’ll say: Saintly saints send sleeping satins Sprinkled with scents of sweetened dreams Soaked with comfort of stressless strands Singing silly soothing sounds So sleep to the keep of beauty And keep your flawless spirit All happenings are gone with time New […]
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CLOTHES OF DARKNESS
For those with cover cloth of darkness Which hides many of your scary weakness Darkness enclothen Weaknesses unfolden I know you feel embolden’ II Sophisticated sweet sweats May cause you to dance to your own beats No matter your many a soothing day After scaring many to decay Know one night might turn to day […]
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THE STINKING PUB
So I went to a haughty club I saw a begging stinking pub Kneeling, weeping and blocking smoke From mouths of many a stinking broke II “Save me you fresh clean broke Don’t smoke me, you can get stroke Help me breathe air and not smoke I’m dying of the many travelling smoke” III I […]
What if I say humans are fishes? We are fishes with air as our water Swimmingly walking with our hands as fins Would you all say I’ve lost my brain buttons? II What if I say humans are leaves and fruits? We are leaves and fruits according to our deeds So the leaves produce nothing […]
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Learning Love
Loosening leaps Learning lust Listening leasts Leaning labour Lengthy labyrinth Laconic limps Laird lessons Labouring labia Lambent lightening Living lively Leading ladder Leave the la-di-das Learn to be the linchpin Leave the lost Live in love Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
Scars Remind Their bearers And taunt givers As to revenge’s time A touch, remembrance, pain But that pain can be turned gain If forgiveness smooths the bearers Not a leg walks, all strong-willed legs walk So stepping on toes in secluded space Is a giving as all reach for goals and fall down Scars given […]
Obvious waves Travelling from far caves You give chills which lift no finger to save II Visions of your opened mouth Visions of your furious face Thoughts of your final blows Shake my body into jerks III So sail slow, oh vicious waves! Smile small, oh angry waves Seal your mouth, oh taunting waves And […]
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DAZZLING BLAZZERS
Stars have their brightness No matter their territories They would learn to shine They won’t look at the others And won’t try being a challenge II Sky is huge and broad It has its home and abroad It makes its beings free To roam giving their own best War is unnecessary III Blend is necessary […]
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A DECEMBER TO REMEMBER
I need a December to remember In another December as a happy member I need no pretending December Which will smile and my life endanger I will my life surrender If December opens its safe chamber I need no chamber which’ll make me an offender So December shed your temper And be a December to […]
Anger lies within Everything God’s breath is in It can be the sun It can also be the rain And can also be the wind II Who stands this fury? The fury of the sun burns That of the rain floods And the fury of wind kills To think they pleasure in calm III All […]
Magintine in lovertine Blessinpull in maheartine Feelingtine is overtine Lonetine calls frustratine Make it mablessintine I know this may sound like fake language, and it is. This is the pure version: Magic in love Pull blessings to my heart My feelings are overdue Loneliness calls for frustration Make this my blessing time Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia […]
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PAINFUL VISIONS
The huge tree cries It cries for its loneliness It sees it all House them all. When the moon lights its eyes And darkness whistles, They come in pairs. Many swing Many dance Many kiss many lie Many sit Just making each other reflective mirrors The hurtful of all Is when many fight Go, come […]
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TO MY FEMININE SIDE
To have me in your ride Touch my feminine side I’ve rules you must abide Our oneness needs no divide II To have me by your side Let smoothness glide Have no scary skeletons to hide Our prideful parts must not collide III To have me by your side Tone down when you chide Slow […]
Sourcer’s sources Serve our forces Cut our loses And change our bosses II Wanderer’s wonder make pain surrender Cut hurt intruder And put war asunder III This is a prayer We don’t have a lawyer We loathe every destroyer So be our lawyer IV Cravings Yearnings Needings Fears Satisfy them; our massive pleadings Amoafowaa Sefa […]
I’s without eyes Heads which never heads Nose which never knows Birds without beds Legs which beg Sheds without shirts Mouths which can’t build mounds Armpits without pits Thighs beneath the highs Fingers without figures Toes in the lows Mics built in stomachs Buttocks without tick tocks Everything has a semblance With no semblance Once […]
In the drizzling rain I feel the sizzling bane Of the fizzling cane II Chaos sit at the counter Bragging to sanity counter And shun peace’s encounter III Vultures perch on broken twigs Smelling blood mixed with long wigs Looking through for the fleshy bigs IV Vampires join the nasty orgy Assured by their psychology […]
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