Sweet At my feet He offers a seat II Sweet At the beat He offers a dance III Sweet As it heats He switches on his cool IV Sweet He makes all neat When dirt sweeps across V Sour By the lengthening hour All the sweet turn to sour So sad. Thoughts then tend to […]
Tag: POETRY.
Time! Travel backwards To the day of creation And take me there II Time! Make me no alien In that crucial moment Please help me blend III Time! I need to see Like a child watching TV With my eyes the order of creation IV Time! I need to fathom How initialists lived Without religion […]
If life goes for eggs And blessing goes for fowls And trouble goes for hawks And earth go for death, I would voice my peace Egg throughout Boiling to be a fowl Without encountering many hawks Fly when need be Being careful not to fall For the earth’s mouth never closes And its stomach never […]
SENDING LOVE
Sizzling songs psyche us up Serving our souls serenity Surrender to its surreality To send sparks to your motivation II Pain pecks as poor  pests Pinning pins in pensive parts Prove to pain your power By pecking pain for awesome gain III In insecurity Immerse your soul in happy ink Irk low confidence into […]
Teeth in the curtain Are not hiding, that’s their home Mouth is their master II Mouth is a servant Listening to the mind and eyes To carefully work III I pray to just see What will make my teeth shine bright And be no monsters IV So for you I hope Let pain flee from […]
WITHIN AND WITHOUT
Standing on the mountain I feel my perfect shape a fountain I try to many things a counting But the many creatures keep shouting Please, make me a free fountain So I can snake through all and know their nurturing So I can feel the fire, stones and land thumping So I can feel the […]
Had a duet with the sensational Lisa Ojanpera on theme Racism. This is a white and black blend, please enjoy and let the white and black clouds merge. The sky is fuming madly Hating our living badly She neglects wind’s many pleas And thunders us on our knees Black clouds force to take full charge […]
Tears Of the sky Can be blessings For the earth when it’s dry II Tears Of the sky Can be a curse For the earth when it’s wet III Know There’s change in all So plot but don’t plot to fall Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
LOVE LIKE A BEE? (QUATRAIN)
Love must be a butterfly Flying here and sucking there Deceiving beings by being sly Because its angels are rare II Love must be a bed with bugs Pinching beings when sleep is sweet Denying addicts its hugs And pushing beings to their feet III Love must be bee with honey Combing around to make […]
Wow! How did God allow this? Many bottles he made Like the ingenious crafter In his branding thoughts Now it turns into a huge show a show of beauty A show of durability A show of class A show of geography A show of war Not what He bargained for I know Lost! We seem […]
PREACHER AND TEACHER
So the preacher preached On the pious pulpit Looking on head tops Charging by every “amen” Like a goat, he was sent in By a wife he thought was ignorant And listened as he spoke He held his pen and jotter Turned when there was laughter  After sermons he looked down Only to find marked […]
IF I WERE A CHRISTIAN
Just as Christ came Easing His way through hearts Summoning hurdles to lie Unleashing anger on sins, I would Summon my conscience to light II If I were a Christian, Saving me and all would be a priority III Tearing beings Hesitating in helping Ecstatically jubilating than saving, will be nil IV Soaring on righteousness […]
RACISTS ALERT
These natural black overalls These natural white overalls These natural brown overalls These natural yellow overalls Are just overalls like all overalls We wear them to cover worldly alls And take them off for earth to blend Then our souls are seen as one Who fights for packaging When all they do is package? We […]
If ears hear And eyes see Mouth will surely be tempted To speak Imagine a world without these No sins, I suppose They enhance To exaggerate, And infuriate into action Like the chicken from bile They attract To show the good Then put smiles and hope On faces We can’t live with We can’t live […]
CUPID’S PAINFUL RHETORICALS
What do I do? I knew not the heart had eyes II What do I do I knew not the heart had no ears What do I do? I knew not the heart runs faster than cars III What do I do? When stifled, this heart tends to threaten bursting IV What do I do? […]
You Came here And rubbed salt Painfully …in Caring not a hoot About the heart with fears You rubbed into injury Salt which burned after your grave wound Like a hobby, you loved beyond compare You forgot I am a house built with bricks Bricks which could return […]
ALL WHITE
He’ll come today With his magic rod And his all white robe To take you to shop For life Peace Love Happiness And all that is fair All you need to do, I’m told, Is to throw out the filth Of worry Of pain and shame And look forward to glory In your sleep None […]
WHEN STARS BEAMED
He sent the bright stars With many sweet candy bars To bring me sweet smiles II The moon sat afar And nodded in cute brightness Smiling through it all III The sky beings thanked me For brightness of my presence I happily beamed IV Suddenly, clouds formed And fumed, calling lightening And thunder, and rains […]
He Smiled bright Sending flights Of blood To crush Within II He Called me From angles And I rushed Thinking not To his feet III He Used me As his rag And threw me out Only to pick me up After I was washed clean IV Now I have seen With my own eyes The […]
I give you my own flesh They do take it quickly But still they think need They go for His bones He gets so broken And broken Broken Blood flows From Him Into Their Flaming hot cups Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
TALKERS AND WALKERS
Shoes have mouths Selection can prevent doubts One in hiding needs no talker One in limelight needs the talker One in chasing needs the quiet Brains can give grains In famine Watch And Learn Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
Mirror mirror on the wall Who is the fairest of all? Is it the goat, lion, sheep Or the vulture? You can boldly mention me; The peacock, if I fit the position MIRROR: Only VULTURE comes close to the fairest of all PEACOCK: What? The corpse eater? MIRROR: Yes PEACOCK: Why? MIRROR: Because he takes […]
SINS OF STATICS (HAIKU)
Pockets do differ But the sun shines bright for all Sins may tag confines II Sins may tag confines Sustenance is expensive Still the air is free III Tell me of suicide And I’ll show you an ingrate In your own mirror IV Hardship calls efforts That makes it interesting To the hard-worker V I’m […]
BE MINE: LOVE, LUST AND LAID
Some are cigarettes Lighted, pulled and stepped on Some are alcohol Drank, drunk, alert and forgotten Some are cars Used, crashed and abandoned Some are foods Eaten, digested and eased out dirty I don’t want to be either above I need to be your eyes That one person who sees through your lies I need […]
BREAKING BENDS
Bread broken unequal brings baits Beckoning hatred, brewing feuds Beasts in brains when awoken roar Burning blind poor innocent beings Before bears break and beasts do bounce Break breads equally to straighten Bended breaks and let the peace be Brothers and sisters share great bonds […]
Even stones are blasted By the creation of mind’s art Man, who art thou To put out light In another’s candle? II In a journey Which all are meat For the insatiable earth And hungry scavengers, Who is who To squash the flower Of another which yearns like yours? III We’re in this race We […]
Let all saints be put together And a giant screen be mounted Let them know they’re on their own Sit, watch keenly and see how sin grows It’s root cannot be seen germinating It’s little plant cannot be seen on any path It’s odour cannot be smelt even when near Because it grows in sheltered […]
Travellers merged To produce this house And when they parted They left her unprotected. II Though unoccupied, God brought forth strong trees To be her guards And gave them more leaves To break all winds III Why won’t this house jubilate? There can be an earthquake Time may blow it down But in this living […]
TO GOD (JOSEPH’S STAR)
I Me Thinking right? Not having a fright? The sun is not shinning bright I must look for restful place Where do I look now? Front or back? Dazed II Father What is me? Will I ever see? There is no prompter for you I only see a barrier No clue you are there Please […]
SHARP CONTRAST- THANKSGIVING
I So cold In many folds Elsewhere  II Many beings Sit shivering Elsewhere III Thanksgiving Is what trends Elsewhere IV Why is sun cooking on this land? Tamale contrasts the cold Elsewhere V But like a grateful child, I say my thanks Here Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
DRUMS AND NEEDS (HAIKU)
I All huge noisy drums Filled to their satisfaction, Calm and zip their mouths. II Leave them just half full And their grumblings will be heard By a little push III Such a pretty drum Needed a pipe which could fill Not a half giver IV It’s such a pity That both giver and drum […]
SOUND SLEEP
Singing saints sing in streams Strolling straight, singing sound Serving souls soaring sails Striking serpents snaking sins Sleep soundly, a soul so sweet Sleep soundly in sweeting serenades Soar smoothly without sighs Sins are stopped in sendings Certainly, you are the boss Being protected in dreams Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
I Roaring rays Raising ruins Raising wrecks Reaching rules II Hear Havoc! Have hearts! Hurt hatred! Heal humans! III Love lives Long lives Leading lives Loaning leaps IV We’ll work When wise We’ll win Win wars V Roaring rays Reaching real Rest right then Reap your rise When we win Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2o14
CHASING DREAMS
I I am chasing running stars Running to the world of Mars But my throat cries for the bars To quench its thirst and have rest II Heart in chest has its choices; Heed throat and other voices, Close its heart to the noises, And give stars a chase at best III There are voices […]
I You are ice cold I’m in hot fold You love Jesus I so love God I’m branded sinner You’re a holy saint You hate my ways I dislike your unrealities But you love me so And I love your innocence II A heart in Russia Too good for Cecilia I need you to know […]
HURT REVERSED (NONET)
My heart then, was your comfort playground When you felt like playing a boy I was Naive Toy in love’s land Hurt and pain gave me life And after you fell Horror begging? I’m no fool Don’t beg Me Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
KNOW TREASURES (SENRYU)
Toilet rolls on shelves Cannot be known as treasures In a million years Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
Feed the corpses, aren’t they hungry? Dressed in beautiful clothes and stiff? And you stand fanning with money? Feed the corpses, aren’t they hungry? No breath; you now have attention? You’ve shown you care for the breathless Feed the corpses, aren’t they hungry? Who throws away anything  rich? Amoafowaa […]
FETISH PRIESTS
Fetish pastors possessed On Holy grounds Claim Its the work of the Christian God For none sees powder None sees tails None sees dreadlocks All we see are expensive clothes Some jewelleries Mirrored shoes And some hitting-noses-hard-perfumes Are gods now wearing the mask of God? Possession in spinning! Possession in falling! Possession in shouting! Then […]
SOMETHING SHADY
I Something shady, I see the many Feeling like vultures Living on structures Flying distances to eat Foods none will boot with feet II Something shady I see the many Hovering here Hovering there Needing nickles To buy sandwiches with pickles III Something shady I see a lady Mingling Swinging Showing more I guess she […]
I Shiny sun, Gentle rayed moon, Twinkling stars, All shine to light II None competes For another’s space Because they know Their precious places III The sun has a tempo That it controls itself, While the moon appears; Little by little until It stands in the middle of the sky Accompanied by the little stars […]
Kwaku, if we go back To the beginning of time And I pick my great sack And follow as you pluck And I pick them fruits Until I can no longer hold the sack And you help me home With a big smile Wouldn’t love feel original? […]
APOPLEXISMS
I  Scared disappointments Stuttering through minds Seeping down like wine Book some appointments And stop the drippings   II Limping lonely loathings Threading in pure hearts Poisoning with every step and moaning Stay and be dissolved into happy pacts Instead of killing   III Heavy metal of revenge Stop melting into a sharp […]
PRIDE OF THE WORLD
I cannot wish to be anything else And no one can force me to Mentality drives beings to their wish lands Femininity is superiority Elegance of beauty coupled with rooms and locks of Mankind holds me, I have an intelligence which makes me phenomenal, A power to […]
NOT NEGLIGIBLE (TANKA)
I Free flowing urine In storing tanks of seen beings Really give pleasure It’s little drops of urine Which burn and cause eyes to tear II One would think they are Insignificant, but no They are those who cause burning Sensations, they do. Burning sensations known for Its inter-external tears (This poem talks about the […]
I See dashing dresses On very wet mattresses Soaked from owner’s sweat II She leaves consciousness And becomes oblivious of Her treasure’s tear III We wear nakedness When we descend underground Why this greedy stress? IV No human, none, can Fill a bed let alone room To talk of a house V Realization! Dawn on […]
FOWLS OF JESUS (HAIKU)
I In the olden days According to the Bible, Most great fowls were killed II Some of them were fried Some brutally beheaded Some painfully stoned III No fowl sought for self But now some fowls are stealing And claiming Godship IV Some are killing beings Wanting to really be seen Materialistics! V If fowls […]
I Natural alarms are blowing Kokrokookoooooooooooo II They’re blowing in waking Kokrokookoooooooooooo III Who but God has set it? Kokrokookooooooooo IV Please wake up and heed it Kokrokookoooooooooooo V It’s yet another time for lessons Kokrokookoooooooooooooooo VI You know we’re like boarder students Kokrokookoooooooooooooooooooo VII A falling here, A rising here Then we come back […]
SEPARATED SWANS
I Swans separating soo soon One on a continent of fire One on a continent of snow With minds merging together And standing at their root border II Bodies lie on separate lands Worrying sick about their wandering minds Each asking where his and her mind has gone Because their bodies have been left like […]
I Pure pipers pipe like pros Pouring parts to prompting plans Piecing parts to pack peace Preparing parts for painted pants II When the prompting parts pour Piping pipes become too poor And the prompters become a bore III When the peace part pours Piping pipes become too poor And peaceful peace become a bore […]