I Wise words, said in politeness, impact In songs and rhyme, they attract Sure, hearts will contract Dirt don’t act Ooops! II Men in companionship interact In hope to bores counteract Nice! Friction is fact In great pacts Whoops! III Handle it all and make them exact Words uttered […]
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LIKE CORN
We are like corn We give and give In many shades We can be roasted And can be boiled We can be grinded And can be broken But we keep on replacing Ourselves and others Feeding world’s hunger Helping the poor Women are givers Of tall and short Of slim and fat Of rich and […]
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CARE IN POVERTY
Tattered torns Trail no tins Turn from town Test the trends Before your bends Because metals fly free Like birds You might not know When you’ll bump into any There are many who want To see tattered tensed in dirt So will cheer the metals on Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
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WOMEN UNPLUGGED
Plugged to the socket of deceit Swished till the view of defeat We are getting used to electrifications of shame But no! Let us not! Let’s be no plugs Neither must we give any shocks Let’s root our voices in sense Battling the unfairness of being plugged The pain of being electrified The fear of […]
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GOLDEN SILENCE (HAIKU)
I I have really learnt Silence always reigns supreme In madness of chaos II I have really learnt That anger deserts cruelly Joining accusers III I have really learnt Shame gets name in deserted Seats of rude anger IV I have really learnt I am really embracing Silence’s beauty Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
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DAY AT POST
I am here Here as always Diligently at post No need to ask me to leave I am the immortal boss Who’ll be here long after you’re gone So bear with me For this is my place I come with sun Which you can utilise Your nature will determine my gift each day Smile, work […]
I Scents in high heels Rudely preceding your bearer Pulling him on strings Laughing through my toffee And spewing nonsensicals to maim my heart II Scents with noise In a loud voice Carrying daggers of separation Do you have buttocks for a seat? Do you have ears for a talk? II Please have a care […]
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MOCKED MEN
I Men make mockery Men marry mockery Men mock mockery; Mockery on mocked screens II Men do not mend mockery Men mess mockery Men miss mockery Excerpt theirs on live lips III Make mocks on mocked screens Make mocks in mocked clothes Make mocks on known platforms And men will troupe fancifully to watch Yes, […]
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LOVE ENTANGLED
Hatred has blocked all paths Gossips are like ketchup garnishing the hatred meal Pointing-fingers are like tree of thorns Making crossing barriers impossible for us What do we do? I see you You see me We’re trying to figure it out But my family arrest me Your family arrest you In an unreasonable misunderstanding Adding […]
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LIKE GOATS
You have time to eat You have time to drink You have time for friends But no time for the one who hurts for you Please listen! Only goats have time for all things But those who care about them Only goats go places No matter how much they’ll hurt there Only goats love mating […]
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BRAGGARTS
I “Cars are nothing Money is nothing Living is nothing Let love flow” Braggarts bragging below beings’ bend II “I’ll give you stars Do you want the moon? Maybe you need the sun I could charm darkness for you” Braggarts bragging below beings’ bend III Braggarts are brats Who live in fake dreams They love […]
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OUR HEALTH
I Sicknesses walk And authoritatively talk On palanquins of dirt Malnutrition Stress Carelessness Gluttony Poverty Loss Heartbreak Loneliness II Destroy those palanquins And they are non existent Your burden My burden Will be gone forever Let’s try it Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
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YIEE GAN GA
I We seek to laugh We laugh to cry II We yearn to love We love to hate III We eat to grow We grow to die IV Why must we then try? A puzzle within a puzzle Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
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LOVING YOU
I Loving you Comes with a bucket of tears On a hot coal pot Boiling hardened unyielding fears II Loving you Comes with searching broken pieces of trust Scattered in sand And mixed with gravels III Loving you Comes with a handcuff for hearts With a durable lock For imprisonment in the heat IV Loving […]
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LUCKY CHARMS
Wake with wellness Brush your teeth with the toothpaste of smiles Bath with the soap of positivity Smear the pomade of hard work Wear the clothes of respect Gaggle with politeness Wear the shoes of dreams Use your perfume of confidence Hold the bag of hope Sit in the car of determination And move knowing you’re […]
Dream And in that dream Transform into a bird From the safety of your bed Stretch your wings And fly free having flings With the breeze which lives so high In the serene sky See it all Feel it all And if you happen to fall Heed the call of determination And rise through the […]
I A naughty fly left Its humble beautiful home To look for riches II It hovered around The food of a helpless child And ate to its fill III It saw excreta And decided to eat some It realised it stinks IV It searched more for cash And realised it has no safe To keep […]
I Arm in arm Let’s move like we swam In the rivers of beautiful but challenging Cupid Ignoring many comments like “They are stupid, Leave them be, Later they’ll see, That feeling is foolishness” II Arm in arm Let’s move like swans And step into old age’s jacuzzi Swimming as we smile and look back […]
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A PUZZLE MISINTERPRETATED
I Get as many as four If your heart can measure And give equal love II Get as many as four If your cash can pleasure And give equal wealth III And people get as many as four Knowing not even how to love themselves Loving none having nothing IV If even God chose His […]
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LIGHT OF AFRICA!
I Like goods, they’re transported in goods Like firewood, they are bundled to alien homes They are things sold in barter trade Oh Africa! Oh paths of lives! II Like tools, they are used and left Like the headless, they are shunned in decisions Like crumbs, they are swept as rubbish Oh Africa! Oh paths […]
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NATURE UNREST
Does nature sleep? I think not What’s with noise in day, Noise during night Volcanoes erupting, Tsunamis pushing water to steal from land Bush fires killing Beings corrupting, Sky depleting, Earth quaking, Day and night meeting? Does nature have a head? Does nature have ears? Does nature have eyes It truly needs to be pitied […]
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GRIND YOUR PAST (HAIKU)
I Grind the hurtful past Into a debris of dust Walk on in comfort II The winds will see fit It’s route of traceless exit Once you are long gone III Even pigs eat far From their defecation zone To give life respect IV Many eyes will look Many lazy pens will book Ignore pap’razi […]
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WILD IMAGINATIONS
I I walked into his senses Through his lens And broke all his fences II I walked into his fences Through his many lens And damaged all his tenses III I walked into his senses My perfume taking him to heaven And tossing him painfully to hell IV I walked into his senses Through his […]
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MY REAL MAN
I Wright works well to wreck Well, we wish he works well to rock Like a chicken, he pecks, and scatters Leaving no trail of his intakes He believes a real man Uses muscles to tackle women Subduing them into fear He believes one who makes women cry Is the real deal He believes, even […]
Through it all If you ask me why I walk I’ll tell you I’m in no mood for loss Look at me Years and years of study And nothing to show for it They say, I should generate work What if I’m not wired that way? Did they start this campaign long ago? I never […]
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LOVE IN BLOOM
If you hold me tight It is allright Just make sure your mind is right And your hopes from me are bright Trust is a light Pierce no holes in trust, not even slight Give me no reason to from this vehicle alight If I feel all is right I’ll glow and join your light […]
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TOYS AND BOYS
I “Let’s talk about toys And forget boys Mortars do cover Pestles never do” Akosua says II “But I do boys And don’t like toys What’s with all the coys? They can’t produce any joys” Amina replies III “But think of toys They never break hearts And do as told They never break rules too” […]
I A loan for your blood Genius! Unbuyable yet sold Money beats blood II Food for your sanity Amazing! Abstract yet sold Hunger beats thoughts III Love for your peace Preposterous! Precious yet sold Loneliness beats peace IV We know not what we want We sit and think We think and regret We regret too […]
I When the world went wild And minds mused in grave madness Peace fell in slumber Causing power to be chased in haste Spilling blood helping earth eat II Sure, earth gladly ate Eating arms, legs, and drinking Blood to quench its thirst Most of us were seeds in seeds So we missed the chaos […]
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SCARY WHITE, SCARY BLACK
I Let our imaginations run wild And for once dream With no thoughts of victimization Nor victimising Isn’t creation interesting? II Imagine how the white man felt When he first saw the black man Probably scared out of his wits So scared, he took to his heels Shouting of seeing a ghost Tripping, falling, rolling […]
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I’LL GROW
Newbies grow As seeds grow Into plants Then into trees Life Just needs rain Sunlight And air A little darkness To act as a cover cloth And it flourishes I shall flourish I shall go that far I shall reach the sky And like a liberated bird See all that there is Water me Give […]
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GHOSTS IN MINDS
Abracadabra! Abracadabra! Abracadabra! If only these chants could give life I would have called your ghost memory Which stays in my head And give our initial meeting A static life So you’ll be that sweet being under my feet Even if there are hot coals under your seat What good is this us When you […]
I Seeing heaven open and close In a sheltered happy home Counting the stars lying on back Feeling sky’s tears and its angry scratches Are tucked safely in my happy mind box II Our farms gave us food As streams quenched our thirst The air had flings with the many trees And whispered in the […]
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TAUNTERS AND THEIR DREAMS
I It was a taunter’s dream To have a cook and a washer His dream has changed Into a cook and a book II It was a taunter’s dream To have a ride and many cries His dream has changed Into a hot ride and few cries III It was a taunter’s dream To kill […]
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SONS AND SONS
I It is for sons and sons The paths are blocked Amazing how the machetes still need the paths II It is for sons and sons The paths have thorns Amazing how the machetes walk on without clothes let alone sandals in their vulnerables III It is for sons and sons The paths are no […]
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BURNING NEEDS (ADULT POETRY)
I I sit in this hot seat Going up and down are my feet Feeling discomfort and wild Are my passions untended And my mind goes on a wild goose chase II Future hands, dip me in your rivers Future heart, don’t think about my shivers Future eyes, whip my passions Tear its might and […]
I Ignite my light And let our passions take flight At first sight II Ignite my soul Be no mole It is too cold so be the hot coal III Ignite my heart Wear no hat on your heart I am no mouse, so be no scheming cat IV Ignite my mind And let us […]
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STEP INTO MY TEMPLE (ADULT POETRY)
Step into my temple And show me your dimple And I’ll show you I’m simple As I with you mingle My foamy hair will be let loose My hand beads will sing you songs My curvy body will for you dance My waist beads will give the instrumentals You’ll be my special guest A whisper, […]
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CONTOURS MERGE
Contours run into contours Contours clash Then watch in fury And hurry to judge each other Then they calm Resolve their differences And embrace into their safest realms Forming a stronger contour I am one contour You are another We look in disdain Because we have same aim I’m looking So you look Let’s get […]
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COMMUNICATORS
I used to dwell on my eyes Until they shouted and scarred my mind Then I used my ears and dwelt on voices They scarred my head and taunted my mind I went ahead to use my eyes Reading words to fill my heart But they too, turned into monsters, Piercing my chest, chasing my […]
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ANGELIC LIES
I If the songs you sing And the bells you ring And your back’s wings Are true, there’ll be no tears II If the promises are real And you work with zeal And your intents never kill There’ll be no tears III If your body’s posture Go flawlessly with your breath And your eyes Tell […]
I took a journey On a revelation sea Funny, how the waves Roll to blind me when none sees I think I sea But I see the see I think I’ve reached But I fall in Then I grope for my boat Just when I settle in, The waves come in furious And turn my […]
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CUPID’S VAMPIRE
I I In loves nest Searched for beautiful eggs II While you On deception’s cage Built a durable lock III I found fake eggs Treasured them For I thought they were yours IV Whiles happily cherishing the eggs, You led me little by little Into your cage V Locking me in darkness Bringing out your […]
The sickness, her life craves The preacher promises a god which saves So her mother leaves her in his care At night he gets his share He, like the preacher he claims, For her beads, to pray, aims, Gets possessed and damages her more Gaining more pleasure and leaving her sore His nightly prayers continue […]
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WOMBS IN TOMBS
I When a pot breaks The earth shakes Because its water pours And takes many “I’m not coming back” tours Into forever loss II The earth takes The pot which breaks The pot with arms for some lonely being The pot with a heart which must protect some hurtful being And its water which pours […]
I A choice To be the noise The voice Or live in the joys And rejoice adds to his many apparels II The smile, could be a veil The smile, could be a nice mask The smile, could be a nice cologne Hiding the scents of ache, Insanities, yearnings for goodness, trials and tribulations III […]
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INTERNAL RACE
I A thunder storm In my heart you form But there’s no platform To help it explode So here I rode II When you blink I shrink And can hardly think So I came here To treat me fair III It is amazing How none sees what I’m facing But still my heart keeps racing […]
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UNDER THE SUN
Under the sun There should be no ban No ban so none will run To stand all trials under the sun I do know everyone can So be a great fan Of the sun And let freedom stand Like a soldier For all
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THE WARNED
He became abstemious When death taught him And gave him an example An example with the one his heart beats for He hugged a tree and cried aloud Hoping the lesson will be a mock But after the tree screamed in pain And his skin felt the strain He realised the lesson was real So […]
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WEALTH UN-NEEDED
I I travelled to a land so sublime There was no poignant scent of crime All things were flowery in their prime And there was no scent of hurt II Grandma gave me a comfortable seat On laps which sat on her feet And asked me to listen to the beat The beat of beautiful […]
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