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THE LEGACY TERM – FOR PRESIDENT MAHAMA

This is a realm where eagles, trying a walk…are regarded fowlsThis is a realm where cocks clocking a talk…are regarded bias-noisemakersBut I’ll be a fowlAnd an avid noisemakerFor I see the laws that should be…being birthed to be III never thought these eyes will live to seeAccountability dancing in one’s own potOh I never thought […]

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TO ZAMBIA WITH LOVE

Dear Thandiwe,It is with love that these fingers…have found words on this ringerYour beautiful head with your beautiful perspectivesFooled me to think so high of your  nativesBut misunderstandings need clarityJust as quick judging reeks ignorance IIA sage once told meYou look to see…when your mind sees the strangeYou don’t talk in a see…when your mind […]

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POWER SHIFTERS

Those standing left and those standing rightCome, let’s engage in a destructive fightLike two elephants at their destructive heightWhen we work for power…and see ourselves tower IIOh come and let’s fightLet’s destroy all that past toil did buildAnd go right back to the nothing fieldHoping to use weak minds as many a strong shieldTo push […]

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JANE NAANA OPOKU-AGYEMANG

Like a little child…I get excitedBut the past into the present makes me wildAnd put out the hope your appearance lightedThat is because of the umbrella that was shot downParaded, in the full glare of our townTime and time againIts political podiums have blessed us with lying tonguesWhich cast doom on our weltanschauungWill your tongue […]