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TO THE SAGES

When the sound of the trumpet Is rejected in echo Like a ball thrown to a wall And it finds not the hole and the mouth Which gave it life for the errand It falls into vanishment Like little dust in overflowing gutters Let ears hear the sound of tolerance II When the cock sings […]

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POETRY

WHY GHANA WILL NOT GO TO WAR

Possibility is an accomodation in impossibility So I will not take an absolute ruler To evict it from its rightful place But none accommodated Is given more than a room No matter how many there are Unless blood binds or money massages palms of ownership War is no friend to us War has no money […]

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POETRY

KNOT ON OUR NOTS

Most cocks walk comb high As hens dig for worms When they spot a hawk And crow for cover Their wings become gods of shelter Ordering for variety hens in roosting Why? Why can’t cocks lay few eggs? II Why can’t cocks lay few eggs And sit hungry to heat to hatch? Why can’t cocks […]

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Book Readings by Nana Damoah and Kofi Akpabli

Amedzofe. In biblical terms that would be our version of the Garden of Eden. In Ewe language, this place name means “the origin of mankind”. In a sense, that makes sense. The town is not only the highest human settlement in West Africa; in this part of the world, it is also the closest place […]

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JUBILATION OF ONOMATOPOEIAISMS (CHAPTER SEVEN)

The porcupine soldiers had a tough time maintaining peace at the parliament house. Before they reached the parliament, many animals had heard from their homes and had rushed there to defend their own. Over two thousand animals died. Most animal families had casualties except tortoise family. They hid in their protective shells when it got […]