Vagabond Alluring, Gamer In Nothing, Ashtray! Who served you onto the African woman in this modern world? Who made you a begging bowl on the street of love? Who made you a trap to catch skillful players on this park of coupling? Do you have a connection to brain cells? II I am tired Seeing […]
We Don’t need to fight In broad day and night About who fits the spotlight Of the human might 1b We Don’t need to kill In a battle of wits and will To bring living to a standstill Just so a faction can after chill 1c We Are on this common ground So why do […]
Kokrokooooo! Gather all ye unhappy hens From the coops of your watching owners Gather, ye who need chicks to follow their cocks Come all ye aggrieved Water has lessons to show II It tastes heavens and licks the earth It knows the hearts of mountains and The feet of the earth It convenes to carry […]
Which is the right way? The rough route with sharp stones The smooth route with the slippery oil? Or the cool road built with a painful patience? II Which is the right way? Rebellion to conquer slavery Battle to kill desires Or dialogue to smoothen seams? Which is the right way? Which is the right […]
I do not know Who carved the show I do not know Who gave that blow That a girl was an animal Not a tigress nor a lioness Not an elephant nor an eagle Not a dove nor of love But a sheep which needed its herdsman Or a hen needed to hatch or be […]
On egos ride Sits pride which is cautioned to hide Like two in one in a stride The groom rides the bride The bride feels dry even on the side II Cleaning to gleaning A leg on a leg Washing to cooking Newspaper blessing eyes Sweeping and weeping Eyes glued on women’s butts parading on […]
I don’t want to be a land I want to be a tree No matter how deeply rooted I will stand firm With branch-like hands Waving my leaf- like fingers None will step on me into mud None will dig into me None will wash away my skin None can blast my stone like bones […]
As to how we got here I do not know Except that, like a sun awoken in the night I am burning my eyes but there is no heat in sight How eagles have now turned hawks And catching little chicks to far away trees Which needs days and days of travel Beats my mind’s […]
First, hold my left hand And let’s together stand Pull me like an egg on a little plate to you And with your right hand Feel my heart Close your eyes Think of your heartbeats See if you have or have had the same rhythm Put on your sage hat And let’s dance II I […]
Wrapped in beauty Are the rots with shiny eyes Booting goodness With their long legs of deceits and fancy II Wrapped in the rots Are the goodness sent to hell By heads doped in the rot Into the reverence of its essence III A world, so harmed By bad, so wrong Yet minds, don’t think […]
Even without the cock The hen does its wake Pecking and pecking For its children’s sake Opening its wings When danger does bake A piece here, a piece there An angel in the wake II When sticks are coming It does shout for all to run When chicks need afternoon roosting It sits and forms […]
Don’t you bother telling me much I know in times past I was nothing as such Eight to eleven is a huge gap I think I need to give you and I a tap I’m no longer in amoasene You’re no longer in bente Like the spider inspired kente We have all covered our asene […]
I live in a skirt A skirt zipped tightly to seal To seal as a present for the deserved I’m not renting out Definitely no to-lets II I know in rat holes Many moles can be placed To trap the hole lords But this zipped hole is not a rat hole Serving as a play […]
Cooking pots Please stop the rots When you are on fire As you get hotter Your steam must attract through smell And your pot must be hot to scare You need not break down Sending ladles down town To get many hands to carry you down Pots, it is normal to be hot For the […]
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 […]
Ghana is a state known for its peace, we have a few scratches here and there but of course, we are revered for our achievements as a peace loving nation. That women are relegated to the background most of the the time is a known fact, but we are actually working very hard on it. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Grandma was no doormat She had three husbands Husbands she gave three lives each And the earth took one from each Mother was a direct opposite A doormat used by three And taken by one who stepped harder Through her journey of five lands In nine moons apace The three lands she had journeyed Gave her […]
(This poem is dedicated to all women in all corners of the world who are being mistreated by men who think they are their properties. It also goes to women sold by their own families. I pray with you because I know it can never be easy living and being used like an object. Forced […]
I We need to pile our hope, to save our souls We need to catch that rope, to help our souls Get up! Get up! Be a book worm And watch, learn, if you fall, don’t squirm Wake, ye nations of procreation and love […]
It would be a cliché if I say love embodies jealousy and that the nature of provocation determines its severity but I’ll say it anyway. The woman is different from the man physically but emotionally. I know we have most of the same features including jealousy. A man can drown himself in sorrow when he […]
Pity messed with her head As glittering living urged him on His ego was tingled by passion As his eyes strayed from her Was it her apparel? Could it be that her flowers are wilting? What could it be? These and many more walked in an excursion on her mind Her resolves were […]
I smartly wear my work desire And look forward to success acquire But they all say that is not what they require They look down my skirt with eyes of fire And guess what they require I have two soft things they want as pillows I have some talkers they want as toffees I […]
I am a woman And I’ll stay a woman I won’t be a foe to another woman I won’t be a tool to hurt another woman A man is a man but a woman is my own I am a woman With everything woman I’ll stand tall and work to be a stronger woman […]
It’s a man’s world It’s indeed a man’s world Although we give them life But let’s face it, We give them the maximum offerings There are those of us who sell for pleasure Without measure Their treasures There are those of us who covet Without regret What our peers have, an open secret […]
Whispers of the walls Connive with whispers of the ground They in turn seek the attention of the mouth of the surrounding And scream in whispers “Be in the dark, blend with his shadow Shadows like yours cannot be seen It must always act like the backing vocalist behind the screen” What do I do […]
She works in the kitchen But her ears are in the bedroom Alert and protective of her infant cradle One eye is on the road Awaiting the arrival of her beloved As the other works with her hands To put great taste on the table But her welcoming goes sour. Her beloved comes with […]
Akua is a tiger overtaken by a cat
In a hurtful moment she sat
The cat took her heart
And left her bloated and fat
With a paper pushed through her akosuakuma
They took my pride Before my mother became a bride Something about the fair sex being used to settle some debts So I was veiled on my first cry, Veiled for one who has lived all his life in greed He saw me walking, Saw me talking, Saw me easing, On my dirty undies, […]
I am a flower, yes I am a beautiful flower I am that beautiful flower Which chooses to wither in time Than be scattered into pieces with no shred of dignity After my blooming I may use my eyes to see beautiful things And beautiful places I may use my scent to dazzle critic […]
I am that being that is cursed To live life that many have rehearsed I’m there to be taken In trouble to be forsaken Carrying all the problems like a cow on its way to the abattoir. I’m that being that is cursed Never ever must my voice be heard I must act like […]
In times past, men were the gods of our homes. They were worshipped and never challenged. They never bothered to lend a hand in household chores. Women were their slaves and their incubators. They gave birth and worked tirelessly. They tended to their kids when they were ill, washed clothes, cooked meals, did the dishes […]
I have heard so many things in my life. “You are a girl, walk like a girl You are a girl, look down when men are speaking You are a girl, never shout no matter the pain Are you crying because of this little thing? What will you do when delivering a baby? You are […]
I know why the caged bird sings To showcase her beautiful voice I know why the caged bird sings To cause its trappers some noise I know why the caged bird sings To feel the attention of a wishly handsome choice I know why the caged bird sings To tell the ‘cagers’ […]
I heard a huge noise in the land Like the fall of a huge tree Guess what I saw parting the path; the sand. The sand which apparently had the huge fall seems not to be free It has taken a meal that is uneatable, I know The vultures stand shivering in fear closing their […]
I would have loved it then When all were hidden deep in the mind When a little pampering was all to bind When cheating and unfairness were in a stygian gloom When a smile could soften damsels and brand bastards suave and sophisticated. I know I would have reveled in it then, as people enjoy […]
I am a vessel I am that breakable but naturally mendable vessel That quenches the thirst of humanity I am the eagle I am that strong eagle Which flies miles on end in order to feed her home I am a diamond I am a diamond draped in rags I am stepped on, spat on, […]
I am a woman, Yes I am a woman A woman who forms part of the makers of human kind A woman who nurses and makes sure humanity continues A woman who refuses to be suppressed by heart wrenching relationships A woman who weeps for the sufferings of her ancestors I am a woman […]
They say I am a strong woman Because I dare the man of men And succeeds They say I am a strong woman Built with a heavy soul in a little body That must never be taken for granted They say I am a strong woman Who is an asset And has a force But why do they feel so threatened? Even […]
Turn to the right Turn to the left Touch me here Touch me there Now kneel, no, not like that Kneel with your back towards me And don’t you dare move an inch no matter what happens A man is a boy A man is a boy who must be set right In her […]
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