Short Ghana Poems

Lovely banana for gorgeous Anna 
It is imported, all the way from Ghana 
It tastes nothing but so sweet 
It is sold in every street 
It makes an emblem like a bandana

Fruity limerick poetry contest 
4th place 

Judged: September 4, 2023...

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In ghana
no one dies
before a short illness
no tarriness
quick, swift

no prolonged sickness
debilitating, painful
by the barrel of a gun
or incantation
by the bonnet of a car
or prophecy

no one dies
no sudden death
before a short illness
no one...

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The Ashanti, of Ghana, say that "rain beats down
upon a leopard skin, but it doesn't remove the spots".

Methinks that right they are, if we imagine rain
as everyday challenges, risks and dangers,
and leopard skin as our inborn faith.

As long as we look upon God as our "shield",
we will always be "dry", as we walk in this path
that we call life; a journey with no end.........

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Our nation is very old
   the land of cocoa and gold
Here is found peace
   that never will cease

Great nation at birth foretold
    by the oracle of old
Half a century passed
    she's still at low class
Africa's hope she was meant to be
    but now what do we see?
Nkrumah's Ghana
     borrowing, begging for  manna
Aaaah! The beggar-borrower's bread
      is never sufficient, Granny said...

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Mother said she drempt
and saw into a gloomy depth

where she glimpsed
souls engulfed

within the world's
wounds.

Mother said she saw 
     where demons traipsed 
back and forth into the twelfth
     of hell,

while anxious
angels 

kept a watch amongst 
the dreaming adze*

lest they awake the monster 
waiting in the nothing.

* Adze: a vampiric being in Ewe folklore, told by the people of Togo and Ghana.
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