Twi Poems - Poems about Twi

Today my heart races for you

...Your flesh was never warmer than my passion, a flame more intense than you could ever bear. My love for writing poetry is my secret weapon. 
While I may not claim to be gifted 
My identity is Black...

Ode to the Night Sky

...When you feel the spark of life dim,
look then to the twi-lit skies:
each sunset is a painted
promise of tomorrow,
possibility within each
brushstroke cloud.
The ghosted moon,
only half realiz...

Tomes of Twi

...a curious coin flipped free and fell forever fishing forgotten wondrous waves woven wide in a wishing well. 
on it wandered heeding head and telling tale of a decisive certain self as written in "th...

Dreamer's Lake

...You are about to enter another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. A wondrous land whose boundaries are those of imagination; Your next step- The Twi-Light Zone.

Someti...

When loves Fails

...When You Loved Someone 

When you loved someone, the world transformed. You’d shoot the moon and extinguish the sun, all in the name of that someone. The hunger in your belly became secondary; thei...

Accura Wild Nights

...Only name the day, and I shall be there 

This morning the notification woke me up 

With still sleep in my eyes I reached for my phone 

And the tone  

lingers from that Twi in my ear 

 ...

Maruu Speakks

...Beskum relibrum
libratul patronium
casamine twi taut...

Culture Chameleon

...In youthful exuberance I become a culture bandit
Well exposed, but never really learning.
Modernity taking a toll as Papa and Ante chased the goods
For my sake they said... No mistakes... deed was...

Culture Chameleon

...In youthful exuberance I become a culture bandit
Well exposed, but never really learning.
Modernity taking a toll as Papa and Ante chased the goods
For my sake they said... No mistakes... deed was...

Mischief

...I think I have a grem/in, lurking in my words 
I'd left a win/ow open and thought it was the birds
But then I heard a thud and a cry for he/p
Saw the little blighter, the elf upon the shelf.

He...

Wo P3 Ny3 Hc

...smile!


Brian Johnston
20th of June 2018

Poet's Notes:
(1) Translation: "Thy Will Be Done!"
'Brackets' in the title mean non-capital letters should get used. A 'Parenthesis' in the title means that a mirror image 'of a letter shown' gets used in the "Twi" language. Thus, may you get a picture of the written word.

Borrowed from Wikipedia: Twi (pronounced [t??i], or Akan Kasa) is a dialect of the Akan language spoken in southern and central Ghan...

I Am Robot

...I wake up to the dawn of each day 
As I lay there in the Twi-light zone 
I momentarily wonder, have I awoken 
Or am I still somewhere in my dream 
Like clock work 
I realize that I woke up to ye...

Winter Chill

...the Fall flame
died back
became
           twi-lit,
phased out
not
      dead,
            dormant
              sleeping
'til
 the sun
             returns
to spill..
        it's warmt...

Fluttering Vocal Chords

...I St
                                           I stu
                                     I stutter
                My voice it f
                It fal
                It falters
They think I...

Sankofa In Safranbolu

...‘Sankofa’ In 'Safranbolu'

This bird from Ghana’s legends flies forward looking backward
                      In the Twi language twinned with indigenous souls and wisdom
the feathered friend su...

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