Home (Co-written by Afrifa)

How do I start this poem Without breaking into two Into what it is and what should be I came here to find a home Far away from demons that haunt me at night I thought it would be easy…… Skyscrapers, beautiful girls and beautiful beaches. Yet there is something about this new home That reminds me of the old one. Last night I cried as I stood awake Trying...

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I am not angry (From #TheQuietist)

Whenever I look at the past And remember when you used to answer my calls I always curse my geni for making my wish come to pass Now You’ve got power You’ve got what you want So I am undeserving of you I might be a lone star in the sky I might be the tragic boy in your photos I might be the boy whose voice Make rain fall on your...

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Review of J.Y. Frimpong's THE QUIETIST by Abeiku Arhin Tsiwah

Title: The QuietestAuthor: J.Y. FrimpongGenre: PoetryPages: 48Publisher: Self PublishingReviewer: Abeiku Arhin Tsiwah Whenever I read a single poem, I mean a poem without a home, I read it as a therapist working on the anxiety of a broken child. But whenever I read a poem waking up in other poems' ambiances — a collection or carefully collected book of poems — I read...

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Those we can love (from #TheSufist)

I picked up my diary, flipped through the pages, breathed heavily and finally I wrote what I felt;  You know, my dear diary, it is really over when you can talk about it without crying. The people we meet determine those we can love and those we can’t.  I met her through a friend and our friendship blossomed. It all began with a ‘hello, nice to meet you’ then the spark in her eyes and how she had dreams of becoming a beautiful poet....

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"I'm in love with your girlfriend" by JYF & RMZ

How do I tell you I'm in love with your girlfriend Without your heart skipping a beat? How do I tell you that the day you broke her heart I wanted to fix it and make her mine Without you thinking I had always wanted her? I'm tired of walking in your shadow Hiding my feelings for her Underneath shadows and lies All because you're my friend And the boys code Says I shouldn't...

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Cybertonia (From #TheSufist)

14. SO Lot went and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were pledged to marry his daughters. He said, “Hurry and get out of this place because the Lord is about to destroy the city!” But his sons-in-law thought he was joking. I was reading the part of the Bible my mother had recommended to me when I heard the door open. It was my father, he looked visibly angry and there was no need telling that he had head my decision to naturalise for Libertain....

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The Purest Form of Love (From #TheSufist)

I will one day tell you about why when a storm hits you, you never recover. After, I will tell you why I don’t believe in miracles and why each day I live hoping to die. I grew up believing I serve an awesome God. I had a mental image of Him as one who never lets his children down. This is why as such I never dreamt of myself with my right leg suspended in the air as if it was one of the exceptions to gravity. I grew up living next to a pastor,...

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Suicide Note (From #TheSufist)

Dear Ethel, You remember when we sat on the rooftop writing a list of things we would do when we get old……very very old? You remember? You remember when you used to tease me and how you made fun of my childhood memories? Of course you remember when we used to listen to Lana Del Rey’s Lust For life singing along to it softly like the first love melody we composed? You remember when you used to tell me whenever I felt down, ‘it is better to smile...

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