Kofi Awoonor
Had Death Not Had Me in Tears by Kofi Awoonor
Had death not had me in tears I would have seen the barges on life’s stream sail. I would have heard sorrow songs in …
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The First Circle by Kofi Awoonor
1 the flat end of sorrow here two crows fighting over New Year’s Party leftovers. From my cell, I see a cold hard wor…
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Afro-American Beats III: An American Memory of Africa by Kofi Awoonor
Black as my night, anonymous here my death in Elizabethville was your death. Blood shed in Sharpeville was shed before …
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At the Gates by Kofi Awoonor
I do not know which god sent me, to fall in the river and fall in the fire. These have failed. I move into the gates …
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Easter Dawn by Kofi Awoonor
READ THE ANALYSIS OF THE POEM HERE That man died in Jerusalem And his death demands dawn marchers From year to year t…
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Lovers’ Song by Kofi Awoonor
Call her, call her for me, that girl That girl with the neck like a desert tree Call her that she and I will lie in o…
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The Sea Eats the Land at Home by Kofi Awoonor
At home the sea is in the town, Running in and out of the cooking places, Collecting the firewood from the hearths An…
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Song of War by Kofi Awoonor
I shall sleep in white calico; War has come upon the sons of men And I shall sleep in calico; Let the boys go forward, …
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The Weaver Bird By KOFI George Awoonor-Williams
The Weaver Bird By KOFI George Awoonor-Williams The weaver bird built in our house And laid its eggs on our only tree …
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A Call By Kofi George Awoonor-Williams
A Call By Kofi George Awoonor-Williams She did not call me by name Not by the name my mother gave me She called me by …
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Songs of Sorrow by Kofi George Awoonor-Williams
Songs of Sorrow by Kofi Awoonor Dzogbese Lisa has treated me thus It has led me among the sharps of the forest R…