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I See, the Moon
My house burnt down but I don’t see the moon I know it shines really bright, but it’s just far too soon to say everything's okay, because...
Akosua Biraa
May 20, 20201 min read


Dr Philosopher's Lost Luster
Remember Doctor Foster in Gloucester? Then, do sing along. Dr. Philosopher was such a pompous-Sir, and he was such a bane he lived in...
Akosua Biraa
Mar 25, 20202 min read


NEWSFLASH!
Headlines depress love, thyself, and thy neighbor How to sell a massacre. Dozens killed in attacks on Burkina Faso villages. The rapid...
Akosua Biraa
Mar 18, 20201 min read


Reading Bukowski
Reading you, Bukowski, is pure inspiration—in turn of phrase, w/ emotion laced angst all over the place in the open heart of your...
Akosua Biraa
Mar 11, 20201 min read


Invisibility Hues
How do I see myself? Sometimes I don't, for I am missing in-action at the edge of this life unlived of this story untold of this destiny...
Akosua Biraa
Mar 4, 20201 min read


No Thought, No Thinker
no memories, no words for that’s how they’re spurred to stampede, such a hefty herd, no memories, no words no words, no thoughts a top...
Akosua Biraa
Feb 26, 20201 min read


Be Zen
Be Zen: remove your mind from daily life be sure to dump all of the strife for it will cut you like a knife. Breathe Out. Be Zen: since...
Akosua Biraa
Feb 19, 20201 min read


Eleemosynary Expression
Words are my anchor: tethering me l oo se ly to sanity in notions of 'Love', 'kindness' and 'equanimity'— shaking me so vio — —...
Akosua Biraa
Jan 22, 20201 min read


Reluctant Ode
I did not know you very well. I did not think much when you fell. But this I know, ‘tis true ‘tis true: You should have whizzed and...
Akosua Biraa
Jan 16, 20201 min read


What If?
What if we’re all breathing several lives simultaneously & so your pain reaches out……………………………2 my joy (or vice versa………………………….); making...
Akosua Biraa
Jan 1, 20201 min read


Sleep Tight
I seep so deep within my sleep & there I find my soul still keeps. And yet I know I’ve no day glow, It’s been this way, so low, so low....
Akosua Biraa
Dec 28, 20191 min read


Wait—Twist Fate
It's never too late to twist your fate, yes, stop the weight of life's not great, so then berate berate berate. Instead you must become...
Akosua Biraa
Dec 12, 20191 min read


Mother's Tongue
lost left it behind in some nfikyire that far place you know aburokyire a promise-land B4 & even εnnεmire it’s there you find my Twi self...
Akosua Biraa
Nov 11, 20191 min read


Signs and Wonders
Bring me your signs and wonders that yellow glow that simmers brilliantly below the cover of mundane no goes. Bring me your signs and...
Akosua Biraa
Oct 28, 20191 min read


The Shade of Trees
Steadfast are we when we sit down under the shade of our own trees we planted, nurtured, watered, & pruned into the just life we wish to...
Akosua Biraa
Oct 21, 20191 min read


breathe
Can’t breathe won’t breathe don’t breathe in dumb weight of other people’s opinions can’t breathe won’t breathe don’t breathe over and...
Akosua Biraa
Sep 29, 20191 min read


Drowning
No words fill me to the brim I'm . dr . ow . ni . ng . nothing to say, or do, or see me unable to write in this world, so devoid of...
Akosua Biraa
Aug 15, 20191 min read


Teaching Kids Poetry
My prep’s in step lesson joint on point kids in let’s spin. I’m fly, know why! But wait a spate no glee I see. Boriiiiiiiiiiing and there...
Akosua Biraa
Aug 9, 20191 min read


I Swear
What do I really want – but 2 descend into despair that no there where weary hearts sip comfort from I don’t care laid bare as—I swear— e...
Akosua Biraa
Apr 12, 20191 min read


So 2LOVE
I search far and wide yet know not what to seek. I adhere to no one yet embrace all close to me. I BE.long to no family no society no...
Akosua Biraa
Mar 17, 20191 min read
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