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The next time I see you,I’ll be standing on the glass patioA wine in my hand and headMy sunglasses will be clear as dayAnd the sun will be up at 12. The next time I see you,I won’t cover my eyes with a veilNor rush to the washroom like a hobo.I won’t hope the ground will open upNor wish I wore my Christmas dress. The next time I see you,I will strut towards you with my shoulders high,make my…

Hi it is that time of the year againWhen we must be jolly and merry, When we must be happy and sayChrist is born again. It’s that time of year againWhen we must prepare our sweet jollofAnd wash it down with champagneAnd end it with chocolate laced cake. It’s that time of the year again, dear friendsWhen we must remember the day of oldWhen someone came down to dieFor you and me, and us all. But…

It was a Saturday morning –The sun was looking at me with fury,My stomach was playing drums and dancing,My legs were on the way to Amaria,My brain was dreaming of Waakye and shitoThen I saw him. Time stood with arms akimbo.The sun, my stomach, my legs and my brain took a seat and watched.He was standing at the bus topBeside a heap of garbage like himself.He was wearing white, the ironyHis…

We have gathered here today, brethrenWe have been called by the oracle to answer the questionsQuestions that our forefathers left for usQuestions that our generation is beckoningTo answer right. We have been asked to answer why we areWhy we doWhy we canWhy we don’tWhy we are and can do what we don’t. We have been summoned to answer why we left the shed –Why we took a scionWhy we took on the…

I miss your laugh,I miss how it made me feel,I miss your smile,I miss how it set me free,Days passing without you,Makes the “our” in mourn,Reflect in my lonely hours, I sit here and wait,Hoping you will come again.Hoping you will come and knock meLike you did when we were at Osu.Days passing without youMakes me mourn like a fool. How did we get hereThought we were better than thisYou brought me…

Review of Rene Gutteridge’s Misery Loves Company

“Don’t tell me it’s terrifying. Terrify me”Misery Loves Company Misery Loves Company by Rene Gutteridge is a 340 page suspense that catches your heart and mind at the first chapter. This fiction is centered on Juliet ‘Jules’ Belleno who has gone down with grief after her husband’s death while on duty as a police officer. Other than the review Jules wrote on her blog, she rarely had any contact…

Yesterday, we the teachers of Bidieso M/A JHS organised a programme to educate the students about Menstrual health and adolescent reproductive health in honour of #MenstrualHygieneDay2022. We spoke to the students about the need and how to wear pads, the need to know one’s menstrual cycle and the need to have more talks about menstruation to cut down on the stigma associated with menstruation…

The bell tolled with a ringThe drums rolled with a beatThe rain stormed with a beat, tooThe thunder raised a beat, tooFor the time we were waiting for is here. The people came in numbersKente here, batakari thereTye and dye, Miba wɔ aburokyire too.The grass wore its best tooFor the day we were waiting for is here. Come let’s seeCome let’s hold hands and compete the seesawCome let’s hold our…