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Kwabena Agyare
Member since April 5, 2013
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Our Daughter Returns from "no return"
"For they that carried us away captive required of us a song and they that wasted
us required of us mirth,saying sing us one of the songs of Zion"
Psalm 137:3 (KJV)
We kiss the sole of history
and sing an ode to the cast-iron "no return""conduit
as we bethink junctures of old -
The hand of despotism decreed;
lives were to be crushed,here in the dungeon
Our own betrayed us with a Judas kiss
and handed us over to the canines of the masters
Footsteps faded into silence
Across,faces were muted with tears
Vocal chords could not strike a note
We were held as bats
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It so seemed our cry was in the rain
Elmina was never a home
Beyond the waters
laid an unknown land
we were to call home
Today,
the ocean has summoned us
Our welcoming feet dot the her shore
We are here to sing an unending chorus of akwaaba
to that daughter we once had
She returns from "no return" today
to our yawning arms
Akwaaba
NOTES
Akwaaba-- a twi word for welcome
No return--- an inscription on the last gate at Elimina Castle where slaves passed to the waiting ships
Elimina-- a town in Central region of Ghana. It is also the home of one of the castles.
Kwabena Agyare’s timeline
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19 FriReceived a critique
on To The Peasant from @wesley snow
"Five generations removed, but I can safely say the British can be blamed for most anything. Feel free." -
19 FriReceived a critique
on Our Daughter Returns from "no return" from @William Saint George
""Akwaaba" IS welcome in twi, a language spoken by many Ghanaians who don't belong to the Akan ethnic group." -
18 ThuReceived a critique
on To The Peasant from @Frenchf
"Golliwog to me was a doll and the black and white minstrels but now..... And nigger from negro..... Paki.....insult or shortened form? Was it Britain who brought all this about?" -
16 TueReceived a critique
on Our Daughter Returns from "no return" from @Ian.T
"I notice that Akwaaba is a family of people in Africa, though you say it is the word for welcome, here is confusion. That we tore your people apart in the old slave days I am sorry.. There is a way ahead for all, where…" -
12 FriReceived a critique
on To The Peasant from @Ian.T
""Peasant" Come on this is one of the old words of the English language. No matter what you call it, be it peasant, or poor, or lower class, the untouchables, they still smell just as sweet.. PC in most cases seem to be…" -
11 ThuReceived a critique
on To The Peasant from @wesley snow
"I have nothing to offer in the way of suggestion, but felt the poem was carefully crafted. I don't have the affinity for free verse that others here do, so it's often difficult for me to critique. However, this IS poetr…" -
11 ThuPosted a poem
Our Daughter Returns from "no return"
""For they that carried us away captive required of us a song and they that wasted" -
06 SatReceived a critique
on To The Peasant from @Frenchf
"Is now derogatory and so too e in your poem. I loved the rhyme and tempo" -
06 SatNew follower
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06 SatReceived a critique
on To The Peasant from @Seren
"I really liked your first post, William has offered you some good advice I cant offer more but my support, If you ever need anything or are having problems using the site dont hesitate to ask for help sincerely Jayne-Ch…" -
05 FriFirst publication
To The Peasant
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About Me
About me
I am a poet from Ghana.
Location: Kumasi
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| Show And Tell: Intensive Critique Workshop | (syllabus) | Shark Pool | Started 2013-02-28 | Concluded |