Francis Kokutse Poems

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1.
Concerto Goree In 'A' Minor (For Maya Angelou)

Oh! Oh! ! Oh! ! !
This is not a cry of pain.
It is the sound of the push of
the pangs of the birth of a tale
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2.
Listen To Me

Sister,
l am not sitting in front of you
because l am gone.
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3.
Flow Like A River

The river does not walk on its
journey struggling to get
to its destination because
it takes its step in a direction
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4.
My Caribbean Pearl

She treads the earth boucing her back
like an Ashanti royal walking towards
Kejetia market with an adinkra adorning
her chocolate coloured skin that the
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5.
I Have Wronged You

It was only yesterday that l
held you in my arms
singing the lullabies to you
showing all the love and
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6.
I Am Already Dead

The dead goat, my people
say would never be afraid of
the knife no matter how sharpened
it looks to the eyes.
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7.
My Silence Is Pregnant

I have deliberately sealed my lips
not because there are no words
that l can form to reply you.
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8.
Do Not Take Away The Light

Each time l close my eyes,
l experience what the blinds do.
And anytime l enter a dark room,
It tell me what it is like to be blind.
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9.
Another Dawn Shall Break

It has not only been all dark and fearsome,
This past night.
I had spent the hours tossing like a
log that has been left on the sea,
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10.
It Was To Be Our Last Port (For The Two Princesses)

We thought the Lord had listened to us
after we cried unto him to give us a root
when we neared this port that we had built
in our mind to keep us away from others.
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