APPLAUSES

A Praise Poem for Ghana on her 53rd Independence Anniversary Celebrations

Ghana is old, both in age and in sage
Says the pages of time
Recorded on foreheads and lips
That once blasphemed against
The days of colonialism,
And the torturing whips of imperialism

Hurray! Hurray! Are the shouts…
Boogey! Boogey! Is the dance –

This land pruned from Africa,
Mobile as its culture,
First to be ordained mouthpiece
And gateway to Africa
Is 53 years old,
A number too huge to be sold –

Hurray! Hurray! Are the shouts…
Boogey! Boogey! Is the dance –

As the 6th of March
Reminds us of lifelines
She encountered in Earl Marshals
Whose philosophies expires
In worlds to come

Hurray! Hurray! Are the shouts…
Boogey! Boogey! Is the dance –

Happy birthday to Ghana, our motherland!