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edwardotoo
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I'm a young scientist, STEM promoter social activist and writer based in Ghana. I completed my basic school at Nyanyano Methodist Basic School and furthered my education to Mfantsipim School where I studied General Science.

  November 2022     1 year ago

Submitted Poems 6 total

The Mother Hen

Oh! Mother hen
You laid your elegant eggs
And hoped to see them
Hatched into beautiful babies
The eggs you laid
Were found in a frying pan
Under a hot fire everyday
But you never get discouraged
And you never stopped laying eggs
I have...

– by Edward Otoo

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The Devils In Suits



You are devils
We didn’t recognize you
For you wore nice suits
And spoke the Queen’s English

You deceived us
With your sweet sugar coated speeches
We fell for your falsehoods
And took advantage of our women and children

We trusted...

– by Edward Otoo

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A Child's Wish

I wish is to have a mum
Who is caring and loving
A mum who will treat me special
And make me the happiest child in the world
And to say I got the best mum in the world
I wish to have a mum whose presence
Can kill the fear in me
And eliminate...

– by Edward Otoo

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The Irregularities In Life

Life comes in many folds:
Death and Life,
Light and Darkness,
Love and Hatred,
Sadness and Happiness,
Health and Sickness,
Failure and Success,
Hope and Despair,
Fulfilment and Disappointment,
Win and Lose,
Profit and Loss,
Laughter and...

– by Edward Otoo

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Not My End

I have worked tirelessly over the years,
They gave me special names and titles,
And I’m so loved by them,
To them I'm an exceptional and discipline student

What happened this time?
For I couldn’t make it to their expectations,
I could have...

– by Edward Otoo

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