Freeman Wayo
Meɖi tsa yi abɔ la me
Afi si ɖoɖoe zi le toŋtoŋtoŋ
Eye hloluitsotsowo nu yi le keŋ
Ameyinugbeawo dɔ alɔ̃ mavɔ
‘Labe woyɔ wo na dzudzɔ.
Meɖe ŋku ʋuu
Gake nyemekpɔ tɔgbuitɔgbuiwo o
Ke mamamamɛwo ya ɖe
Afi kae wole?
Ne ɖe safui aɖe li la,
Anye ne meʋu ʋɔ na wo hafi
Gake aʋli sa wo koe
Yɔkpeawo ɖo atsyɔ̃ na wo
Eye seƒoƒo nyuiwo ƒoxlã wo
Medo ɣli yɔ wo
Gake kpao!
‘Labe ɣli medea aʋliawo de o
Gbɔgblɔ bu ɖem keŋ
Eya ta babaa ko medo na wo.
‘The Stroll’ – A poem about death and memory.
‘Tsaɖiɖi la – Zi geɖe la, míɖoa ŋku míaƒe lɔlɔ̃tɔ siwo yi aʋli la dzi. Esiae haŋlɔla la ɖe ɖe go hedi vevie be ne woadzudzɔ le ŋutifafa me.
Freeman Wayo holds a degree in Ewe and English from the University of Education in Winneba. His story story ‘Fuvi’ won the 2019 Ghanaian Languages Short Story Prize for Ewe. He writes in both Ewe and English. Email – wayofreeman2@yahoo.com.
Well done my bro “mìadzo godoo”😃😃😃😃
Words cannot express my excitement.
Thank you for publishing my work.