Adjei Agyei-Baah
Living in Kumasi, Ashanti Region, Ghana
Adjei, is an English language lecturer and the co-founder Africa Haiku Network and Poetry Foundation Ghana. He doubles as the co-editor of the Mamba Journal, Africa’s first haiku periodical and champions an avant-garde type of haiku dubbed “Afriku”, which seeks to project the unique sights, sounds, and settings of Africa. He discovered haiku through his fellow countryman, Nana Fredua-Agyeman and tasted his first journal publication with Shamrock in 2011.
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last night’s rain
in the spider’s web
a chandelier of globules
ahemanakye—
anadwo nsutɔ gu nhyerɛnee
wɔ ananse ntentan mu
Merit Award, 7th ITO EN Oi Ocha New Haiku Contest, 2016
roasting sun
the egret's measured steps
in buffalo shadow
owia branee
nantwinoma tutu nanamɔn
wɔ nantwie sunsum mu
The Heron's Nest Award/Editors' Choice, The Herons Nest Volume XVIII, Number 1: March 2016
garden dew
a butterfly rests
on silence
anɔpa afikyi fuom
afafantɔ gye n’ahome
wɔ dinnyɔ so
2nd Place, Indian Kukai #16, June 2016 (kigo theme - butterfly)
a slow approach
to a resting butterfly
my shadow set it off
me de brɛw nanteɛ
rekɔ afafantɔ bi ho
me sunsum maa ne tuuɛ
Haiku of Merit (Zatsuei), World Haiku Review, June 2016
another home
stars resting
in a river
tenabrem foforɔ
nnsroma a woadeda
wɔ nsutene mu
paper wasp 22 (2) 2016
morning path . . .
dots of dew
share the sun
anɔpa kwan
busuo a agu nhyerɛnee
kyɛ owia
Under the Bashō 2016
falling leaf
the sudden arms
of a spider web
ahahan a ate reba fam
ananse ntentan
gye no adwobrɛɛw
Akitsu Quarterly, Summer 2016 Issue
the road not taken—
a giant spider’s web
bridging branches
ɔkwan a obiara nfa so
ananse ntentan
di asosɔ nnuam
Wild Plum 2:1 Spring & Summer 2016
running from rain
its first tap
on my shoulder
meretu mirika
adwane nsu tɔ
nea edi kan bɔ m’abati
A Hundred Gourds 5:2 March 2016
lonely
as I canoe by
moon
ankonam
wɔbrɛ a mede me kodoɔ retwam
ɔsram
David Mcmurray Favorite Haiku, 4th Japan-Russia Haiku Contest, October 18, 2015, Akita International Haiku Network
riverside
a crocodile waits
in a monkey shadow
nsutene ho
ɔdɛnkyɛm a wahinta
wɔ asoroboa sunsum mu
The Asahi Shimbun: Asahi Haikuist Network, January 1, 2016.
fresh sprout
my life picks up
a pigment of hope
ahabanmono
me kra nyaa anidasoɔ bi
wɔ ne fefeyɛ mu
Frogpond 36.2, Spring/Summer 2013
an early bird
at the tail of a late worm
first light
dasuom anomaa a
okuta sonson dua pɔm
anɔpa hyann mu
Brass Bell haiku Journal, November, 2015 Issue.
folding and unfolding
the unheard clap
of the butterfly
afafantɔ ntaban mu bue
ne nentumuu
nsamubɔ a obiara nnte
Brass Bell Haiku Journal, October 2015 Issue.
deserted shore
the wind sharpens its voice
over a conch
mpoano a obiara nni hɔ
mframa see ne nne
wo sunam hankra mu
Editor’s Choice Cattails, September 2015 Edition
harmattan winds…
crossing the border
with leaves
ɔpɛ nframa
a watase ahahan
de retwa hyeɛ
Africa Haiku Network, Harmattan Series, December 2015.
castle cannons
pointing where their owners
have gone by
Oguaa abankɛseɛm
Ngresifoɔ atubra rekyerɛ
wɔn akyiri kwan
Honorable Mention, World Haiku Review, January 2014 Issue
roadside beggar
he waits for the traffic light
to turn red
kwankyɛn adesrɛni
ɔretwɛn sɛ trafik kanea
bɛsɔ kɔkɔɔ
Heart Journal Online, June 2015 Edition
black coffee
white sugar
I stir the world into oneness
asikyire fitaa
kɔfe tuntum
mede atre kaa wiase bɔɔ mu
Indian Kukai #14, December 2015.
ripe mango
on the garden floor
an aphid takes a bite
mango a abre da fam
ofitiyɛ anom ne deɛ
dadaada
Shamrock, Issue 19, 2013
drifting cotton clouds
the sickle moon
harvests all alone
asaawa mununkum retwam
osram asɔsowa nkutoo
retwa
Boston Poetry Magazine May 2015 Edition
shea butter market
sellers hold the sun
in water sprinkles
nkuto dwa mu
adetɔnfoɔ de nsupetee
kyekyeree owia
Boston Poetry Magazine May 2015 Edition
May rains drop-
the bamboo fence
free from termites’ plaster
kotonimaa nsu tɔ
mpampro ban gye ne ho
firi nfɔteɛ ntetareɛ mu
Boston Poetry Magazine May 2015, Edition
sunken grinding stone
stories told of herbs
that made us men
twiboɔ mu tokuro
yekaa mpaninsɛm faa ahahama a
ɛmaa yɛgyinaa brane
Heart Journal Online, 8th June 2015 Edition
end of the road-
railway track runs
into earth
ɔkwan awieɛ-
keteke dadekwan a
ɛwura asaase mu
Boston Poetry Magazine May 2015, Edition