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
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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
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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)
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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
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another home
stars resting
in a river
tenabrem foforɔ
nnsroma a woadeda
wɔ nsutene mu
paper wasp 22 (2) 2016
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morning path . . .
dots of dew
share the sun
anɔpa kwan
busuo a agu nhyerɛnee
kyɛ owia
Under the Bashō 2016
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falling leaf
the sudden arms
of a spider web
ahahan a ate reba fam
ananse ntentan
gye no adwobrɛɛw
Akitsu Quarterly, Summer 2016 Issue
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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harmattan winds…
crossing the border
with leaves
ɔpɛ nframa
a watase ahahan
de retwa hyeɛ
Africa Haiku Network, Harmattan Series, December 2015.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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drifting cotton clouds
the sickle moon
harvests all alone
asaawa mununkum retwam
osram asɔsowa nkutoo
retwa
Boston Poetry Magazine May 2015 Edition
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shea butter market
sellers hold the sun
in water sprinkles
nkuto dwa mu
adetɔnfoɔ de nsupetee
kyekyeree owia
Boston Poetry Magazine May 2015 Edition
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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
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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
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end of the road-
railway track runs
into earth
ɔkwan awieɛ-
keteke dadekwan a
ɛwura asaase mu
Boston Poetry Magazine May 2015, Edition