SUICIDE
The day he died was like any other day. He woke up at 6:10 a.m., after several snoozes on his two mobile phones. The first alarm had gone off at 5:10 a.m., but he was too weak-willed to rouse himself from sleep. He was surprised by how drastically he had changed. The man, some eight […]
The Repast
The Repast When the wait is over When the carping ends in corporate encomiums And the victim turns victor because the centre can now hold That is when we shall, with naked eyes, face the naked truth: If there is something to learn from history, It is that man never learns from history. The […]
tRUTH
When echoes from the clock’s tock hastened slowly Without a corresponding tick in the chambers of memory, Making an aural appeal of melancholy And imprints on the sands of time sing of recovery Calling for a voluntarily conspicuous glimpse, That’s when we stood on the sanctimonious overpass With a hypocritical aberration on institutional collapse. Refusing […]
THE ACCIDENT 2 (SILVER LINING)
Events leading to the National Radio & Television Personality Awards ceremony that particular year were beginning to gather momentum when that accident occurred. The facts had it that the mobile telephony company which was the headline sponsor committed an error in their contractual agreement with the organizers and thus had their main rivals give them […]
THE ACCIDENT 1 (DARK CLOUDS)
It was some six hundred days after the Winneba Junction accident. Besiwa was stepping out in two armpit crutches for the first time. What a loss! What a calamity? She’s lost her left leg, mother and a little brother, all as a result of one reckless driving she in no way contributed to. The nurses […]
About William
I am William Adjei-Tuadzra, a Ghanaian writer, educator, career farmer and lifelong learner. I grew up in the rural communities of Ghana, where I experienced the beauty of pastoral life alongside its hardships. Those early experiences continue to shape my worldview and often find their way into my writing. I also survived a road accident […]