Padmore Enyonam Agbemabiese is a Ghanaian poet, playwright and scholar. Currently he is a lecturer at The Ohio State University in the United States. He received his elementary education in Ghana at Abor Roman Catholic Primary School and later his secondary education at Abor and Kpandu secondary schools. Throughout this period his Grandma never left him uninformed of who he is. The basic statements of his Grandma's ideas and positions have become relevant to the understanding of his educational views. According to Padmore Agbemabiese, prescriptions and controversies that spring from what his grandmother perceives as literacy are vital today as they often explode in scholarship on what constitutes education or literacy across the world.
be patient with life, despite its cruelty
often it seems careless to shed tears
for something you cherish but lost
but let it bring you hope
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I can't promise you roses
which bloom of brilliant red
but I promise, when you need me
as much as possible
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last night
before I lay down to sleep
I prayed the Lord my shape to keep
to let no wrinkles come.
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grow my sweet daisy
plant your roots within these veins
flourishing more so than
the grass that tickles your stem
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