{"id":346282,"date":"2011-03-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/29\/poem-pushed-to-the-wall\/"},"modified":"2011-03-29T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-29T00:00:00","slug":"poem-pushed-to-the-wall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/29\/poem-pushed-to-the-wall\/","title":{"rendered":"Poem: Pushed to the wall!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"48\">\n<p>\t\t\t\tA land so rich and wide<br \/>Yet no place to feed and hide<br \/>Many seeking for an open door<br \/>But blocked with iron gates the more<br \/>Some forced to take up gun<br \/>Not really for the fun<br \/>But to chase life in a wanton valley<br \/>All in trying to fill the belly<\/p>\n<p>Becoming fugitives on extra beat<br \/>They harass all they meet<br \/>Just try being on their way<br \/>Soon you\u2019re placed at their bay<br \/>Striking fast before it\u2019s late<br \/>For fear of losing fate<br \/>Never are they in delay <br \/>For least their prey do get away<br \/>Where is the beauty of the grain?<br \/>When it enjoys no good rain<\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a9Kofi Adu Domfeh<br \/>adomfeh@yahoo.com<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>See the original post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.myjoyonline.com\/features\/201103\/63461.asp\" title=\"Poem: Pushed to the wall!\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Poem: Pushed to the wall!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> A land so rich and wide Yet no place to feed and hide Many seeking for an open door But blocked with iron gates the more Some forced to take up gun Not really for the fun But to chase life in a wanton valley All in trying to fill the belly Becoming fugitives on extra beat They harass all they meet Just try being on their way Soon you\u2019re placed at their bay Striking fast before it\u2019s late For fear of losing fate Never are they in delay For least their prey do get away Where is the beauty of the grain? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-346282","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Poem: Pushed to the wall! 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