Useful Sleepless Night – A Poem Worth Reading

by Wisdom K.E Hammond · March 8, 2021

USEFUL SLEEPLESS NIGHT

When I miss the train of sleep
I write to while the time away
Its senselessness
Is hidden in its sensible correction

When I miss the train of sleep
I read to while the time away
Feeding knowledge to my brain
Learning to learn and unlearn

When I miss the train of sleep
I think to while the time away
Cooking new ideas in my brain
Building new foundations for my day
Washing the past in the present
And drying them into the future of hope

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When sleep eludes me
I remember the pen soldier in me
I remember I am a literate
It doesn’t matter how
I just want to liberate myself
And feed my soul
With rhythmic words
On instruments
Locally brewed
From the belly of woods and skins of animals

Agbadzaa Agbadza
Bɔbɔbɔa Bɔbɔbɔ
Kpanlogoa Kpanlogo
Kinkaa Kinka
Atrikpia Atrikpi
nyayitoa Nyayito
Beautiful lyrics
Soothing to the soul

When I miss the train of sleep at night
I do well to feed myself
And prepare food
To feed other souls
For it is my calling

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Wisdom K.E Hammond

Ghanaeducation.org is founded by Wisdom Kojo Eli Hammond, a distinguished Ghanaian Edu-Tech Entrepreneur, AI Solutions Developer, and Product Architect with over 25 years of cross-disciplinary experience in education, finance, and digital media. Wisdom is the visionary force behind SkulManager, Ghana’s premier school management ecosystem, and the Lead Consultant at Education-News Consult. A self-taught innovator, professional Web Designer, and regular columnist on GhanaWeb, Wisdom engineered SkulManager.com as the only platform strictly tailored to the GES curriculum. His technical leadership has redefined educational assessment through a hybrid marking ecosystem, pioneering the BECE and WASSCE Home Mock services—a unique fusion of WAEC-trained human examiners and advanced AI marking engines operational since 2022.