14 Friday Jun 2013
Posted in Challenges, Haiku, Poetry
Sometime ago I participated in the Carpe Diem Haiku challenge and later dropped off due to hectic work schedule. I’ve been invited back on the challenge by dear Managua. And so here I am, graciously accepting.
Iris
goddess of rainbow rides the clouds in majesty shower of petals Copyright © Celestine Nudanu 14/06/13I appreciate your patience with me as I catch up on your blogs. Thanks a million! Shalom
14 Friday Jun 2013
Posted in Challenges, Fiction
This week’s Ligo Haibun prompts are The sun or Childhood memory of summer camps. Well, since I’ve never been to a summer camp I opted for the first prompt 🙂
The Sun
She laid awake, her mind refusing to succumb to sleep. Shivering, she pulled the cover cloth tighter round her body, casting a disgusting look at her inert husband. His snore could wake the child they had buried only the previous week.
In the next room, her other four children were fast asleep; the night before she had fed them the last cornmeal. There was no more food and that meant only one thing. The fights would resume in earnest. Outside, the rain continued to fall with urgency and consistency, desperate in its bid to blot out much-needed rays. Sighing, she contemplated her lot. Will the sun ever blaze in her life?
hollow eyes stare mirror her desperation Dying embers
14 Friday Jun 2013
Posted in Challenges, Haiku, Poetry
Today’s prompt on Haiku Heights is Ripples. And my haiku is based on bizarre incidents happening in Accra, Ghana. For the past weeks or so, there have been series of fire outbreaks in major markets in the capital city. There is so much congestion in the markets and the fact that the traders sleep in the markets (as in live there) for ease of business transaction does not make it any better. Electrical connections in these markets are also shoddy. Be that as it may, it is a bit suspicious for not one but several markets to burn at different times and locations.
Recently, the government sought the expect help of US officials to help investigate the cause of these inferno and we are all waiting for the findings.
Ripples
Thick billowing clouds Business hub up in flames Blistering ripples Copyright © Celestine Nudanu 14/06/13I appreciate your patience with me as I catch up on your blogs. Thanks a million! Shalom
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