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Monthly Archives: August 2013

Haiku My Heart – Wild Blossoms

30 Friday Aug 2013

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Haiku My Heart, Nature, Wild Blossoms

Haiku for Recuerda Mi Corazon

(1) Wild Blossoms

l inhale your scent

wild blossoms in the valley

nectar for the gods

(2) Wild Blossoms

 wild blossoms

I inhale your scent

ah, pure joy

Copyright © Celestine Nudanu
30/08/13

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Carpe Diem Haiku: Endless Skies:

29 Thursday Aug 2013

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Endless Skies

Carpe Diem Prompt: Endless Skies

Endless Skies

buoyed by winds

I fly without wings

endless skies

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29/08/13
 

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Ligo Haibun Challenge: Illusion

27 Tuesday Aug 2013

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desire, Illusion, Ligo Haibun, love

The prompts at Ligo Haibun this week are two words, Illusion and Ecstasy. My offering:

Illusion

PictureYou waltz into my heart leaving me reeling from your aura. A magnet of sweet decadence you have me hooked completely. Lips to lips, body to body, no space for another. Just the two of us.

We dance, primitive in our desire, beating tattoos of love in naked abandon. And then, just as suddenly, like a fleeting mirage, you are no more. I clasp the breeze that trail your departure, but your wild musk eludes me. I grasp at nothingness.

I flail, I wail, my despair insane. Wisps of your essence cling to my consciousness. Waking and fading. You are my illusion.

your fine musk
haunts my wild desires
I dream on
 
 
 
 

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Haiku Heights Prompt: Bat

26 Monday Aug 2013

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bat, batman, Nature, night-rider

Haiku Heights prompt. Bat

Bat

night-rider stunts

across  mountains and oceans

batman forever

Copyright © Celestine Nudanu
26/08/13
 

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Haiku My Heart: Sensual Delight

23 Friday Aug 2013

Posted by readinpleasure in Challenges, Fiction, Haiku, Poetry

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Harmattan, sensual delight

Haiku for Recuerda Mi Corazon

Sorry folks, it’s not yet Harmattan but this is where my muse took me today. I also do apologise if I’ve offended some sensibilities. 🙂

(1) Sensual Delight

Harmattan kisses
my palate knows no barriers
sheath my nakedness
 

(2) Sensual Delight

Harmattan night
coffee, laced with brandy
I snuggle up
 
 
 
Copyright © Celestine Nudanu
23/08/13

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Carpe Diem Special: “A flock of swallows”

22 Thursday Aug 2013

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Nature, sheath, swallow

 photo CarpeDiemAug2013_zpsbad67ebd.jpgAt Carpe Diem today the prompt is to write a haiku inspired by Kikaku’s.

above the sea
a rainbow, erased by
a flock of swallows

Mine

across the gay skies
sudden expanse of dark sheath
migrating swallows
 
 
 
Copyright © Celestine Nudanu
22/08/13
 

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Haiku Heights Prompt: Fresh

21 Wednesday Aug 2013

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fragrance, fresh, lavender, Nature

Haiku Heights prompt. Fresh

Fresh

opening buds

fresh as the morning dew

lavender breath

 
Copyright © Celestine Nudanu
21/08/13
 

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Haiku Heights Prompt: Age

18 Sunday Aug 2013

Posted by readinpleasure in Fiction, Haiku, Poetry

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age, shadows, twilight, wrinkles

Haiku Heights prompt. Age

Age

twilight creeps in

shadows gather their sheaves

glowing wrinkles

Copyright © Celestine Nudanu
18/08/13
 

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Ligo Haibun Challenge: Nature’s Kiss

16 Friday Aug 2013

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joy, KISS, love, Nature

This week, the prompts at Ligo Haibun are the following quotes by Ingrid Bergman and Marilyn Monroe respectively: ‘A kiss is a lovely trick by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous’ and ‘ Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.’ I choose to go with Ingrid Bergman’s quote.

Nature’s Kiss

PictureIt’s a joy when Chris and I wake up every dawn to the beauty of the silvery dew drops glistening on the leaves and flowers in our yard. I’m always stunned gazing at the splendour of swaying colours in the cool breeze as they open up and glow under the kiss of the drops. Wordlessly, my husband then pulls me gently to him and kisses me ever so tenderly by the bedroom window, in celebration of such a wonderful gift from nature.

nature’s dawn kiss
mirrors our gratitude
no need for words
 

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Haiku My Heart: Open Book

16 Friday Aug 2013

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Haiku My Heart, love, reading

Haiku for Recuerda Mi Corazon

Open Book

like a flower

I open up for you

read me

 
Copyright © Celestine Nudanu
16/08/13
 

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