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Monthly Archives: May 2015

Haiku My Heart: Thrill

29 Friday May 2015

Posted by readinpleasure in Carpe Diem, Challenges, Haiku, Haiku My Heart, Poetry

≈ 46 Comments

Tags

blooms, Dew, Jane Halifax, Nature, oneness, scintilation, thrill

Done for Carpe Diem Haiku Shuukan. And also for Recuerda Mi Corazon. 

The emphasis is on C in G R A C E (enlarge your capacity of compassion) as defined by Joan Halifax, a Zen Buddhist, with greater emphasis on “Considering, what will serve.” Consider what will really serve the other person by being truly present for this one and letting insights arise. You feel the moment, you really feel the other and you come in close contact with his/her energy. … there you both are … in contact with each other and with an open heart and mind … on the same level …

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Thrill

almost as one

scent of opening bud

fills my emptiness

2

morning thrill

dew drops scintillate

the petals

Copyright © Celestine Nudanu
29/05/15
 
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Haiku Horizons: Song

26 Tuesday May 2015

Posted by readinpleasure in Challenges, Haiku, Poetry

≈ 36 Comments

Tags

Angels, Choir, Christianity, Heavenly, Song

Done for Haiku Horizons.

Song

celestial choir

echoes of chiming waves

dancing angels

Copyright © Celestine Nudanu
26/05/15
 
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Thursday Shadorma: Droplets of Desire

21 Thursday May 2015

Posted by readinpleasure in Challenges, Haiku, Poetry, Romance

≈ 35 Comments

Tags

celebration, desire, droplets, love, Nature, orgasm, rain

The photo is by kind permission of Gilly.

peony

Droplets of Desire

3-5-3-3-7-5

petals of desire

nestled in silver droplets

aftermath of rain

2

silver beads

drip with languid ease

on blossoms

 a shimmer

of colours in orgasm

splendour of nature

Copyright © Celestine Nudanu
21/05/15
 
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Haiku Horizons: Shame

18 Monday May 2015

Posted by readinpleasure in Challenges, Haiku, Poetry, Romance

≈ 60 Comments

Tags

illicit love, love affair, romance, shame

Done for Haiku Horizons.

shame

 brief moment

my only sin

is wanting you

 

Copyright © Celestine Nudanu
18/05/15
 
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Haiku My Heart: Raindrops

15 Friday May 2015

Posted by readinpleasure in Carpe Diem, Challenges, Haiku, Haiku My Heart, Poetry

≈ 43 Comments

Tags

basil, blooms, heat, Joan Halifax, May, Nature, praises, rain, Scorched earth

Done for Carpe Diem Haiku Shuukan. And also for Recuerda Mi Corazon. 

The emphasis is on A in G R A C E (enlarge your capacity of compassion) as defined by Joan Halifax, a Zen Buddhist, with greater emphasis on “Attaining to Self Other.” Much similar to the Christian JOY, acronym for Jesus first, Others next, Yourself at last.

Raindrops

 first raindrops

this month of May

scorched earth cools

2

raindrops

just a drop

basil blooms

3

cheerless morn

even the birds

chirp in praises

NEW LOGO HAIKU SHUUKAN

Copyright © Celestine Nudanu
15/05/15
 
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Carpe Diem: Melons

13 Wednesday May 2015

Posted by readinpleasure in Carpe Diem, Challenges, Haiku, Poetry

≈ 38 Comments

Tags

Basho, food, Hunger, Melons, Nature, nourishment, Poverty, sundown

Done for Carpe Diem.

Melons

sundown

a mother gathers

her unsold melons

2

counting melons

at sundown

rumbling stomach

Copyright © Celestine Nudanu
13/05/15
 
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Haiku Horizons: Fair

11 Monday May 2015

Posted by readinpleasure in Challenges, Haiku, Poetry

≈ 37 Comments

Tags

Fair, Life

Done for Haiku Horizons.

Fair

it’s not fair, she cries

but life is not fair, he says

only fair is fair

2

fairest heart

your smile guides my steps

mother mine

Copyright © Celestine Nudanu
11/05/15
 
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Haiku My Heart: Wandering Crow

08 Friday May 2015

Posted by readinpleasure in Carpe Diem, Challenges, Haiku, Haiku My Heart, Poetry

≈ 40 Comments

Tags

Basho, Crow, nautre, nest, Tree Top

Done for Carpe Diem. And also for Recuerda Mi Corazon. 

Wandering Crow

from the tree top

hidden from view

the nest of a wandering crow

2

from the tree top

emptiness dropped down

in a cicada shell

silent sound drowns out the cries

crushing against the rebirth

Copyright © Celestine Nudanu
08/05/15
 
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Thursday Tanka: Foxgloves

07 Thursday May 2015

Posted by readinpleasure in Challenges, Poetry, Tan Renga

≈ 27 Comments

Tags

cure, foxgloves, heart, love, Medicine, Nature, Poison, Ring My Bells, romance

The photo is by kind permission of Gilly.

foxgloves

Foxgloves

5-7-5-7-7

bells sigh in the breeze

pink blooms reeling off their musk

a heady poison

yet cure for my fragile heart

a balm for perpetual sleep

Copyright © Celestine Nudanu
07/05/15
 
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Haiku Horizons: Water

04 Monday May 2015

Posted by readinpleasure in Challenges, Haiku, Poetry

≈ 56 Comments

Tags

lullaby, Midnight rains, Nature, Sleep, Water

Done for Haiku Horizons.

Water

rivulets

drumming on rooftops

midnight rains

2

midnight rains

drumming on rooftops

lullaby

 
Copyright © Celestine Nudanu
04/05/15
 
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