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Monthly Archives: June 2015

Haiku Horizons: Thorn

29 Monday Jun 2015

Posted by readinpleasure in Challenges, Haiku, Poetry

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Tags

backyard garden, coin, futility, thorn

Done for Haiku Horizons.

Thorn

overrun yard

looking for lost coin

among thorns

Copyright © Celestine Nudanu
29/06/15
 
I appreciate your patience with me as I catch up on your blogs. Thanks a million! Shalom

 

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Haiku My Heart: Lagoon

26 Friday Jun 2015

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

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Tags

Africa, canoe, fish, lagoon, livelihood, Motherhood, Nature, Poverty

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

unsold fish

a mother’s reflection

darkens the lagoon

2

gurgles

listing canoe

drinking up the lagoon

Copyright © Celestine Nudanu
26/06/15
 
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Thursday Shadorma: Storm

25 Thursday Jun 2015

Posted by readinpleasure in Challenges, Poetry

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Tags

anger, Nature, storm

The photo is by kind permission of Gilly.

canoes

3 5 3 3 7 5 

Storm

clouds darkly

ruffled and swollen

in anger

the calmness

of waters, an illusion

eating up the storm

Copyright © Celestine Nudanu
25/06/15
 
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APED – Prompt 24: Ancient Whispers

24 Wednesday Jun 2015

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

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Tags

Africa, ancient whispers, cha cha cha, drumbeat, love, mystic, Passion, romance

Done for A Prompt Each Day, a daily dose of inspiration. A minimum of three words from the set of ten to be used in our prose or poetry.

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Ancient Whispers

ancient calls

mystical whispers

from the winds

 lonely hearts

dance the cha-cha cha in tune

drumbeats of our land

2

drum beats of our land

calls me with ancient rhythms

my fevered heart leaps

3

my fevered heart leaps

at smouldering of your eyes

that ancient promise

Copyright © Celestine Nudanu
24/06/15
 
I appreciate your patience with me as I catch up on your blogs. Thanks a million! Shalom

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Haiku Horizons: Tear

22 Monday Jun 2015

Posted by readinpleasure in Challenges, Haiku, Poetry

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Tags

bird, relationship, tear, torn

Done for Haiku Horizons.

Tear

single tear

red with heat of betrayal

a torn bird

 

Copyright © Celestine Nudanu
22/06/15
 
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Haiku My Heart: Rebirth

19 Friday Jun 2015

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

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compassion, gift, Joan Halifax, re-birth

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

Emphasis is on the E; Engage, enact ethically. Then end the interaction and allow for emergence of the next step. This is the final step in Joan Halifax’s G.R.A.C.E. method. And it’s all about closure. We live in a time when science is validating what humans have known throughout the ages: that compassion is not a luxury; it is a necessity for our well-being, resilience, and survival.

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Rebirth

reaching out

moment of rebirth

in gift form

Copyright © Celestine Nudanu
19/06/15
 
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APED – Prompt 19: Rebirth

19 Friday Jun 2015

Posted by readinpleasure in Challenges, Poetry

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Forgiveness, memory, Rebirth, relationship, Salman Rushdie

Done for A Prompt Each Day, a daily dose of inspiration. Today the prompt is the quote below:

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Rebirth

today my memory failed me

searching the abyss of despair

for that gloom hugging me like a second skin

today my memory failed me

as I listened to that cacophony of words,

searching for the deep resonance

that used to caress me to sleep.

I almost grasped it,

but then it slipped through my gaping fingers,

a snarl slapped me instead.

today my memory failed me,

gliding through the haze of lies based on aspects of truths,

the shaky facade of carefully coated words slipping

to reveal the bare bones of

semantics in its degraded form.

today my memory failed me,

delving deep into yester-years

to desperately seek a day

when the moon stood still

on a fast wilting bed of roses

the thorns drawing blood

from you and I

today my memory played tricks on me you know.

my memory failed me.

my  memory refused to

regurgitate the left-over of a passion long gone cold

passion that now sits in my belly

waiting to pass out in a cremation of rebirth

Copyright © Celestine Nudanu
19/06/15

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APED – Prompt 17: My Visitor

17 Wednesday Jun 2015

Posted by readinpleasure in Challenges, Fiction, Short Stories

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Tags

dead body, Ghost, mahogany, mystery, Rains, thriller, watchdog committee

Done for A Prompt Each Day, a daily dose of inspiration.

We are to use Use a minimum of three words from the set of ten here in your post. You can write in any form, poetry or prose, as long or as short as you like.

My Visitor

I moved into the house on a cold rainy day. The clouds would not let up and everywhere was wet. From my bedroom window, I took in the garden behind the rumbling old house which needed pruning. The silver droplets kissing the leaves of the mahogany tree in the middle of the garden mesmerised me. But that tree would have to go. It was ancient. That night I dreamed of the mahogany tree begging me not to touch it. I woke up sweating, not understanding the dream. I wasn’t superstitious but throughout the day, a feeling of unease settled on me like an unwanted suitor.

APromptEachDay1 In the evening my new neighbour came over to introduce herself. Mary Kwame was nice enough but she talked too much. Over hot tea she filled me in on the local gossip.

“We all wondered who would move in here, you know.”

I cocked an eyebrow at this. “oh, and why was that?”

Mary swiveled her head, yes, that is what she actually did. Swiveled her head to see who was listening in even though we were alone. And then her voice dropped to a whisper. “This house is haunted you know. Someone died here. You must be brave”

An amused chuckle escaped my lips. “Mary, stories of ghosts and apparitions don’t scare me.

” “But Grace, you haven’t seen or heard anything yet.” She wailed.

The dream I had the night before popped into my mind and a shiver ripped through me, despite the hot tea.

Suddenly Mary gave a loud cackle, her eyes afire with an unholy light. “a ghost just passed through.”

I had enough. “Mary, I’ve had a busy day unpacking. I think we should call it an evening.”

Thankfully she took the hint and left shortly, apologising for overstaying her welcome. I told her not to worry, closing and locking the door firmly.

I slept soundly, perhaps too much. For I woke up to a commotion behind my house. Glancing at the bedside clock I noted the time to be 9.30. I still had a lot of unpacking to do. I tried to ignore the noise at the back of the house. The voices were many and I couldn’t make out a single word. Then I heard a loud knocking at the front door. Dashing to the bathroom attached to bedroom, I rinsed my face and mouth and hurried up to the door. Somehow I knew before unlocking the door that the news wouldn’t be good.

A handsome man stood before me. My heart did a flip. “Good morning, madam. I’m the neighbourhood watchdog committee chairman. My name is Opoku.”

“Opoku, how can I help you?” I hoped my voice sounded sexy.

“I’m sorry madam, but yesterday’s rains washed up the remains of a body buried under the mahogany tree in your yard.”

“What!”

“Yes. We suspect the body must be that of Mary Kwame. She used to live near you. She’s been missing for four years now. The Police are on their way.”

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APED – Prompt 16: Whiff of Breath

16 Tuesday Jun 2015

Posted by readinpleasure in Challenges, Poetry

≈ 21 Comments

Tags

Death, Nature, relationship, romance

Done for A Prompt Each Day, a daily dose of inspiration. The Prompt is a phrase Once Upon A Time. The poem or prose should be only 33 words.

APromptEachDay1

Whiff of Breath

once upon a time

in heels

I twirled in your arms

all night long

you breathed in my perfume at summer

will my essence linger

now twilight dawns

with the whiff of breath?

Copyright © Celestine Nudanu
16/06/15

I appreciate your patience with me as I catch up on your blogs. Thanks a million! Shalom

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APED – Prompt 15: Fire

15 Monday Jun 2015

Posted by readinpleasure in Challenges, Poetry

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Cinquain, Fire, Passion, romance

Done for A Prompt Each Day, a daily dose of inspiration. The prompt is Fire. My poem is another try at the Cinquain.

First line: a one-word subject or title.
Second line: two adjectives which describe the subject.
Third line: three verbs relating to the subject.
Fourth line: four words forming a phrase, sentence, or set of feelings relating to the subject.
Fifth line: one word which summarizes the poem.

The second and more traditional type is simpler and requires only that the pattern of syllables per line in the poem is 2, 4, 6, 8, 2. I combined both rules. 🙂

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Fire

passion’s

luminous heat

flickers to taunt my breath

 set me ablaze with your special

branding

Copyright © Celestine Nudanu
15/06/15
 
I appreciate your patience with me as I catch up on your blogs. Thanks a million! Shalom

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