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Leafless
leafless tree
all that remains
of the Harmattan
Copyright © Celestine Nudanu
24/11/15
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Leafless
24 Tuesday Nov 2015
Posted in Afriku, Carpe Diem, Challenges, Haiku, Poetry
Sounds like the freezing autumn we’re having over here in the UK. 🙂
Actually dreading the Harmattan. 🙂
A powerful haiku indeed…and reading about the harmattan is a shock – reminds me of Saudi Arabia when I was there. Hope that dry dust is not there every single day.
It normally is, Hamish for as long as the Harmattan lasts. We also get cracked lips and skin if we do not lubricate our bodies well. 🙂
I like learning new words, its nice to add them in and I shall take a leaf (hehe) out of your book and try it myself.
Thanks Ste J. It’s only you who can come up with suhc a brilliant pun. 🙂
Kind of scary, even. Well done, Celestine!
Jael, thank you. But it is not scary at all. 🙂
Ohh, maybe it was the mood I read it in 🙂
LOL! 🙂 🙂
Happy to give you a laugh, dear Celestine! 🙂
Lovely, and harmattan is one of those words that perfectly fits its meaning isn’t it?
You are right, especially from the angel of the local name for it. 🙂
Interesting info. Thanks for sharing, nice haiku.
My pleasure. 🙂
Gosh – what a wind! You have captured the energy of it very well in your haiku.
Thank you Suzanne. 🙂
Beautiful. Harmattan fits it quite perfectly.
Thank you Kwaku. 🙂
All that remains of the Autumn here in the UK. The trees are so bare.
I can well imagine!
beautiful!
Trisha, thank you.
Love learning new words. Thank you. Your work is very good!
Ow, thanks so much. 🙂
stark and vivid words
Freya, thanks 🙂
Thank you for the link…I learned something new today. 😀
Glad to be of service. 🙂
nicely done. Really inspired
Thanks, Adjei. 🙂
I remember you speaking of that great wind.
Most of our light leaves are down. Oaks and some bright red/orange ones are still hanging on.
This time the Harmattan is slow in coming, but surely it is in air,interspersed with rains and extreme heat. The peak period is usually around December to early February or even late February. 🙂