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Monthly Archives: December 2015

IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN YOU

22 Tuesday Dec 2015

Posted by readinpleasure in African Women Writers, Guests, Poetry, Romance

≈ 55 Comments

Tags

Guest, love, marriage, relationship, romance

Hi folks, I said I was going away for a while but I just had to come back and post this beautiful poem written by a dear friend and dedicated to her husband on the occasion of their twenty-second wedding anniversary. Enjoy. 🙂

(Specially for Nana Kwesi Agyepong

IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN YOU

There was silence

With my three friends we entered the Physics Lab

And there you were; you sat alone

Looking a little startled

as if your thoughts had been rudely interrupted

Our eyes met…….uh, my heart skipped a beat

my gaze still fixed on you

what was this strange feeling

your smile disarmed me

your voice confused me.

Your gentleness overwhelmed me

After twenty and two years…

It has always been you. It has been L.O.V.E..♥

2

Oh it’s been 22 years already

four beautiful and adorable girls

and all the happenings in between

but it has always been you

In sickness and in health

in joy and in pain

in distress and triumphs

it has always been you

3

So on the occasion of our 22nd wedding anniversary,

I am thankful for:

Your unconditional love

and attention and care for me and the girls

Being who you are and allowing me to be the person

I have always wanted to be.

Your patience, calmness and gentleness

which still overwhelms and me

For the next year and beyond

Stand by me and let us stand together

for it has always been you

Walk with me and let us walk side by side

for it has always been you

4

Run with me and let us run together

for it has always been you

Play with me and let us play together

for it has always been you..♥

Sleep by me and let us sleep together

for it has always been you..♥

Sing with me and let us sing together

For it will always be you..♥ 

Pray with me, and let us pray together

For it will forever be you…♥

5

Happy 22nd wedding anniversary my love, Nana Agyepong

and thanks for saying “I do” 22 years ago.

You still take my breath away
♥➖➖➖➖➖➖➖♥
Copyright © Abena Agyepong
18th December, 2015

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Fresh Snow

18 Friday Dec 2015

Posted by readinpleasure in Afriku, Carpe Diem, Challenges, Haiku, Poetry, Tan Renga

≈ 57 Comments

Tags

Africa, Christmas, Illusion, Mirage, Nature, Snow, weather

Done for for Carpe Diem and for Haiku My Heart.

This may be my last post for the year as I will be breaking for a while to sort out my WIP. But I shall be back! 🙂 Merry Christmas to all my lovely friends out there. Wishing you much joy, love and the peace that is Christ our Saviour. God bless you all. 🙂

Fresh Snow

illusion

fluffy flakes falling

in backyard

manna from heaven

melts in a mirage

2

first snow

melting the coldness

in our hearts

Copyright © Celestine Nudanu
18/12/15

 

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Haiku Horizons: String

14 Monday Dec 2015

Posted by readinpleasure in Afriku, Challenges, Haiku, Poetry, Romance

≈ 42 Comments

Tags

Africa, beads, forest, love, magic, Nature, romance, Seduction, string, talisman

Done for Haiku Horizon

String

following

this forest magic

 pulls me in

2

string me

with soft feather touch

African beads

3

 scented oils

this night talisman

pulling

Copyright © Celestine Nudanu
14/12/15

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Days of Christmas

11 Friday Dec 2015

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

≈ 60 Comments

Tags

Africa, Christian charity, Christmas, Family, Giving, injustice, MP, Politics, Poverty, relationship, wealth

Done for for Carpe Diem, (Georgia’s Special 2nd Days of Christmas – Choka) and for Haiku My Heart.

Days of Christmas

5-7 5-7 5-7 5-7-7

 image of my child

salivates at nothingness

this drives me crazy

 to put more energy in

fanning the fire

that will cook only water

to bathe off the grime

from scavenging on the heap

 behind the MP’s mansion

Credits: Christmas

it is Christmas eve

 I can hear the chiming bells

Armageddon Church

last year the priest fed the kids

and winked at my girl

It is a no go this year

church charity stinks

but dare I reserve some pride

charity has lots of face

3

the Harmattan breeze

biting, burned and cracked my skin

charcoal a fiery red

The water now at a boil

waiting for the kids

to return to nothingness

now, what will they bring?

Freshly baked cakes, brown as earth,

bottles of coca-cola

with no expiry date or

stale crackers from yesteryear

moldy leg of a chicken

dry as the hag I’ve become?

Or my brand of emptiness?

4

Mama! There she is

dark skin glowing, defying

the harsh Harmattan

mockery of perfect skins.

her teeth flashed in smile

I swear the gleam in her eyes

made the Christmas lights

in the MP’s mansion pale.

now, she is me all over

(envoy or tanka)

she raise tiny hands

then I see the envelope!

ah, Harmattan breeze

her long tresses billowing

my husband’s gift waves at me

Copyright © Celestine Nudanu
11/12/15

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Haiku Horizons: Balance

07 Monday Dec 2015

Posted by readinpleasure in Challenges, Haiku, Poetry

≈ 45 Comments

Tags

balance, crooked, dishonesty, love, truth

Done for Haiku Horizon

Balance

balancing act

walking the precarious road

of a crooked love

Copyright © Celestine Nudanu
07/12/15

 

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Shadows

02 Wednesday Dec 2015

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

≈ 54 Comments

Tags

Africa, Full moon, lantern, shadows

Done for Carpe Diem

Mixing up the action so the reader does not know if nature is doing the action or if a human is doing it.

Shadows

full moon

dispelling the shadows cast

by the old lantern

Copyright © Celestine Nudanu
02/12/15

 

 

 

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