05 Friday Feb 2021
Posted in Africa Reading Challenge, Afriku, Challenges, Haiku, Haiku My Heart, Micropoetry, Nature, Poetry
Happy New Year to you all my dear readers and friends. 🙂
linked to Recuerda Mi Corazon.)
origami
I fold and unfold
my thoughts
Celestine Nudanu – Ghana
Stardust Haiku – Issue 49, January 2021
04 Wednesday Nov 2020
Posted in Africa Reading Challenge, Dawn, Events, Ghana Association of Writers, Micropoetry, Poetry, Romance
04 Friday May 2018
Posted in Africa Reading Challenge, Haiku, Haiku My Heart, Micropoetry, Poetry, Publication
I’ve been away too long, I know. But it was all for good. 🙂 I’m pleased to inform all my lovely folks that I successfully launched my second poetry collection, Whispers of Dawn (A Book of Cherita) on April 21, 2018. Feverish preparations are underway to have it on Amazon soon. 🙂 I hope you’ll all get copies for your reading pleasure. 🙂
(linked to Recuerda Mi Corazon.)
Silence
garden dew
a butterfly sips
from the silence
(The Bamboo Hut, Spring 2018)
© Celestine Nudanu 4/05/18 Links for Haiku Rhapsodies:
25 Thursday Jan 2018
Posted in Africa Reading Challenge, African Women Writers, Challenges, Events
This is the sixth time my dear friend Kinna is hosting the Africa Reading Challenge. 
Details and requirements are the same this year as for 2012 when she started. And she says, “I have absolutely no reason for hosting nor urging you to participate in this challenge save for the joy of discovering and reading African literature!” Are you in? 🙂 I’m in,and this time I sincerely hope I will make it cos I have loads of books on my TBR and this sounds like the perfect opportunity to read the African writers among the lot and review. 🙂
Here are the details:
Challenge Period
January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018
Region
The entire African continent, including its island-states, which are often overlooked. Please refer to this Wikipedia “list of sovereign states and dependent territories in Africa”. Pre-colonial empires and regions are also included.
5 books. That’s it. There will be no other levels. Of course, participants are encouraged to read more than 5 books. Eligible books include those which are written by African writers, or take place in Africa, or are concerned with Africans and with historical and contemporary African issues. Note that at least 3 books must be written by African writers.
No particular reading philosophy is being suggested, however participates are encouraged to broaden their knowledge of African literature. The most important thing is to have fun and to explore Africa through books.
Leave a comment here to sign-up. You can list the books you intend to read if you’ve already decided. For those with blogs: write a post on your blog about the challenge (with or without your list) and link to this post.
Please for more details read here
22 Wednesday Nov 2017
Posted in Africa Reading Challenge, Challenges, Micropoetry, Poetry, Romance
Today, Rajani wants us to try the Ghazal, a lyrical, challenging and utterly beautiful when it comes out right. The repeating end word and rhyming word of each couplet define the cadence of the ghazal and direct its mood. (The rhyming word appears twice in the first couplet) Originally an Arabic verse form dealing with loss and romantic love, medieval Persian poets embraced the ghazal, eventually making it their own. Consisting of syntactically and grammatically complete couplets, the form also has an intricate rhyme scheme. Well, it is a challenge right?
Morning
how serene you are this morning
your talc permeates my morning
your laughter-dimpled cheeks deflate
its contents to darken my dream morning
but I drink in your song
bidding me good night in the morning
how serene you look this morning of death
your pain my sorrow morning
my baby, my love, sing me your song of release
andante, andante, to wake up my morning
(Well, I tried. 🙂 )
© Celestine Nudanu 22/11/17Links for Haiku Rhapsodies:
08 Friday Sep 2017
Posted in Africa Reading Challenge, Challenges, Guests, Haiku, Haiku My Heart, Micropoetry, Nature, Poetry, Publication, Romance
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My second haiku below was published on Eufemia Griffo‘s blog as part of her 10 year blogging anniversary. Congratulations, Eufemia. 🙂 and thanks a million. 🙂
(linked to Recuerda Mi Corazon.)
Stars
starry sky
melting shadows stroke
the summer night
cielo stellato-
ombre che si sciolgono accarezzano
la notte d’estate
Celestine Nudanu, Ghana
(Coming out soon! My second poetry collection! 🙂)
© Celestine Nudanu 08/09/17Links for Haiku Rhapsodies:
17 Monday Jul 2017
Posted in Africa Reading Challenge, al li, Cherita, Larry Kimmel, Micropoetry, Poetry
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The Cherita was created by al li. I’ve fallen in love with this lovely poetry form. And for each working day I shall endeavour to post a cherita a day on my blog. 🙂
Please, if you have time do visit the Cherita site, http://www.thecherita.com/flipbook/ to read wonderfully written Cherita, edited by Larry Kimmel. The Flipbook contains 76 new and original cherita by 32 poets from the UK, USA, India, Australia, Ireland, Canada and Ghana. Thank you. 🙂
credits: http://www.thecherita.com/
Preying Mantis
preying mantis
you sink into
this ancient ritual, branding me
not even dreaming of death
and dying, will free me
from this macabre dance
© Celestine Nudanu 17/07/17
Links for Haiku Rhapsodies:
04 Tuesday Apr 2017
Posted in Africa Reading Challenge, Challenges, Haiku, Micropoetry, Poetry, Romance
My haiku below was published in Brass bell a haiku journal.
(http://allrecipes.com/recipe/7177/bread-pudding-ii/)
Pudding
bread and butter pudding
hot on my tongue
his kisses
23 Thursday Jan 2014
My dear friend Kinna is hosting the 2014 Africa Reading Challenge form January 1 to December 3. Now read on and be sure to participate for a fun time. As Kinna says, “I have absolutely no reason for hosting nor urging you to participate in this challenge save for the joy of discovering and reading African literature!”
Are you in? 🙂
The entire African continent, including its island-states, which are often overlooked. Please refer to this Wikipedia “list of sovereign states and dependent territories in Africa”. Pre-colonial empires and regions are also included.
5 books. That’s it. There will be no other levels. Of course, participants are encouraged to read more than 5 books. Eligible books include those which are written by African writers, or take place in Africa, or are concerned with Africans and with historical and contemporary African issues. Note that at least 3 books must be written by African writers.
Kinna is not inclined to push any reading philosophy but would however like to encourage participants to broaden their knowledge of African literature. Broadly then:
For the novice, if you have not read any African lit or if you’ve read one book (E.g. Achebe’s Things Fall Apart): a mix of at least two regions, two languages, classic and contemporary, with both male and female writers is suggested. A sample reading list could be:
For the advanced reader of African literature: perhaps there is some gap (country, region, language, theme, gender) you want to fill or author(s) whose works you want to explore further?
You could also, for example:
These suggestions notwithstanding, the most important thing is to have fun and to explore Africa through books.
Leave a comment here to sign-up. You can list the books you intend to read if you’ve already decided.
For those with blogs: write a post on your blog about the challenge (with or without your list) and link to this post.
Please for more details read here
