• Home
  • ABOUT ME
  • CURRENT READINGS
  • SEND EMAIL
  • Reviews
  • Poet At Play
  • The Classics Club
  • FRIDAY FICTIONEERS
  • HAIKU
  • HAIBUN
  • HAIKU MY HEART
  • TAN RENGA/TANKA
  • SHADORMA
  • SHORT STORIES
  • AFRIKU
  • CARPE DIEM
  • APED PROMPT
  • TROIKU
  • CHOKA
  • MY BOOKS
  • CHERITA
  • QUADRILLE

Reading Pleasure

~ A Blog of Books and Literature

Reading Pleasure

Category Archives: al li

Micropoetry Month: Nov 2017: #14

14 Tuesday Nov 2017

Posted by readinpleasure in African Women Writers, al li, Challenges, Cherita, Micropoetry, Poetry, Romance

≈ 10 Comments

Tags

Cherita, Ghana, Muse, Music, romance

Today at Rajani’s we are re-visiting the Cherita, a six line story-poem form invented by Ai-Li.

Micropoetry Month

Fire

I’ll sing to your dawn

on gossamer harps
you shall be my song  

while  I softly strum you
my fire
my muse

© Celestine Nudanu
14/11/17
 

Links for Haiku Rhapsodies:

Amazon
Amazon.co.uk
Goodreads

Rate this:

Share this:

  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)

Like this:

Like Loading...

Scarlet – A Cherita

31 Tuesday Oct 2017

Posted by readinpleasure in African Women Writers, al li, Cherita, Micropoetry, Poetry

≈ 11 Comments

Tags

Bitterness, Cherita, Ghana, relationship

The Cherita was created by al li.

https://i2.wp.com/www.thecherita.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/once-upon-a-time-719174_1920.jpg

Scarlet

render me scarlet

and cut me open
with your venom

dissect me with your fangs
perhaps you will see
what makes me tick

© Celestine Nudanu
31/10/17
 

Links for Haiku Rhapsodies:

Amazon
Amazon.co.uk
Goodreads

Rate this:

Share this:

  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)

Like this:

Like Loading...

Love – A Cherita

26 Tuesday Sep 2017

Posted by readinpleasure in African Women Writers, al li, Cherita, Micropoetry, Poetry

≈ 15 Comments

Tags

Cherita, Ghana, love, relationship

The Cherita was created by al li

https://i2.wp.com/www.thecherita.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/once-upon-a-time-719174_1920.jpgLove

oh, but I can write

you out of my life
a whole chapter

if only to make way
for a short verse
spelling love

© Celestine Nudanu
26/09/17
 

Links for Haiku Rhapsodies:

Amazon
Amazon.co.uk
Goodreads

Rate this:

Share this:

  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)

Like this:

Like Loading...

Tears – A Cherita

22 Friday Sep 2017

Posted by readinpleasure in African Women Writers, al li, Challenges, Cherita, Haiku My Heart, Micropoetry, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Romance

≈ 16 Comments

Tags

Babylon, Cherita, Ghana, love, marriage, relationship

The Cherita was created by al li.

https://i2.wp.com/www.thecherita.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/once-upon-a-time-719174_1920.jpg

credits: http://www.thecherita.com/

Tears

my tears flow fast

the rivers of Babylon
when I remember our nirvana

the hollow shell
of broken promises
now our legacy

(linked to Recuerda Mi Corazon.)

© Celestine Nudanu
22/09/17
 

Links for Haiku Rhapsodies:

Amazon
Amazon.co.uk
Goodreads

 

Rate this:

Share this:

  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)

Like this:

Like Loading...

Myopia – A Cherita

19 Tuesday Sep 2017

Posted by readinpleasure in African Women Writers, al li, Cherita, Micropoetry, Poetry, Romance

≈ 8 Comments

Tags

fickle love, Ghana cherita, Myopia, Relationships

The Cherita was created by al li.

https://i2.wp.com/www.thecherita.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/once-upon-a-time-719174_1920.jpg

Myopia

sometimes

the lens of love
is myopic

seeing only
the veneer
hiding the filth

© Celestine Nudanu
19/09/17
 

Links for Haiku Rhapsodies:

Amazon
Amazon.co.uk
Goodreads

 

Rate this:

Share this:

  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)

Like this:

Like Loading...

Words – A Cherita

15 Friday Sep 2017

Posted by readinpleasure in African Women Writers, al li, Cherita, Haiku My Heart, Micropoetry, Poetry

≈ 2 Comments

Tags

blood, Cherita, divorce, Ghana, marriage, Relationships, words

The Cherita was created by al li.

https://i2.wp.com/www.thecherita.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/once-upon-a-time-719174_1920.jpg

credits: http://www.thecherita.com/

Words

words have blood

organic and pulsating
if I could eat my words

rich with promise
in another man’s
arms

(linked to Recuerda Mi Corazon.)

© Celestine Nudanu
15/09/17
 

Links for Haiku Rhapsodies:

Amazon
Amazon.co.uk
Goodreads

Rate this:

Share this:

  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)

Like this:

Like Loading...

August Rains – A Cherita

29 Tuesday Aug 2017

Posted by readinpleasure in African Women Writers, al li, Cherita, Micropoetry, Poetry, Publication

≈ 12 Comments

Tags

August, Ghana, Music, Rains, romance, weather

The Cherita was created by al li.

https://i2.wp.com/www.thecherita.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/once-upon-a-time-719174_1920.jpg

credits: http://www.thecherita.com/

August Rains

August rains

strong winds
droning and so cold 

but I hear music too
a soft tempo
of the breeze

(Coming out soon! My second poetry collection! 🙂 )

© Celestine Nudanu
29/08/17
 

Links for Haiku Rhapsodies:

Amazon
Amazon.co.uk
Goodreads

Rate this:

Share this:

  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)

Like this:

Like Loading...

Morning Coffee – A Cherita

25 Friday Aug 2017

Posted by readinpleasure in African Women Writers, al li, Challenges, Cherita, Micropoetry, Poetry, Romance

≈ 24 Comments

Tags

breakfast, Cherita, coffee, Ghana, Life, marriage, relationship

The Cherita was created by al li.

https://i2.wp.com/www.thecherita.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/once-upon-a-time-719174_1920.jpg

credits: http://www.thecherita.com/

Morning Coffee

my morning coffee

sugar-less
but creamy

so is your kiss
not sweet
but full

(linked to Recuerda Mi Corazon.)

© Celestine Nudanu
25/08/17
 

Links for Haiku Rhapsodies:

Amazon
Amazon.co.uk
Goodreads

 

 

Rate this:

Share this:

  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)

Like this:

Like Loading...

Shell – A Cherita

21 Monday Aug 2017

Posted by readinpleasure in African Women Writers, al li, Cherita, Micropoetry, Poetry

≈ 15 Comments

Tags

Cherita, Death, Ghana, love

The Cherita was created by al li.

https://i2.wp.com/www.thecherita.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/once-upon-a-time-719174_1920.jpg

credits: http://www.thecherita.com/

Shell

when all is done

release me  
of your love  

watch me slipping
as my last breath deflate
this swollen shell

© Celestine Nudanu
21/08/17
 

Links for Haiku Rhapsodies:

Amazon
Amazon.co.uk
Goodreads

Rate this:

Share this:

  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)

Like this:

Like Loading...

Life – A Cherita

15 Tuesday Aug 2017

Posted by readinpleasure in African Women Writers, al li, Cherita, Larry Kimmel, Micropoetry, Poetry, Uncategorized

≈ 4 Comments

Tags

anchor, Cherita, Ghana, Life, ship

The Cherita was created by al li.

https://i2.wp.com/www.thecherita.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/once-upon-a-time-719174_1920.jpg

credits: http://www.thecherita.com/

Life

stretch your hands and grasp mine

life slips by
a passing ship with no anchor 

that is my life
perhaps, your touch
will stable me

© Celestine Nudanu
15/08/17
 

Links for Haiku Rhapsodies:

Amazon
Amazon.co.uk
Goodreads

 

 

Rate this:

Share this:

  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)

Like this:

Like Loading...
← Older posts

Join 1,824 other subscribers
February 2023
M T W T F S S
 12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728  
« Mar    

Archives

Whispers of Dawn ( A Book of Cherita)

Categories

Recent Posts

  • Haiku My Heart: Midnight Rendezvous
  • Haiku My Heart: Resolution
  • Haiku My Heart: Night Tremour
  • Haiku My Heart: Origami
  • Felicitations!

Recent Comments

readinpleasure on Haiku My Heart: Midnight …
readinpleasure on Celebrating Bessie Head…
readinpleasure on Haiku My Heart: Midnight …
readinpleasure on Haiku My Heart: Midnight …
Sharmishtha Basu on Haiku My Heart: Resolutio…

Blogroll

  • Accra Books and Things
  • bareyournakedtruth
  • BN Poetry Award
  • Commonwealth Writers
  • Dagda Publishing
  • Empi Baryeh's Blog
  • Geosi Reads
  • Ghana Book Trust
  • Golden Baobab
  • ImageNations
  • Kente Publishing
  • Kinna Reads
  • logo-ligi
  • Medium
  • Nana Awere Damoah
  • Poetry FoundationGhana
  • Sarah Reads Too Much
  • The Brunel University African Poetry Prize
  • The Daily Commute: From Bridge to Ridge
  • The Kalahari
  • World Haiku Review

TAGS

Africa Afriku Angels Autumn Basho Beauty betrayal Birthday Celestine Nudanu Cherita Christianity Christmas colours culture Dawn Death desire Dew dreams Drizzle Easter Family Fire Freedom Ghana God Gratitude Haiku Haiku My Heart Haiku Rhapsodies Harmattan heat Heaven Hunger Inspiration Jane Reichhold Life light love marriage Melody Moon Muse Music Nana Prah Nature nautre Passion Peace Pentatonix Poetry Poverty Publication rain Rainbow Rains relationship Relationships Religion romance Shadorma sound of silence South Africa spiritual Spirituality Spring stars summer Sun tradition Valentine Waltz war weather Whispers of Dawn

Blog Stats

  • 330,762 hits

Ce’s Randomiser

Meta

  • Register
  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.com

Follow me on Twitter

  • Haiku My Heart: Midnight Rendezvous readinpleasure.wordpress.com/2021/03/26/hai… 1 year ago
  • Haiku My Heart: readinpleasure.wordpress.com/2021/03/19/hai… 1 year ago
  • Haiku My Heart: Night Tremour readinpleasure.wordpress.com/2021/03/12/hai… 1 year ago
  • Haiku My Heart: Jingle Bells readinpleasure.wordpress.com/2021/02/05/hai… 1 year ago
  • Felicitations! readinpleasure.wordpress.com/2020/12/24/fel… 2 years ago
Follow @cestone40

  • Follow Following
    • Reading Pleasure
    • Join 1,553 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Reading Pleasure
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...
 

    %d bloggers like this: