Haiku Rhapsodies – Yet Another Review

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Afriku, Celestine Nudanu, Ghana, Haiku, Haiku Rhapsodies, Reviews

Hello my friends. It’s been awhile I know. 🙂  I’m so busy lately and this gives me little or no time for blogging. Just to let you know that I’m still around, I bring you a short but lovely review of my book Haiku Rhapsodies, by a satisfied customer on Amazon, Ama Wale. Thanks, Ama. 🙂 I am taking this opportunity to urge all of my friends who have purchased my book and yet to write a review on Amazon or elsewhere to please kindly do so. 🙂 You know how we authors lap up reviews. Those who haven’t bought copies should please do so also through Amazon. You won’t ever regret your decision.  🙂 Thanks you. 🙂

REVIEW

This is a refreshing read for any poetry lover! The author’s choice of words are at once spot on, and engaging- leaving the reader wanting more. This ought to be a must-read for literature students.

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Troiku: Empty Calabash

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Africa, Afriku, Beggar, Poverty, Troiku

Done for Carpe Diem. The challenge is to write a troiku based on the haiku below by my very self 🙂

empty calabash
reflecting the fading sun
a beggar sits in gloom

© Celestine Nudanu

Troiku

empty calabash
reflecting the fading sun
a beggar sits in gloom

empty calabash
no sweetness
in the beggar’s life

reflecting the fading sun
the penny
in his calabash

a beggar sits in gloom
watching the pennies go by
fading sun

© Celestine Nudanu

23/01/18

 

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Haiku My Heart: Tales

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Africa, Afriku, Family, Ghana, Nature, night, storytelling

(linked to Recuerda Mi Corazon.)

Tales

by the fireside

my grandmother stirs the night

with tales

Failed Haiku November 2017

© Celestine Nudanu

08/12/17

 

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Micropoetry Month: Nov 2017: #1

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Afriku, Ghana, Mango, Nature, New month, November

Hi my dear friends. Welcome to the month of November, a month where beautiful things happen. My fellow blogging friend, Rajani is hosting a micro poetry month this November on her blog, THOTPURGE. She is inviting friends and all to join in and share their haiku, senryu, cheritas and any form of micro poetry in the comment section on her blog, or add a link to your poem using the Mister Linky widget. Or just drop in, read and say hello! 🙂 Are you game? I am 🙂

Mango

a slice of sunlight

hits my window pane

ripened mango

© Celestine Nudanu

01/11/17

 

 

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Haiku My Heart: Mirage

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Africa, Afriku, Ghana, Mirage, Nature, Stardust Haiku Journal

(linked to Recuerda Mi Corazon.)

Mirage

island mirage

beads of dew dot

the coconut leaf

Star Dust Haiku Journal – October 2017

© Celestine Nudanu

27/10/17

 

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Haiku My Heart: Communal Love

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Africa, Afriku, communal living, Family, Ghana, Nature

(linked to Recuerda Mi Corazon.)

Communal love

communal love

I sip a bowl of soup

with the moon

Failed Haiku ( A Journal of English Senryu – October 2017)

© Celestine Nudanu

06/10/17

 

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Thursday Haiku: Morning Walk

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Afriku, Ghana, Haiku, Nature, snail

Credit: Zachi Evenor – By Zachi Evenor – Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/zachievenor/9682551110/, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28084521

Morning Walk

morning walk

a snail uncoils…

from a snail

Failed Haiku Issue 20 (August 2017)

© Celestine Nudanu

10/08/17

 

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Ste J Reviews Haiku Rhapsodies

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Afriku, Celestine Nudanu, Ghana, Haiku, Haiku Rhapsodies, Ste J

What more can I say, lovely folks? Another sincere and beautiful review from Ste J, a dear friend and insightful book reviewer who lives in England and blogs at Book to the Future. Thank you so much, Ste J. Please, read on. 🙂

Celestine is a prolific writer of poetry, plenty of which is showcased on her blog, Reading Pleasure. After gaining a fan base in the past few years, a book was a welcome treat for her readers. C’s work has featured in many international Haiku publications and as such is already well recognised within the Haiku community.

With clear imagery, each bite sized piece is simply written but layered with visual beauty and thoughts personal to the author, this intimate showcasing allows the reader to see a place through Celestine’s eyes. The concepts of the world around her is brought to us in a series delightful vignettes which read like a moment captured in time.

Perusing these, I find myself transported to an Africa I found tangible, Celestine’s eye for observing the things around her and combining them into something so evocative is a pure joy to read. There is a feeling of peace and clarity through the book that encouraged me to take each poem and then spend time to build up one’s image and the accompanying thoughts around it.

The beauty of such poems is that I allowed myself to get lost in this new place, imagination took over and each piece felt like part of a jigsaw building up a picture of an Africa that was in part real and in part my own romantic take upon it. Naturally Ghana and a distinctly African feel came up a lot in my thoughts as I read through but there is also a good amount of content which is distinct from the African connection and appeals at a universal level.

This is a good book to dip into, exploring various themes – Afriku, Nature, Haiku My Heart, The Divine, and Death – and I found myself taking my time to soak up the atmosphere and then build up an image of this personal take on what surrounds us. For me this book is like one of those coffee table books, that one picks up and chooses a page at random but in this case, each morsel is best digested singularly, with concentration and with much reflection.

What are you waiting for my dear? 🙂 Order your copies from Amazon or for those in Ghana, just inbox me! 🙂

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HAIKU RHAPSODIES – ANOTHER EXCITING REVIEW!

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Afriku, Celestine Nudanu, Ghana, Gilly Goldsworthy, Haiku, Haiku Rhapsodies

I’m tickled pink to scarlet today (if it is possible under by black hide) 🙂 🙂  for I woke up to this lovely review of Haiku Rhapsodies from Gilly Goldsworthy of UK, blogging at https://lucidgypsy.com/

Please read on:

Celestine Nudanu has been a blogging friend for several years. We met through our shared love of Haiku, the Japanese short form poetry. She hails from Ghana, a country I fell in love with in 2007, unfortunately before Celestine and I ‘met’.

Haiku Rhapsodies, Celestine’s first publication, is a real feast for Haiku, the book is divided into five sections, Afriku, Nature, Haiku My Heart, The Divine and Death.

Afriku is my favourite. Our poet’s words are so very evocative, bringing back memories of my brief visits to West Africa flood back. Here are just a few examples to tempt you.

in tandem
child’s thumping feet
and fufu pestle

rush hour
hawkers trail the cars
bumper to bumper

mirage
the cocoyam leaf
shimmers

From ‘Death’, Celestine brings us the moving,

dreaming of the stars
you forgot to say goodbye
that final journey

and has a firm belief that poetry has a place in our final moments.
Haiku Rhapsodies deserves a place on the book shelves of those who enjoy the form, not just in Africa, but wherever we find ourselves in this vast world of poetry.

Well done Celestine!

What are you waiting for my dear on? 🙂 Order your copies from Amazon or just inbox me! 🙂

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Debbi Antebi Reviews Haiku Rhapsodies

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Afriku, Celestine Nudanu, Debbi Antebi, Ghana, Haiku Rhapsodies

Folks, another beautiful review of Haiku Rhapsodies from Debbi Antebi, UK. Thanks a million, Debbi.

REVIEW

Delightful Collection of Haiku, 20 Jun. 2017

Spanning five main themes, Celestine’s poems make us see, hear, smell, taste and touch, as well as feel. Her haiku depict stories that are universal, and they do so through vivid imagery. One of my personal favorites is about a mother gathering her unsold melons at sundown. This haiku evokes feelings of sorrow and hopelessness in twelve short syllables, capturing big emotions in a concise way. I have many other favorite poems in the book, and I am confident that the readers will enjoy exploring them just as much as I did. Strongly recommended for all poetry lovers!

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