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Felicitations!

24 Thursday Dec 2020

Posted by readinpleasure in African Women Writers, Events

≈ 7 Comments

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blogging, Christmas, Family, Felicitations, Ghana, joy, love, New Year, pandemic, Peace

Dear lovely friends, it has been a tough year all in all, with the pandemic raging everywhere. But God is good and He continues to be Sovereign. Glory be to His name. I pray the holidays find you well and keep you safe.

May the peace and joy of the Season reign in your homes, even as we usher in 2021.

Merry Christmas to you all and a Prosperous and Safe New year. Thank you so much for being part of my blogging journey. We are family now! 🙂

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Haiku My Heart: Jingle Bells

11 Friday Dec 2020

Posted by readinpleasure in African Women Writers, Afriku, Challenges, Dawn, Haiku, Haiku My Heart, Nature, Poetry, Romance

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Afriku, Carols, Christmas, Ghana, Harmattan, Jingle bells, Nature, sound of silence

(linked to Recuerda Mi Corazon.)

Jingle Bells

jingle bells…

the sound of silence

at harmattan dawn

Celestine Nudanu – 11/12/2020

Exquisite haiku and senryu from Ghana

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Felicitations!

20 Wednesday Dec 2017

Posted by readinpleasure in African Women Writers, Awards, Ghana Association of Writers, Micropoetry, Poetry, Publication

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Awards, Christ, Christmas, Felicitations, Ghana

Sweet Felicitations of the Season to all my lovely friends, home and abroad and all  May the Season bring you good cheer and all that you wish for.

I take this opportunity to thank all of you for downloading copies of my Award Winning Book, Haiku Rhapsodies from Amazon; God bless you abundantly. To my numerous customers who bought my Award Winning Book, Haiku Rhapsodies and who continue to buy copies even now, I say God richly bless you. I appreciate you all.

It’s been lovely blogging all year round, visiting and reading your wonderful works. I got so much fulfillment and joy from that. God bless you all.

Please, make someone, or your loved one happy this Season by giving him or her a copy of my Award Winning Book, Haiku Rhapsodies as a Christmas gift. Copies are available at the EPP Bookshop, Legon Mall, Accra, Ghana. You can also download or order copies from Amazon.

Wishing you all a wonderful Yuletide. God bless you.

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Links for Haiku Rhapsodies:

Amazon
Amazon.co.uk
Goodreads

 

 

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Silent Bells

23 Friday Dec 2016

Posted by readinpleasure in African Women Writers, Haiku, Micropoetry, Poetry

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Appreciation, Christmas, Gratitude, Haiku Rhapsodies

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to all my lovely friends, home and abroad. May the Season bring you good cheer and all that you wish for. I take this opportunity to thank all those who downloaded or ordered copies of Haiku Rhapsodies from Amazon. God bless you abundantly. To my numerous customers who bought Haiku Rhapsodies from me here in Ghana and who continue to buy copies even now, I say God richly bless you. I appreciate you all.

I also thank my numerous blogging friends for the love and support over the years. Very much appreciated.

Please, make someone, or your loved one happy this Season by giving him or her a copy of Haiku Rhapsodies as a Christmas gift. You could download copies from Amazon or Inbox me for copies here in Ghana. Thanks a million. 🙂

silent bells

beyond the hollow stare

Christmas

Copyright © Celestine Nudanu
23/12/16
 

Links for Haiku Rhapsodies:

Amazon
Amazon.co.uk
Goodreads

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Haiku Horizons: Trail

20 Tuesday Dec 2016

Posted by readinpleasure in African Women Writers, Afriku, Challenges, Haiku, Micropoetry, Poetry

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Tags

Christmas, homeless, Poverty

Done for Haiku Horizons

https://haikuhorizons.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/haikuhorizons.png?w=207&h=207

Trail

whiff of hope

trails the homeless boy

Christmas pudding

Copyright © Celestine Nudanu
20/12/16
 

Links for Haiku Rhapsodies:

Amazon
Amazon.co.uk
Goodreads

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Fresh Snow

18 Friday Dec 2015

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

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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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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: Give

01 Monday Dec 2014

Posted by readinpleasure in Challenges, Haiku, Poetry, Romance

≈ 50 Comments

Tags

Christmas, joy, Sun

Done for Haiku Horizons

Give

I give you the sun

as laughter flows from my heart

the gift of Christmas

Copyright © Celestine Nudanu 
(01/12/14)

I appreciate your patience with me as I catch up on your blogs. Thanks a million! Shalom.

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Thursday Tanka: Ancient Chimes

27 Thursday Nov 2014

Posted by readinpleasure in Challenges, Haiku, Poetry, Tan Renga

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ancient chimes, birth of Jesus, cathedral, Christmas, halleluiah, King Herod

The photo is by kind permission of Gilly. A haiku, and a tanka. 🙂

St Peters sky

Ancient Chimes

grim shades dare the light

blighting ancient chimes of joy

Herod makes his plans

2

shimmer of light dares

sullen graffiti of clouds

ancient chimes of joy

soar above the cathedral

on waves of halleluiah

Copyright © Celestine Nudanu 
(27/11/14)

I appreciate your patience with me as I catch up on your blogs. Thanks a million! Shalom.

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#Friday Fictioneers: Shoes For The Children!

12 Thursday Dec 2013

Posted by readinpleasure in Challenges, Friday Fictioneers, Non-Fiction

≈ 48 Comments

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Christmas, shoes, Shoes for the Children!

Written for Friday Fictioneers ably handled by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields with a photo prompt by Adam Ickes. 100 words exactly based on a true enough story!!

Shoes For The Children

http://kattermonran.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/adamickes-childsboots.jpg?w=225&h=300The people of Kusi were dreading Christmas. They had no money to provide goodies for their children. The previous year, harvest had been bountiful and Christmas had been celebrated with a candlelight procession throughout the village, accompanied by brass band music.

Now, a gloom hung over the village. Even the cocks refused to crow! And then one afternoon, the sound of the gong-gong was heard miles away. The Chief’s daughter who had been in ‘Amrika‘ studying was coming home with pairs of shoes for every child in the village! And lots of eatables! Now the cocks strutted in glee!

To see what the rest of the Fictioneers are up to, do click on the little linky below. Thanks!

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