Silent Bells

Tags

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

 

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Haiku Horizons: Trail

Tags

Christmas, homeless, Poverty

Done for Haiku Horizons

Trail

whiff of hope

trails the homeless boy

Christmas pudding

Copyright © Celestine Nudanu

20/12/16

 

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Fresh Snow

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

 

Days of Christmas

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

Haiku Horizons: Give

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.

Thursday Tanka: Ancient Chimes

Tags

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

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

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.

#Friday Fictioneers: Shoes For The Children!

Tags

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

The 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!

Poet At Play: Cold Hearth

Tags

Africa, Christmas, Poverty

Cold Hearth

dry

leaves

tumble

in great thuds

of dreaded whispers

and alien chiming bells

but see, that hollow-eyed child  hears only discordance

and the gaseous emissions of hunger born in the bowels of a hearth long gone cold

Copyright © Celestine Nudanu

11/12/13

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

Haiku My Heart: Feeling Good

Tags

Carols, Christmas

Done for Recuerda Mi Corazon

Feeling Good

loving carols so

I sing along as I work

Christmas-y feelings!

Copyright © Celestine Nudanu 

(29/11/13)

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

Carpe Diem Tan Renga: With Light In Your Eyes

Tags

Christmas, love, romance

Done for Carpe Diem. We are to complete the following haiku by The Imaginator with our own two lines of 7-7 syllables each.

Imaginator’s

With light in your eyes
You embrace me in your arms
Our hearts beat as one

 

Mine

entwined on this starry night

chorus of carols aloft

 

 

Tan Renga

With light in your eyes
You embrace me in your arms
Our hearts beat as one

entwined on this starry night

chorus of carols aloft

 

 

 

Copyright © Celestine Nudanu 

(28/11/13)

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