24 Thursday Dec 2020
Posted in African Women Writers, Events
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! 🙂
11 Friday Dec 2020
Posted in African Women Writers, Afriku, Challenges, Dawn, Haiku, Haiku My Heart, Nature, Poetry, Romance
Tags
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
20 Wednesday Dec 2017
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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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23 Friday Dec 2016
Posted in African Women Writers, Haiku, Micropoetry, Poetry
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 ÂLinks for Haiku Rhapsodies:
20 Tuesday Dec 2016
Posted in African Women Writers, Afriku, Challenges, Haiku, Micropoetry, Poetry
Done for Haiku Horizons
Trail
whiff of hope
trails the homeless boy
Christmas pudding
Copyright © Celestine Nudanu 20/12/16 ÂLinks for Haiku Rhapsodies:
18 Friday Dec 2015
Posted in Afriku, Carpe Diem, Challenges, Haiku, Poetry, Tan Renga
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
11 Friday Dec 2015
Posted in Afriku, Carpe Diem, Challenges, Choka, Haiku, Poetry
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
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
01 Monday Dec 2014
Posted in Challenges, Haiku, Poetry, Romance
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.
27 Thursday Nov 2014
Posted in Challenges, Haiku, Poetry, Tan Renga
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.
12 Thursday Dec 2013
Posted in Challenges, Friday Fictioneers, Non-Fiction
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!
