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Felicitations!

24 Thursday Dec 2020

Posted by readinpleasure in African Women Writers, Events

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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: November Winds

06 Friday Nov 2020

Posted by readinpleasure in African Women Writers, Afriku, Challenges, Events, Haiku, Haiku My Heart, Micropoetry, Non-Fiction, Poetry

≈ 24 Comments

Tags

Family, Ghana, Good News, Harmattan, Nature, November

inked to Recuerda Mi Corazon.)

November Winds

good news

swirling in droves

November winds

Celestine Nudanu – 06/11/2020

Exquisite haiku and senryu from Ghana

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Miracle, A Poem

12 Thursday Mar 2020

Posted by readinpleasure in Guests, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Religion

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Cedric, Christianity, Family, guest poet, relationship with God, Religion

My son Cedric penned this poem and I just had to post it here.

Miracle

Is my life ending?

I lie on my bed

My mind in turmoil

I try to the best of my ability

But I still can’t shake off this feeling

That something can go wrong

If only I can turn back the wheels of time

I will make it right

2

I do not go through this alone

Many others feel the same anxiety

Only I am a little less apprehensive

Because there is a sliver of light penetrating this darkness

Believing in the Divine Being that keeps me moving

Believing that a miracle will come my way

The day of reckoning has come upon me

Cedric Nudanu – 12/03/2020

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Haiku My Heart: Bead Earrings

19 Friday Oct 2018

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

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Africa, beads, Cherita, culture, Family, Ghana, love

(linked to Recuerda Mi Corazon.)

Bead Earrings

with a naughty wink

he completes  
my joy  

a mom’s pride
soars on his gift
of bright beads earrings

(an old poem that I re-wrote into cherita. Please if you love this, and it touches your heart, you may want to buy a copy of my book of cherita on Amazon, links below. I would please love a review. Thank you. 🙂)

© Celestine Nudanu
19/10/2018
 
Amazon
Amazon.co.uk
Goodreads
Barnes & Noble
Exquisite haiku and senryu from Ghana
Amazon
Amazon.co.uk
Goodreads
Barnes & Noble

 

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Haiku My Heart: Tales

08 Friday Dec 2017

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

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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
 

Links for Haiku Rhapsodies:

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Micropoetry Month: Nov 2017: #22

22 Wednesday Nov 2017

Posted by readinpleasure in Africa Reading Challenge, Challenges, Micropoetry, Poetry, Romance

≈ 16 Comments

Tags

baby, Death, Family, Ghazal, romance

Today, Rajani  wants us to try the Ghazal, a lyrical, challenging and utterly beautiful when it comes out right. The repeating end word and rhyming word of each couplet define the cadence of the ghazal and direct its mood. (The rhyming word appears twice in the first couplet) Originally an Arabic verse form dealing with loss and romantic love, medieval Persian poets embraced the ghazal, eventually making it their own. Consisting of syntactically and grammatically complete  couplets, the form also has an intricate rhyme scheme. Well, it is a challenge right?

Micropoetry Month

Morning

how serene you are this morning
your talc permeates my morning

your laughter-dimpled cheeks deflate
its contents to darken my dream morning

but I drink in your song
bidding me good night in the morning

how serene you look this morning of death
your pain my sorrow morning

my baby, my love, sing me your song of release
andante, andante, to wake up my morning

(Well, I tried. 🙂 )

© Celestine Nudanu
22/11/17
 

Links for Haiku Rhapsodies:

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Haiku My Heart: Communal Love

06 Friday Oct 2017

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

≈ 22 Comments

Tags

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
 

Links for Haiku Rhapsodies:

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Days of Christmas

11 Friday Dec 2015

Posted by readinpleasure in Afriku, Carpe Diem, Challenges, Choka, Haiku, Poetry

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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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Carpe Diem: Medicine

25 Tuesday Aug 2015

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

≈ 25 Comments

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chicken soup, Family, fever, herbal medicine, Jerry Kilbride, malaria

Done for Carpe Diem. Inspired by modern times haiku Poet Jerry Kilbride (1930-2005) A biography of his life can be found here.  “Bulletin”of the Californian State Library Foundation (Number 84 – 2006 pages 17-22) 

Jerry Kilbride (1930-2005)

still in the taste of

afternoon tea…..

my grandmother’s brogue

© Jerry Kilbride

Medicine

still in the taste of

medicine

grandma’s chicken soup

Copyright © Celestine Nudanu
25/08/15

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Of My Jumbled Thoughts and Kenyan Jewelry.

21 Thursday Aug 2014

Posted by readinpleasure in Events, Trivia

≈ 28 Comments

Tags

African, blogging, Family, fatigue, jewels, Kenya, Rumblings

Displaying 2.jpgI’m going out of my way today to pour down my thoughts. I’ve been boggled with so many things whirling in my mind for the past two months or so. As you would all note I post about two or three times a week instead of the previous almost daily affair; I’ve also been participating less and less in challenges. Not that I don’t have anything to write about but I’m beginning to question the purpose of it all.

Anytime I read posts where bloggers question the purpose of what they do I just smile and shake my head not really getting what they mean. I guess I’ve been hit too. Apart from the fact that I’m much more busy at work, I find that there’s little joy in what I’m doing on the blog these days. Please do not get me wrong, I get excited when my work is praised and I do try to make time to visit, comment and appreciate or like posts from bloggers. But is that all there is to it? Am I missing something? Am I doing it right? I’m afraid I’m loosing it all.

Maybe I need a break. I don’t know. My well-meaning blogger friends have been urging me to publish, poems or stories. Whatever! Even as my first draft of my work-in-progress is nearing completion, I still am not excited. I’ve done quite a number of book reviews both on my bog and on amazon upon request. But I ask ‘who will be interested in this jazz?’ (as we say here).

I know I ought to break and take time off the blogosphere to re-charge. If I had enough money I would just pack my bags and head off alone to a luxurious hotel here, or maybe outside, for about one month and chill. I will remain incommunicado for the whole period.  🙂 Alas! So my dear friends, pardon me if I don’t visit your blogs as often as I should.

On the brighter side, my aunt who lives with her husband in Kenya visited home this month. She wants to set up a business over here, selling Kenyan jewellery and accessories. I think it’s a great idea since we’ve been hooked on authentic African  stuff for some time now as a people. I believe it’s all part of the ‘sankofa‘ or ‘go back and take’ or ‘go back to your roots‘ rediscovery agenda. 🙂

According to my aunt Veronica, I could check the internet for authentic Kenyan custom jewelry for verification. Apparently they are in high demand even here. People post free ads in Kenya all the time so this should not be a problem. . Now she wants me to help her with this since she believes I might have some connections (erroneously I might add) but who wants to burst her bubble? I will do the best I can when she is ready.  There’s some excitement bubbling in me at the thought of this fine venture and my expectations.

Displaying 1.jpgIncidentally, my aunt narrowly escaped death in the upscale Westgate Shopping Mall in Nairobi, Kenya last year September when gunmen opened fire and gunned down about 60 or so shoppers at the Mall. She was in the mall shopping and from her harrowing narration, I can only say it was not her time.  🙂

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