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Haiku My Heart: Dancing Angels

04 Friday Sep 2020

Posted by readinpleasure in African Women Writers, Afriku, Challenges, Cherita, Haiku, Haiku My Heart, Micropoetry, Nature, Poerty, Religion, Romance

≈ 22 Comments

Tags

Angels, Christianity, Ghana, God, Nature, praise, Religion

linked to Recuerda Mi Corazon.)

Dancing Angels

velvet night

how loud my praise

in tones of silence

carried across the heavens

dancing angels

Celestine Nudanu – 04/09/2020

Exquisite haiku and senryu from Ghana

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Haiku My Heart: Void

14 Friday Jun 2019

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

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Tags

Ghana, God, Nature, Pentatonix, Religion, Sorrow, supplication

(linked to Recuerda Mi Corazon.)

Still on the theme of silence, courtesy of Sound of Silence by Pentatonix

Void

void of silence

my supplication lost

in folds of clouds

Celestine Nudanu – 14/06/19

Exquisite haiku and senryu from Ghana

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Distress – A Cherita

12 Wednesday Jul 2017

Posted by readinpleasure in African Women Writers, al li, Cherita, Larry Kimmel, Micropoetry, Poetry

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Tags

Cherita, Christianity, Distress, Ghana, God, supplication

The Cherita was created by al li. I’ve fallen in love with this lovely poetry form. And for each working day I shall endeavour to post a cherita a day on my blog. 🙂

Please, if you have time do visit the Cherita site, http://www.thecherita.com/flipbook/ to read wonderfully written Cherita, edited by Larry Kimmel. The Flipbook contains 76 new and original cherita by 32 poets from the UK, USA, India, Australia, Ireland, Canada and Ghana. Thank you. 🙂

https://i2.wp.com/www.thecherita.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/once-upon-a-time-719174_1920.jpg

credits: http://www.thecherita.com/

Distress

in my distress

I seek your face
beyond the blue vastness

a whisper, just a breeze
will do
for this soul on fire

© Celestine Nudanu
12/07/17
 

Links for Haiku Rhapsodies:

Amazon
Amazon.co.uk
Goodreads

 

 

 

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Living Water – A Cherita

10 Monday Jul 2017

Posted by readinpleasure in African Women Writers, al li, Challenges, Cherita, Larry Kimmel, Micropoetry, Poetry

≈ 14 Comments

Tags

Christianity, Ghana, God, Jesus Christ, Living Water

The Cherita was created by al li. I’ve fallen in love with this lovely poetry form. And for each working day I shall endeavour to post a cherita a day on my blog. 🙂

Please, if you have time do visit the Cherita site, http://www.thecherita.com/flipbook/ to read wonderfully written Cherita, edited by Larry Kimmel. The Flipbook contains 76 new and original cherita by 32 poets from the UK, USA, India, Australia, Ireland, Canada and Ghana. Thank you. 🙂

https://i2.wp.com/www.thecherita.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/once-upon-a-time-719174_1920.jpg

credits: http://www.thecherita.com/

Living Water

a droplet of water

as if from the branches
soothing my parched soul

spring of living water
a covenant
that I thirst no more

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

(Linked to Haiku Horizons)

© Celestine Nudanu
10/07/17
 

Links for Haiku Rhapsodies:

Amazon
Amazon.co.uk
Goodreads

 

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Haiku Horizons: Trick

31 Monday Oct 2016

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

≈ 18 Comments

Tags

God, love, Peace, relationship

Done for Haiku Horizon

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

Trick

the trick

is to love one another

for peace

Copyright © Celestine Nudanu
31/10/16
 

Links for Haiku Rhapsodies:

Amazon
Amazon.co.uk
Goodreads

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Haiku My Heart: Peace

19 Friday Aug 2016

Posted by readinpleasure in Challenges, Haiku, Haiku My Heart, Micropoetry, Poetry

≈ 34 Comments

Tags

God, Nature, Peace, salvation, sunrays

Done for   Haiku My Heart and  Carpe Diem

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart.” (Hellen Keller)

Peace

morning rays

streaming down over my heart

I’m at peace

Copyright © Celestine Nudanu
19/08/16

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Carpe Diem: Spiritual Ways

28 Thursday Jul 2016

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

≈ 8 Comments

Tags

Drizzle, God, Nature, spiritual

Done for for Carpe Diem

Spiritual Ways

cloudy dawn

God’s voice…

in the medley of drizzle

Copyright © Celestine Nudanu
28/07/16

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Haiku My Heart: Birdsong

23 Friday Oct 2015

Posted by readinpleasure in Challenges, Haiku, Haiku My Heart, Poetry

≈ 46 Comments

Tags

birdsong, Christianity, God, goodness, Nature

Done for Haiku My Heart 

Birdsong

birdsong
twitting the goodness
of God

Copyright © Celestine Nudanu
23/10/15

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Haiku Horizons: Refuge

09 Monday Mar 2015

Posted by readinpleasure in Challenges, Haiku, Poetry, Romance

≈ 30 Comments

Tags

God, Heaven, refuge, spiritual, troubles

Done for Haiku Horizons.

in anguish

my only refuge

is high up

 

Copyright © Celestine Nudanu
09/03/15

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

 

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Thursday Tanka: Vision

19 Thursday Feb 2015

Posted by readinpleasure in Challenges, Poetry, Tan Renga

≈ 12 Comments

Tags

darkness, Evil, God, goodness, Heaven, light, skies, vision

The photo is by kind permission of Gilly.

nest

Vision

through a film darkly

beyond gnarled branches and nests

void of hypnosis

gleaming expanse beckons me

I’m enthralled by this vision

Copyright © Celestine Nudanu
19/02/15
 
I appreciate your patience with me as I catch up on your blogs. Thanks a million! Shalom

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