29 Tuesday Nov 2016
Posted in African Women Writers, Afriku, Challenges, Haiku, Micropoetry, Poetry
Done for Haiku Horizons
Celebrate
rising and falling
dry leaves
in harmattan
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24 Tuesday Nov 2015
Posted in Afriku, Carpe Diem, Challenges, Haiku, Poetry
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Done for for Carpe Diem
Leafless
leafless tree
all that remains
of the Harmattan
09 Friday Oct 2015
Posted in Afriku, Carpe Diem, Challenges, Haiku, Haiku My Heart, Poetry
Done for Haiku My Heart and for Carpe Diem.
Harmattan Prelude
harmattan prelude
a shower of dust and rain
vie for attention
Harmattan haze over Ho, Ghana
14 Wednesday Jan 2015
Posted in Carpe Diem, Challenges, Haiku, Poetry
Done for Carpe Diem. I tried. 🙂
rustling silk
the sound of leaves
in harmattan
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08 Thursday Jan 2015
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The photo is by kind permission of Gilly.
Fatal Touch
in languid sashay
the dry haze kisses the trees
brand of fatal touch
searing clouds and foliage
Harmattan in finest hour
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Done for Carpe Diem. Juxtaposition is key to successful haiku. The contrast of two images, items or ideas in haiku is most often instrumental in creating resonance. The challenge is to write a haiku bringing out the contrast.
Harmattan Breath
Harmattan dawn
gently swaying the leaves
warm breath on my neck
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11 Monday Nov 2013
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On Carpe Diem we are trying out a poem based on the Fibonacci sequence where the number of syllables in each line must equal the sum of the syllables in the two previous lines. So, start with 0 and 1, add them together to get your next number, which is also 1, 2 comes next, then add 2 and 1 to get 3, and so on. The Fibonacci sequence is: 0,1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21
Poetry: 1 syllable, 1 syllable, 2 syllables, 3 syllables, 5 syllables, 8 syllables, 13 syllables, 21 syllables and so on .. Not an easy form, but it’s a challenge and fun!
Haze
the
haze
slowly
seeps its way
across the north-east
gradually sashaying inland
kissing foliage and then making love to waiting clouds
the cold and dry breeze welcomes the birth of Harmattan singing ‘o come all ye faithful!’
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23 Friday Aug 2013
Posted in Challenges, Fiction, Haiku, Poetry
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Haiku for Recuerda Mi Corazon
Sorry folks, it’s not yet Harmattan but this is where my muse took me today. I also do apologise if I’ve offended some sensibilities. 🙂
(1) Sensual Delight
Harmattan kisses my palate knows no barriers sheath my nakedness(2) Sensual Delight
Harmattan night coffee, laced with brandy I snuggle up Copyright © Celestine Nudanu 23/08/13I appreciate your patience with me as I catch up on your blogs. Thanks a million! Shalom
23 Wednesday Jan 2013
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Day 23 of Mindful Writing Challenge. My 20th stone.
Rain
I spoke too soon yesterday. For the sunshine that peeped though the haze and warmed my heart gathered clouds by eventide. And soon the clouds, too angry to take heed of the unusualness of the moment, teared up and spilled over as rain, oh copious rain that washed away the grime and abated the dust. This morning, everywhere has been wiped clean And we are breathing fresh air.Copyright © Celestine Nudanu
23/1/13
I appreciate your patience with me as I catch up on your blogs. Thanks a million! Shalom 🙂
22 Tuesday Jan 2013
Posted in Challenges, Stones
Day 22 of Mindful Writing Challenge. My 19th stone.
Sunshine
Today, glorious sunshine Peeks through the dusty haze Thawing the cold and warming my heart Copyright © Celestine Nudanu 22/1/13 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I appreciate your patience with me as I catch up on your blogs. Thanks a million! Shalom