19 Wednesday Jul 2017
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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. 🙂
credits: http://www.thecherita.com/
Muse
heat, pulsating heat
this girl is on fire
burning with words
oh for a muse
to set the words
ablaze!
Links for Haiku Rhapsodies:
13 Thursday Jul 2017
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This beautiful Cherita below was written by Mish D Sleeper (Sky). And this is what she says:
Last few days I read some beautiful poetry written by my wonderful friend, a fellow blogger and author Celestine Nudanu. She introduced me a new form of poetry called Cherita that I found it very inspiring. I have a feeling that I will spend this summer challenging myself to write many and many of them. This is my first one and dedicated to my teacher Celestine!
Thank you so much Sky. I’m humbled. 🙂
Cherita Dance
falling in love again
her verses on the screen
play music for tired hearts
something inside of me
invites old unrests
to dance
09 Tuesday Jun 2015
Posted in Challenges, Poetry
I was invited by Leo formerly of Haiku Heights to join in the new Meme he has created, A Prompt Each Day, a daily dose of inspiration on his blog. Today’s prompt is a phrase, Better Late Than Never which we are to use to write a poem, short or long, or a story.
I’m experimenting with the Tetractys – a short poetry forms invented by Ray Stebbing. (My friend Jules is such an expert in this form) it consists of at least 5 lines of 1, 2, 3, 4, 10 syllables (total of 20). The Tetractys can be written in more than one verse, but then must each line must be followed by an inverted syllable count (10, 4, 3, 2, 1 syllables).
Late Bloomer
late
bloomer
petals shrunk
by the cold drought
your fragrance stagnated by the nettles
but like the vine, you reach out for sunshine
a golden bloom
unfurling
to be
me
Copyright © Celestine Nudanu 09/06/15 I appreciate your patience with me as I catch up on your blogs. Thanks a million! Shalom02 Thursday Apr 2015
Posted in Challenges, Poetry, Tan Renga
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blooms, Easter, Glory, Inspiration, Jesus Christ, Resurrection, Spring
The photo is by kind permission of Gilly.
3-5-3-3-7-5
between death
and resurrection
the veil peels
and darkness
fades to a gossamer thin
revealing the glow
2
of immortal bloom
his shroud a blossom in Spring
the tomb his victor
then hush, bleeding piece of dust
we rise, for He is risen.
Happy Easter 🙂
Copyright © Celestine Nudanu 02/04/15 I appreciate your patience with me as I catch up on your blogs. Thanks a million! Shalom
06 Thursday Feb 2014
Posted in Challenges, Haiku, Poetry, Tan Renga
Done for Carpe Diem. We are to write a haiku, senryu, tanka or kyoka inspired on the following given quote by Mahatma Gandhi who fought against the oppression of the United Kingdom with his non-violence policy
‘You can chain me, you can torture me, you cane even destroy this body but you will never imprison my mind.’
Higher Heights
shackle not my mind
let it roam in wilderness
untamed with passion
unfettered by prejudice
fly, unchained to higher heights
Copyright © Celestine Nudanu (06/2/14)I appreciate your patience with me as I catch up on your blogs. Thanks a million! Shalom
18 Thursday Apr 2013
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Day Eighteen on Haiku Heights. The prompt is Pariah based on letter P
Pariah
Scorned, abused, trodden But I’ll rise, like the phoenix No more a pariah Copyright © Celestine Nudanu 17/04/13I appreciate your patience with me as I catch up on your blogs. Thanks a million! Shalom
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