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Haiku My Heart: Golden Shade

15 Friday Dec 2017

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

≈ 18 Comments

Tags

Ghana, light, Nature

(linked to Recuerda Mi Corazon.)

Sunlight

golden shade

where my pillow rests

a slice of sunlight

© Celestine Nudanu
15/12/17
 

Links for Haiku Rhapsodies:

Amazon
Amazon.co.uk
Goodreads

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Haiku Horizons: Lead

17 Monday Aug 2015

Posted by readinpleasure in Challenges, Poetry

≈ 30 Comments

Tags

Christian hymn, lead, lead kindly light, light, Nature, star

Done for Haiku Horizons.

lead kindly light

through the dense darkness

 a lone star

Copyright © Celestine Nudanu
17/08/15

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Haiku My Heart: Blue Moon

31 Friday Jul 2015

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

≈ 42 Comments

Tags

bewitchment, Blue Moon, halo, light, Moon, Nature, phenomenum

Done for Recuerda Mi Corazon and for  Carpe Diem.

Blue Moon

blue moon

sated with your iridescence

my hour of bewitchment

2

silent splinter

through the velvet darkness

a blue halo

Copyright © Celestine Nudanu
31/07/15

 

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Haiku My Heart: Silver Web

17 Friday Apr 2015

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

≈ 57 Comments

Tags

darkness, Joan Halifax, light, Nature, observations, Silver, Spider web

Done for Carpe Diem Haiku Shuukan. And also for Recuerda Mi Corazon. 

The emphasis is still on GRACE (enlarge your capacity of compassion) as defined by Joan Halifax, a Zen Buddhist, with greater emphasis on “being one with nature.”

Silver Web

looking closely

in the velvety darkness

 glint of silver web

NEW LOGO HAIKU SHUUKAN

Copyright © Celestine Nudanu
17/04/15
 
I appreciate your patience with me as I catch up on your blogs. Thanks a million! Shalom

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Carpe Diem Haiku: Light

03 Tuesday Mar 2015

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

≈ 41 Comments

Tags

light, nakedness, Nature, sunset

Done for Carpe Diem.

en.wikipedia.org

Light

dreaming of sunset

I cover my nakedness

with its fading glow

Copyright © Celestine Nudanu
03/03/15

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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Haiku Horizons: Spark

16 Monday Feb 2015

Posted by readinpleasure in Challenges, Haiku, Romance

≈ 22 Comments

Tags

Dew, light, Nature, spark

Done for Haiku Horizons.

Spark

spark of light

caressing the leaves

morning dew

Copyright © Celestine Nudanu
16/02/15
 
I appreciate your patience with me as I catch up on your blogs. Thanks a million! Shalom

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Carpe Diem Haiku: Repetition

20 Tuesday Jan 2015

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

≈ 38 Comments

Tags

Carpe Diem, light, Nature, rays, Repetition, romance, Sun

Done for Carpe Diem. 

bursting through the mist

silver rays kiss the leaves

ah, the dew, the dew

2

the light, oh the light

 river shimmers at the rays

splendour of spring

Copyright © Celestine Nudanu
20/01/15
 
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