11 Friday May 2018
Posted in African Women Writers, Challenges, Cherita, Haiku, Haiku My Heart, Micropoetry, Poetry, Publication
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Cherita, Christianity, Death, Ghana, love, Nature, Publication, relationship, Whispers of Dawn
(linked to Recuerda Mi Corazon.)
Forest Walk
forest walk
dew-drenched blossoms
point the way
(The Bamboo Hut, Spring 2018)
© Celestine Nudanu
11/05/18
Watch out for Whispers of Dawn. Soon to be on Amazon.
22 Thursday Mar 2018
Posted in African Women Writers, Cherita, Micropoetry, Poetry, Publication
Coming out soon!!!
Old Friends
just to be together
always
like old friends
is it too much
to ask
at dawn
Celestine Nudanu
22/3/18
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23 Thursday Nov 2017
Posted in African Women Writers, Challenges, Micropoetry, Poetry
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We are trying the Naani today at Rajani’s. The Naani is a four line poem with 20-25 syllables. The first two lines provide the subject that the next two bring to an interesting close.
I dream of shooting stars
collapsing into smithereens
the bouquet you offered
shrivels at your touch
2
the day you left
you left with the sunshine
how time flies
this sunshine in my baby’s smile
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10 Friday Nov 2017
Posted in African Women Writers, Challenges, Micropoetry, Poetry, Romance
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Join the party at Rajani’s with your own micro poem in the comments section or using Mister Linky. There are no rules – whatever the muse whispers!
Today is free verse. We are to keep it down to whatever size is appropriate for “micro-poetry”. I’m trying the Quadrille (44 words) again. 🙂
Whispers
you said you were leaving
I thought the winds passed through your mouth
as you spoke
carrying words away in emptiness of space
I heard only the echo
but echoes reverberate to haunt
now I’m left with traces of your smell
and diminishing whispers
(linked to Recuerda Mi Corazon.)
© Celestine Nudanu 10/11/17Links for Haiku Rhapsodies:
07 Tuesday Nov 2017
Posted in African Women Writers, Challenges, Micropoetry, Poetry, Tan Renga
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Join the party at Rajani’s with your own micro poem in the comments section or using Mister Linky. There are no rules – whatever the muse whispers!
I’m so sorry I couldn’t post or participate in Rajani’s fun for the past days. I attended a two-day Continental Colloquium for Pan-African Winters in Accra here. It is ending tonight with an Awards Dinner that I couldn’t be part of since I had to report at the office for an emergency. 🙂
Does this resemble a tanka? 🙂
Burning
carrying you in my heart
is a weighty affair
if only I could off load you
light, paperweight
just like I drop my pants
© Celestine Nudanu 07/11/17Links for Haiku Rhapsodies:
02 Thursday Nov 2017
Posted in African Women Writers, Challenges, Micropoetry, Poetry, Romance
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Ghana, love, Micropoetry, November, quadrille, relationship, Thotpurge
Join the party at Rajani’s with your own micro poem in the comments section or using Mister Linky. There are no rules – whatever the muse whispers!
Trying my hands at the quadrille (44 word poem. Word! 🙂 )
Stale Death
they say love is blind
and perhaps so
for how could I have failed
to glimpse the darkness
beneath your light
smooth velvet is the night
that hides sinister cravings and urges
I shudder at your perfumed breath
a musky odour of stale death
© Celestine Nudanu 02/11/17Links for Haiku Rhapsodies:
31 Tuesday Oct 2017
Posted in African Women Writers, al li, Cherita, Micropoetry, Poetry
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The Cherita was created by al li.
Scarlet
render me scarlet
and cut me open
with your venom
dissect me with your fangs
perhaps you will see
what makes me tick
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26 Tuesday Sep 2017
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The Cherita was created by al li
Love
oh, but I can write
you out of my life
a whole chapter
if only to make way
for a short verse
spelling love
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22 Friday Sep 2017
Posted in African Women Writers, al li, Challenges, Cherita, Haiku My Heart, Micropoetry, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Romance
The Cherita was created by al li.
credits: http://www.thecherita.com/
Tears
my tears flow fast
the rivers of Babylon
when I remember our nirvana
the hollow shell
of broken promises
now our legacy
(linked to Recuerda Mi Corazon.)
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25 Friday Aug 2017
Posted in African Women Writers, al li, Challenges, Cherita, Micropoetry, Poetry, Romance
The Cherita was created by al li.
credits: http://www.thecherita.com/
Morning Coffee
my morning coffee
sugar-less
but creamy
so is your kiss
not sweet
but full
(linked to Recuerda Mi Corazon.)
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