22 Thursday Jun 2017
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The photo is by kind permission from Gilly.
Stars
morning of stars
leftovers…
from the previous night
© Celestine Nudanu 22/06/17Links for Haiku Rhapsodies:
01 Friday Jul 2016
Posted in Afriku, Challenges, Haiku, Haiku My Heart, Micropoetry, Poetry
02 Monday Nov 2015
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28 Wednesday Oct 2015
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Beauty, Masaoka Shiki, Moon, Nature, Shasei, stars, writing technique
On Monday night, there was a full moon. Made more glowing was the fact that we were in darkness as we had no power. Our house was bathed in an utter glitter. My third boy said ‘mummy the moon is beautiful.’ He loves animals and now am I surprised he appreciates nature? 🙂 I could only nod, stunned at the spectacle.
The next day, I woke up at 4.30 am to get us all ready for school and work. And then I saw the reflection in my window. When I looked out and up, I saw them; two lone stars, one bigger, and yes twinkling, in place of the full moon. I’ve remained speechless until now. 🙂
Lone Stars
lone stars
remnants of the full moon’s
banquet
2
And this for Carpe Diem prompt, Shasei (saying it as it is)
Twinkling Stars
at break of dawn
in place of the full moon
two twinkling stars
20 Tuesday Oct 2015
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Done for Carpe Diem. We are to use Michael Dylan Welch’s haiku below to write a haibun of 75 words including a haiku.
one …
together we count
the falling stars
© Michael Dylan Welch
Haibun – Stars
Something about the night had me mesmerised. Perhaps it was the breeze, perfumed with scents of jasmine drifting from his garden next door. Or the stars sparkling in the velvet sky; one moment a few exploded in fireworks, blazing. One moment they fizzled into oblivion. I willed him to come out and be part of this magic.
Minutes later he was behind me on the lawn.
shooting stars
we find each other
in the magic
04 Friday Sep 2015
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Camelopardis, constellation, Giraffe, Nature, space odyssey, stars
Done for Haiku My Heart and for Carpe Diem.
Credits: Camelopardalis (Giraffe)
Camelopardalis
romancing the stars
from far away savannahs
09 Monday Feb 2015
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Done for Haiku Horizons.
Point
on this gloomy night
dancing stars point the way home
I jiggle along
Copyright © Celestine Nudanu 05/02/15 I appreciate your patience with me as I catch up on your blogs. Thanks a million! Shalom
22 Friday Aug 2014
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Done for Carpe Diem Haiku Shuukan prompt, Sleepless and also for Recuerda Mi Corazon.
sleepless nights
all I think about
is your cologne
2
whisperings at night
tossing and turning in bed
the moon winks at me
3
blinking stars
peep through my window
sleepless night
I appreciate your patience with me as I catch up on your blogs. Thanks a million! Shalom.
24 Thursday Apr 2014
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Challenge Wednesday by Jeremy of The Boi Poet is back after a short break.This week’s lines of poetry are below and we are to link back to Jeremy:
Life
these stars flicker their luminescence
purging souls of their wantonness
we bleed from the scorching touch
cleansing ritual of old
these mad deities
haunting our dreams
we kowtow
them as
lord
of
the skies
all-seeing
in their splendor
garnishing the moon
but shadows gather sheaves
our work is up for tally
and soon, won’t we have to be brave
when night portents the dimming of stars
Copyright © Celestine Nudanu (24/2/14) I appreciate your patience with me as I catch up on your blogs. Thanks a million! Shalom
