candid poems stumble ~ across our realities ~ without such intent — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Month: January 2018
Losing touch
feather on the ground ~ two dreamers better than one ~ drifting through my thoughts — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Pavements
there’s just a moment ~ shared between the two of us ~ and there’s nothing more — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Pulse
so close yet so far ~ colliding drifting apart ~ rhythm of our hearts — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Manifest
our connectedness ~ written in the universe ~ inescapable — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Penetrating
an intense presence ~ bringing a new dimension ~ one that shall be missed — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Ethnographies
it is locked inside ~ the knowledge of centuries ~ in dust on their feet — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Be the moment
smell the apricot ~ taste the soft flesh of a peach ~ pick a blood red rose — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Infill
my words remain few ~ only half-uttered ideas ~ you fill the spaces — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Treasure
valued gift of trust ~ a silent affirmation ~ when we need no words — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Adrift
my mind was afloat ~ on many shared memories ~ and now I’m stranded — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Appropriated
a beautiful thing ~ a day stolen from our lives ~ fleetingly souls touch — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Pleated
the smiling wrinkles ~ at the corners of your eyes ~ each a memory — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Stolen
our day of sharing ~ warm like the stones in my hand ~ softly drifts away — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Shapeshifting
we are soft white clouds ~ drifting and changing our shapes ~ in a vast blue sky — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Fly free
tumbling through my thoughts ~ itinerant in my mind ~ I’m releasing you — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Keep wandering
let’s travel often ~ to brand-new destinations ~ to keep in our minds — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Renewal
everything has changed ~ I can now dance in the rain ~ to my heart’s delight — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Dawn or dusk?
beautiful sunsets ~ yet, I live for the morning ~ and the rising sun — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Unaccompanied
we are all alone ~ this is where we find the calm ~ amid a mind storm — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Close
this intimacy ~ an amalgamation of us ~ in so many ways — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Meditations
our splintering thoughts ~ each a crystal clear window ~ through which time reflects — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Grey on grey
on a rainy day ~ reflecting in the ocean ~ the softest, warm greys — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Ancient desert
the dry wild Namib ~ fog rolls in over the sea ~ and endless red dunes — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Imagination
written as a sketch ~ the mind’s eye is limitless ~ in its rendering — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Legend
falling into us ~ strangers even to ourselves ~ in this epitaph — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Parting
path over the hill ~ you are on the other side ~ I just walk away — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Naaldekoker
dragonfly hovers ~ waiting for its mate to join ~ in their complex dance — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Afrika
Elusive
whispered melodies ~ blown across the desert dunes ~ and lost in sea mists — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Resting
after years walking ~ the traveller takes a seat ~ and looks at the moon — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
To know
‘getting’ someone is ~ perpetual amazement ~ and discovery — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Marvelling
a wanderer’s mind ~ universal wondering ~ magic when minds meat — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Proximity
this is our closeness ~ where necessary distance ~ can be understood — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Waking up
blushing morning sun ~ thoughts running away with me ~ flowing like water — Lize Bard © Haiku out of Africa
Dwindling
this day is fading ~ into the still nothingness ~ of a memory — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Forgotten
an experience ~ with time becomes fantasy ~ imagination — Lize Bard © Haiku out of Africa
Packing
hard to say goodbye ~ when there can be no parting ~ of our entwined minds — Lize Bard @ Haiku put of Africa
Muse
my inspiration ~ a stone, an acorn, a touch ~ and then I move on — Lize Bard © Haiku out of Africa
Transferred
a blue dragonfly ~ carries my essence away ~ lands on your shoulder — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Home
rain on a tin roof ~ dry red dust between my toes ~ child of Africa — Lize Bard © Haiku out of Africa
America’s lament
a shithead indeed ~ most of us did not vote for ~ narcissist a–hole — by ‘KD’, in response to ‘question to America from Africa‘ @ Haiku out of Africa
Dawn
the sound of birdsong ~ combs through the early morning ~ cuts me from my dreams — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Life & Love
spring, summer, autumn ~ love a much deeper season ~ the winter too soon — Lize Bard © Haiku out of Africa
Perfume of mental decay
there is an odour ~ coming from the house of the ~ stable genius — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Tethered
last night you untied ~ all I kept wrapped up in me ~ knotting it to you — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Greyless
black and white questions ~ our past always catching up ~ the future unknown — Lize Bard © Haiku out of Africa
Question to America from Africa
shithead president ~ America how can you ~ stand by this racist? — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Africa
here the hard and soft ~ here our love has no measure ~ our hearts touch the land — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Novelty
a unique idea ~ a pure original thought ~ rarest thing ever — Lize Bard © Haiku out of Africa
Fragile
untouched and humble ~ a most delicate sunrise ~ light like a feather — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Still flight
wandering through words ~ straying amongst all the noise ~ the wings of silence — Lize Bard© Haiku out of Africa
Medewete
to know together ~ with our shared understanding ~ of unspoken words — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Anchored
the seasons repeat ~ I find myself grounded in ~ these few simple words — Lize Bard© Haiku out of Africa
Tricky
between you and me ~ all the other yous and mes ~ a crowd hard to please — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
In Africa
I wanted to see ~ the many facets of life ~ but the core was here
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Opening
every leaf that falls ~ heralds a new beginning ~ the landing of stars — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Are you near?
feeling a presence ~ when I listen to the wind ~ blowing from afar
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Eternity
an idea bursts forth ~ it flowers, grows, bears fruit and ~ then there is nothing — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Deafening
thunderously loud ~ words I never hear you say ~ captured in this place — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Discovery
in your smiling eyes ~ I see a new world unfold ~ one I never dreamt
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Exploration
narrow winding path ~ where will this thought lead me to? ~ nowhere is a place — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Perceptiveness
filled with deep insight ~ your vowels sauntering through me ~ allowing stillness — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Inside
his stillness hides storms ~ seas of swirling emotion ~ his inner being — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Found & lost
your eyes finding mine ~ I wander in their greyness ~ wonder what you see — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Book
the letters in me ~ spread in words over pages ~ reading out to you — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Simplicity
simple is easy ~ lo live it sometimes difficult ~ time is all it takes
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Membranes
mysteries unfold ~ as you slip under my skin ~ warming up your heart — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Entanglement
me in a head-spin ~ you in a bedlam of words ~ it is oh so clear
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Charmingly exposed
no hidden meaning ~ the best poems should simply ‘be’ ~ whisking us away — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
The follower
following this heart ~ wherever she might lead me ~ always something new — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Spun
fabric of a heart ~ woven with all the colours ~ afloat in your eyes — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Tucked
tucking our moments ~ in the pocket of my heart ~ safely stowed away — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
After the rain
subtle persuasion ~ in each softly spoken word ~ reaching for the sky — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
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