Poetry

language of our hearts ~ captured by the flow of words ~ without restriction — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Crumbling

as the walls come down ~ small darlings slip from my lips ~ inadvertently — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Misapprehenshion

such an oddity ~ even with the same language ~ we don’t understand — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Collective memory

those golden moments ~ engraved in our memories ~ as we walk our trails — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Comicality

life is a mocker ~ laughing at our dire efforts ~ best to laugh along — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Like tea

you seep into me ~ with your eyes and with your voice ~ or a thoughtful act — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Grounded

wanderers at sea ~ in the mountains and the air ~ where do we find home? — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Benevolence

when kindness prevails ~ a new space is created ~ as our minds entwine — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Individualism

what is normalcy? ~ each of us a different flight ~ into the dark night — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Highveld

after several weeks ~ a generous thunderstorm ~ the earth is smiling — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Dayjob

on the dull grey days ~ when another hat is warn ~ this poet is missed — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Commute

going back and forth ~ we’re lost between here and there ~ where we find ourselves — © Lize Bard 2 Haiku out of Africa

Namaqualand

over the bleak flats ~ Namaqualand sprouts colour ~ that discerns no bounds — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Alternative

ice-cold arctic wind ~ blows over the ocean ~ brings another you — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Dust

nothing forever ~ on a day the stars will fall ~ all of us to dust — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

 

Shucking

you broke me open ~ when I crawled into my shell ~ revealed my softness — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Aestheticism

it is so easy ~ it is purely beautiful ~ our aesthetic souls — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Stumble

on a midnight train ~ never leaving the station ~ I fall into grey — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Twisted

through bent perspectives ~ we cannot see each other ~ our worlds collide — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Snapshots

take them day by day ~ these thoughts and memories ~ summarising life — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Universal

the planets spinning ~ the sun our eternal core ~ everything so still — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Duet

this our melody ~ melancholic in its yen ~ sentiments revealed — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

‘L’

alliteration ~ the letters laugh on the leaf ~ then lie lazily — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Nurtured

come to my garden ~ where pink blossoms bloom at night ~ kissed by the warm sun — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

South Africa: February 2018

deep sigh of relief ~ cautiously optimistic ~ singing in parliament  — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Mysteries

wandering through pasts ~ with stones, music and light bulbs ~ it slowly unfolds — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Sense

the understanding ~ that everything is nothing ~ the key to it all — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Awakening

waking up today ~ with summer-morning bird songs ~ drifting through my mind — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Return flight

fly into the sun ~ away from cold, ancient stones ~ and this earthly bond — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Time

a frog just sitting ~ I would like to mimic it ~ need to make some time — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Secluded

solitary souls ~ who prefer to walk alone ~ in our private worlds — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Sun-downer

tired but content ~ sun softly touching my face ~ the day was well-spent — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

USA Florida: February 2018

American guns ~ turned against themselves again ~ when will they learn? — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

The obtuse X-president

what have I done wrong? ~ you have raped, lied and looted ~ with your bankrupt soul —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Sunstroked

pale afternoon sun ~ touches with a golden glow ~ all that’s in its way — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Seeing

to perceive something ~ so stunningly beautiful ~ so effortlessly — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Riveted

sun bursts through the clouds ~ but greyness embraces me ~ transfixed in a gaze — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Courage

our hearts must be strong ~ if we choose to follow them ~ to weather the storms — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Post

a multitude of ~ letters across the oceans ~ find their way to you — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Composed

so peaceful your voice ~ I only know your laughter ~ not your other face — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Cycle

on those prickly days ~ please forgive my sharpened stings ~ I’ll be soft again — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Wanderlust

blue humpback mountains ~ trigger a distant yearning ~ I’m unsure for what — LIze Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Lost friend

somewhere in the world ~ somewhere in the folds of time ~ we will meet again — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Gatherer

when I unravel ~ you are there to gather me ~ catching all my threads — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Friend

I will carry you ~ in the rocky crevices ~ of my beating heart — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Wasteland

my heart’s wilderness ~ used to running free from ties ~ being pruned and tamed — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Fortitude

lane of backbone trees ~ opens up the avenue ~ to explore our hearts — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Invitation

will you walk with me ~ share your concerns with me too ~ and an open heart? — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Libretti

listen to my song ~ making music with my words ~ my soul’s instrument — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Safeguard

bring balance bring time ~ protect me like a mantle ~ from a midnight lie — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Vision

creativity ~ perfection in our blunders ~ often beautiful — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Streaming

the poems are like trails ~ one thought leading to the next ~ always a surprise — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

I disappear

in the winter grey ~ all clear perspective is lost ~ a blurred horizon — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Moongame

we play on the moon ~ then drift back in an embrace ~ teasing fantasy — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Intensified

the moment deepens ~ in the silence of our eyes ~ we look for answers — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Wordless

a word that is lost ~ I am lost in all the words ~ my silence has wings — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Absent

as we write these words ~ I feel you drifting away ~ into desert sands — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Dispersing

invisible bond ~ like driftwood we float apart ~ our separate lives — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Gone fishing

do not ask my love ~ I have given it away ~ to the deep blue sea — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Baltic winter

seagulls in the wind ~ drift against the ice-cold air ~ waiting for the sun — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

 

Summer rain

the leaves whispering ~ gentle wind smelling of rain ~ soft promises made — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Effortless

unexpectedly ~ it’s so easy sharing thoughts ~ in the way we do — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Exposed

a tree-lane castle ~ protect me from the cold wind ~ but not from this mood — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Devotion

nothing is easy ~ yet we remain inspired ~ our songs are for life — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Dinner for one

detached in the dark ~ uncertain motivations ~ a table set in blues — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Crowded

room filled with voices ~ a moth folds its silver wings ~ she simply walks out — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

 

Adrift

today I miss you ~ although you are here with me ~ your mind is at sea — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa