Fall

here it is autumn ~ somewhere over the oceans ~ spring reveals herself — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Brave?

where our minds linger ~ we may find our hearts follow ~ when we dare to look

A German friend: Munich, December 2017

this unique delight ~ only served fresh in Munich ~ and just before noon — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

No-shoes haiku

barefoot through my mind ~ no charade or holding back ~ words I share with you — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Subliminal

below the surface ~ we silence all the demons ~ until the angels sing — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Uncovered

from my hiding place ~ wrapped in a blanket of work ~ I became untucked — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Fantasy

I bend the moments ~ but they simply will not fit ~ into a real world — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Nonsense

grappling through this world ~ thinking it will all make sense ~ nothing really does — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Effortlessly

without me asking ~ stepping in the right spaces ~ you show love simply — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Simply be

please don’t try too hard ~ I love your imperfections ~ more than anything

— © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Fleeting

with too little time ~ for the grey to penetrate ~ I leave you behind — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Insight

still depths of my soul ~ seldom shared outside these texts ~ in rare gifts of trust — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Journey

it’s with these blue hearts ~ that we traverse all our paths ~ meeting and parting — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Wilderness

for once and for words ~ I am just a little lost ~ in my emotions — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Dreamers

the people we dream ~ without names they leave their trails ~ ever in our hearts — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Orbit

a dreamy ballet ~ of slow circling approaches ~ with no destiny — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Curiosity

mysteries of life ~ keep us looking for answers ~ never to be found — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Between flights

worlds intersecting ~ between meeting and parting ~ hallos and goodbyes — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Character

soul of a gazelle ~ the beauty of his softness ~ collects me calmly — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

In Africa

I wanted to see ~ the many facets of life ~ but the core was here — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Gargoyle

my yard’s filled with him ~ with the green moss in his eyes ~ gravel in his voice — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Awareness

by touching our hearts ~ seeing who we really are ~ we become alive — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Comfort

walking together ~ we reach an intimate space ~ a deeply shared calm — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

If . . .

if I could craft time ~ to spend a moment with you ~ I will let it go — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Observation

we hear with our eyes ~ all the sounds never uttered ~ in the brightest hues — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

 

 

Discovery

we found each other ~ in a perfect tumbling space ~ now endlessly lost — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Insight

he knew as she knew ~ that it would happen someday ~ but neither knew when — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Tick-tock

the clock ticks away ~ the minutes forever lost ~ welcome to earth — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Kalahari tango

she tells the four winds ~ about an ochred rain dance ~ inviting them all — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

African Skies

we looked at the moon ~ the southern cross in the sky ~ that’s how it began — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Pervasion

you let me tumble ~ into the depths of your mind ~ on a moonless night — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Solo

travelling alone ~ allows for freedom of thought ~ and flawless mind flights — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Breeze

the wind pleats the sea ~ gives rhythm to the oceans ~ shapes where we anchor — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Nooks & crannies

somewhere in my heart ~ I found a small piece of you ~ shyly hiding there — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Bulletin

words capturing me ~ with kind generosity ~ make me more than me — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Night & Day

in the deep blue night ~ dreams may drift forever free ~ sunrise interrupts — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Wet rain

living like water ~ we flow into crevices ~ unexplored before — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Tranquility

as our aftermath ~ a soft calmness settles in ~ it is still again — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Spectral

we walk through a storm ~ of Bach’s winds and Mozart’s rain ~ finding the rainbow — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Etherial

through the dark ether ~ tracing the shape of our minds ~ drifting through space-time — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Just like that!

inspiration comes ~ oft along a winding path ~ or within a wink — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

On request

a little more time ~ to find a way through each day ~ not too much to ask — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Unbroken

in so many ways ~ we’re perfectly imperfect ~ an upended whole — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Homecoming

like a swallow’s flight ~ bringing sunshine to the rain ~ a return to you —­ © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Blue rain

a midnight rainstorm ~ and seven blue symphonies ~ bring me to this door — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Kruis en dwars

footprints of a heart ~ criss-crossing trails in the sand ~ always returning — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Concord

loving our silence ~ the easy stillness we share ~ brings such harmony — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Soweto, South Africa: March 2018

farewell my dear friend ~ our last summer was well spent ~ our futures unknown — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Flying

over the sand dune ~ across the deep blue ocean ~ our spirits roam free — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Grow

scaffolding our world ~ each time to  greater depth ~ reaching for the sun — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Creation

in an artist’s world ~ the chaos comes together ~ in splendid beauty — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Blues

on some blue-sky days ~ I miss you bitter-sweetly ~ coveting our clouds — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Last autumn

a lost rainy day ~ shroud between us and the world ~ allowed us to be — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Pull

tugging at heartstrings ~ raw emotion in a voice ~ through the night’s stillness — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Sanctuary

understanding me ~ in freedom and solitude ~ you shelter my heart — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Pulse

softly drifting by ~ fragrance of a summer night ~ sound of a heartbeat — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Your colours

in sky-blue and gold ~ finding all that I adore ~ on a summers day — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Being heard

listen carefully ~ inside the heart of silence ~ each person is found — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Appreciated

under the night sky ~ you reveal small anecdotes ~ of summers gone by — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Captivated

being mesmerized ~ by the unexpected depths ~ of this connection — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Ubuntu

with a great heart ~ voice across the savanna ~ Africa arise — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Opinions

completely different ~ kindly individual ~ the way we see things — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Like a feather

this poem found me here ~ where I’m sitting deep in thought — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Good morning!

I see you coming ~ across the quiet waters ~ of a brand new day — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Shimmering

a beautiful thing ~ glistening with bright dewdrops ~ this morning’s feather — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Foolishness

Homo sapiens ~ what happened to our wisdom? ~ see the state we’re in — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

When you sing

in broken silence ~ the night takes its own wild course ~ in unforeseen dreams — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Educational

some times getting lost ~ brings a new experience ~ enriching our lives — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Fulfilled

a sweet spaciousness ~ fills all the little hollows ~ and the big ones too — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Soaring

in the cloudy sky ~ through the mountains around us ~ hear how silence flies — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Undercurrent

we share these waters ~ in our individual ways ~ drifting on the tide — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa