Month: June 2018

Lustre

Paternoster beach ~ blue mussel shells glistening ~ in the morning sun — © Lize Bard 2 Haiku out of Africa

Unmasked

our eyes exposing ~ what voices try to conceal ~ between all the words — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

We wait

when will it happen? ~ is the question on your lips ~ refrain in my mind — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Connect

strangers who are friends ~ a rare meeting of our minds ~ friends who are strangers — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Travellers

when we part our ways ~ we never know the outcome ~ until the next time — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Access

across the divide ~ you reach to me with your eyes ~ closing vast spaces — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Surge

as the tide returns ~ and the moon pulls at the sea ~ you wash over me — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Fleeting

this a perfect day ~ will soon splinter on the wind ~ of our memories — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Words have wings

this our legacy ~ these written words never die ~ allow minds to fly — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

This moment

catch a cloud today ~ tomorrow’s not guaranteed ~ yesterday is gone — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Origin

everything stems from ~ this soft-pounding pink rhythm ~ between here and far — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Outline

when the desert dances ~ with all its hued silhouettes ~ my heart wants to sing — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Recess

I keep on searching ~ when I hear the rhyme in your voice ~ I pause for a while — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Funny fish

we drift as a pair ~ in waters of composure ~ our differences masked — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

On-route

over land or sea ~ paths find a way to converge ~ minds a way to meet — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Here and there

from elsewhere enters ~ a still greyness in your gaze ~ from right here they smile — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Resting

mercurial thought ~ floating through the mists of time ~ in my slow slumber — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Rock

and there you appeared ~ in the middle of my path ~ to reclusiveness — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Yours

such a quiet love ~ never judging or failing ~ it simply exists — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Inspiration

I breathe you deeply ~ your words nourishing my being ~ then I let you go — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

I’ll listen

tell me about time ~ tell me something beautiful ~ tell me about stars — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Exposed

revealed in your words ~ tucked beneath that rough surface ~ there’s a tender soul — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Desert fog

not a drop of rain ~ winter days are desolate ~ but then there is you — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Inhale

the spirit of sand ~ takes me to a place of rest ~ where I find my breath — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Variegated

colours of my mind ~ cover the rainbow spectrum ~ blue and grey and bright — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Those were the days

solitary days ~ filled with nothing about you ~ times were simpler then — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Students

you colour my life ~ an unexpected rainbow ~ in all shades of grey — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Twister

in these whirlwind days ~ we negotiate blizzards ~ to find each other — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Entangled

knotted ropes of time ~ weave endlessly through our lives ~ reconnecting ties — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Message

held in suspension ~ all the languages we speak ~ with a single touch — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Designation

colour of our hearts ~ so difficult to define ~ a deep-red velvet — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Cabled

our parallel lives ~ are all interconnected ~ in astounding ways — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Digression

in work and in play ~ one thing leads to another ~ we spiral away — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

For Vincent

starry starry night ~ captured in your wild brushstrokes ~ still enchanting us — © Lize Bard @Haiku out of Africa

Reënvoëls

they are the rainbirds ~ bringing relief after drought ~ nourishing our hearts — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Gasp

then I see your eyes ~ finding mine across the room ~ how could I forget? — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

A holding place

the imagining ~ of an interrupted touch ~ of a life on hold — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Southern nachtmusik

a song in the night ~ here under the southern cross ~ listen silently — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

In the desert

I stand before you ~ between a sigh and sunrise ~ no expectations — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Word wealth

today a treasure ~ pages filled with poetry ~ easy with a muse — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Silent periodical

what if we could read ~ the still journal of a heart ~ every day’s hushed song? — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Spore

it’s just a moment ~ it’s just a vague memory ~ it lasts a lifetime — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Disentangle

we’re all tangled up ~ when the connection is made ~ we can straighten out — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Maze

you open your mind ~ invite me to disappear ~ in the labyrinth — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Timing

with the ebb and flow ~ our emotions have to cope ~ in this odd duet — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Depth

faces in a crowd ~ one that interrupts my thoughts ~ a story written — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Sightseer

Opening

Sprouting

A place for all

Tinned

Glass ceilings

Coated

Switched-on

All in a day

Aftermath

The dance

Packaged

Short-lived

Changeling

Here

Eternal noise

after the big bang ~ we still yearn to hear silence ~ original sound — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Dedicated

just had a feeling ~ needed to write you a poem ~ so this is for you — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Shell

how many layers ~ do I have to peel softly ~ to get to the core? — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Whalesong

haunting melody ~ when we sing through the oceans ~ our eternal song — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Lavender

purple sleepless nights ~ my mind filled with melodies ~ of a distant place — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

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