Equilbrium

to find our balance ~ between closeness and distance ~ such a subtle thing — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Nomad

in windswept deserts ~ across the clouded oceans ~ I’ll be wandering — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Summons

these open spaces ~ with their eternal silence ~ calling out to us — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Longest lunar eclipse: July 2018; South Africa

as the moon breathes in ~ silently holding her breath ~ we dance in starlight — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Silhouette

in shattering truth ~ all the subtleties exposed ~ nothing more in sight — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Hearing you

I am listening ~ when you say nothing at all ~ everything is heard — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Assembly

here a broken child ~ there a piece of grey driftwood ~ this day’s gatherings — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

My ocean

to breathe your fresh air ~ to loiter at your waters ~ my wish for today — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Simply be

ssshhh don’t speak or think ~ don’t do anything but be ~ absolutely still — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Secluded

we knock and unlock ~ we shelter each other’s thoughts ~ then we close the gates — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Gauche

your awkward silence ~ a child-artist’s rendition ~ of an old man’s fear — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Sweet nothings

it’s sweeter than sweet ~ words on the tip of my tongue ~ round deliciousness — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Paris post

these quaint old lampposts ~ have witnessed many stories ~ of dreams lived and lost — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Layered journey

as I walk with you ~ through the layers of times past ~ our world is perfect — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

An art

a silent painter ~ captures each subtle nuance ~ in a quick brushstroke — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Subtlety

you came whispering ~ but through the noise I was deaf ~ to your silent song — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Future pasts

we’re becoming lost ~ in decoding yesterdays ~ finding tomorrows — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Sharing solitude

then you touch my mind ~ to the core of who I am ~ unknowingly still — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Afruca

Co-creation

beautiful ideas ~ migrating from mind to mind ~ so effortlessly — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Upstream

the secrets we keep ~ those that only we will share ~ amongst all others — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Spiralling

the favourite part ~ is to get lost in the words ~ of a thousand thoughts — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Roundabout

traversing your mind ~ looking at eternity ~ kaleidoscope ride — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Aging

revealed in ripeness ~ the mechanism of time ~ which no one escapes — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Bernstein

endlessly afloat ~ in a moment of amber ~ a lifetime away — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Afloat

through your silent eyes ~ drift the smiles of a lifetime ~ igniting this heart — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Vista

we stand on this shore ~ separate yet together ~ our outlook is shared — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Scribbling

lettering away ~ at life’s pleasures and life’s pains ~ each word a reprise — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Preserved

the stories we live ~ captured in a poet’s words ~ outlasting us all — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Louvre: Paris, June 2018

a dream is captured ~ where thousands were borne before ~ of a fleeting youth — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

New roads

where are we going ~ with this strange route we are on ~ and does it matter? — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Effigy

yes here be dragons ~ in the dark places of old ~ slain one by one — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Aura

your presence is felt ~ you’re the one who makes no sound ~ but who fills the room — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Expectation

amongst all the big birds ~ there was this tiny one too ~ hoping for a crumb — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

For a while

when this bright blue day ~ dips into the twilight hour ~ I miss your stillness — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Noiseless

when love is silent ~ every nuance can be heard ~ every colour felt — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Plummet

a bright sickle moon ~ plunges into the tall grass ~ leaving full darkness — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

True colour

I’m a little blue ~ I’m a little old-fashioned ~ I use words as glue — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

The journey

seeking mysteries ~ rather than all the answers ~ that’s where magic lies — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Congruence

when I disappear ~ in the softness of the stones ~ harmonies unfold — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Minutiae

these are the small things ~ that add up to so much more ~ when we let them in — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Plunging

I take flight above ~ while you fight the fierce dragon ~ of deep emotion — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Timeless

it has no real past ~ this remarkable journey ~ which has no future — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Spectres

green on grey on blue ~ shadows playing on my mind ~ mirrored in a gaze — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Vlinder

what a nice delight ~ when I caught you in my sight ~ with your colours bright — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Emission

when I fall asleep ~ this heart escapes to the stars ~ where I reach your dreams — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Transformations

sound of our passion ~ intense, intricate, nuanced ~ always changing shape — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Extra

another day spent ~ simply walking side by side ~ through life’s mysteries — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Vistas

in our worlds we stand ~ accepting our chosen paths ~ sometimes sharing views — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Through windows

allowing glimpses ~ simply, slowly, with caution ~ revealing our minds — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Meegesleur

the music that I hear ~ in the shadows of your voice ~ carries me away — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Uncomplicated

a companionship ~ kept in perfect silences ~ so easily shared — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Transparency

seeing right through me ~ even though I try to hide ~ here I am exposed — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

His greyness

the cloudy grey skies ~ reflected on a grey world ~ multiple grey moods — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Out there

washed out on the beach ~ exposed to what the tide brings ~ each day something new — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Trajectory

a road less travelled ~ lead to strange places and you ~ my trail to the moon — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Words with wings

sharing them each day ~ these immeasurable fervours ~ thoughts cast in the air — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Mirrored

in the shallow depths ~ universes reflected ~ what we want to hide — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Wayward melody

unseen strands of thought ~ ethereal images ~ a song in my mind — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Black velvet

the night’s deep stillness ~ broken with the emotion ~ revealed in your voice — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Elsewhere

it’s simple to dream ~ there beyond the horizon ~ of the deep blue see — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Rolling stones

cannot stay away ~ yet we simply cannot stay ~ remaining adrift — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Disclosure

and then I was taught ~ that an essence is revealed ~ in light and lightness — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

From my window: Paris, France, June 2018

coincidences ~ all simply came together ~ to capture a day — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Yesteryear

yesterday I found ~ your letter in a shoebox ~ and they brought a smile — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Writer’s plight

when words are streaming ~ who are we to stop the flow? ~ someone listening? — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

This place

it is here we come ~ to find another being ~ to swim with our thoughts — © Lize Bard 2 Haiku out of Africa

Silences

our bodies telling ~ all the incomplete stories ~ hidden in our words — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Truss

we found the tether ~ that binds our separate worlds ~ out of brightest blue — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

sipping thoughts

on a liquid day ~ you bring a mercury mind ~ the shape of water — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Apology

when you speak softly ~ I’m sorry for my silence ~ for my loss of words — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Blue feathers

a gossamer thread ~ thoughts feathering through the day ~ sometimes touching us — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Paris: June 2018

sit solitary ~ Sunday morning at the Seine ~ stillness drifting by — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa