naked like water ~ its ephemeral beauty ~ washes over us —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Month: January 2019
From my window: Jeffreys Bay, South Africa, November 2018
mercury gliding ~ through the many shades of grey ~ almost eternal —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Child
you will drift from me ~ like a wild seed in the wind ~ finding your way back —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Aspirations
legends remind us ~ of firebirds and rainbirds ~ of who we could be —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Dancer
behind a bruised word ~ behind a heart that is locked ~ I found you hiding —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Appreciation
an empty canvas ~ intensity of silence ~ this journey of ours —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Tasting
dancing on the tongue ~ the peachy pink of salmon ~ deep black-olive nights —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Possibilities
it’s up in the air ~ you’re flying, always flying ~ thriving in mind games —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Petals
the daisies whisper ~ why are we still listening ~ to the wind and the sun? —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Still Bay
writing silent words ~ “in the light of a lighthouse” ~ on secluded shores —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
In stone
only one ‘always’ ~ the language of our bodies ~ grammar without words — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Distinction
frost on blackberries ~ a world so far from these shores ~ different hemispheres —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Red
ochre on your hands ~ the colour of deep-ripe fruit ~ dripping in the sand — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Pastel
catching the red tones ~ in a world that’s yellowed out ~ escaping in pink —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Renewal
losing myself in ~ the blue landscape of a voice ~ painting me like snow — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Stacked
in greys upon greys ~ making magic out of stones ~ everlasting days —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Loop
against the ceiling ~ endless payer of the mantis ~ which brings no respite — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Perfection
asked what I would change ~ when rewriting yesterday ~ nothing comes to mind —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Tranquil
herder of the clouds ~ gather my bits and pieces ~ with calm in your eyes — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Faces
upon reflection ~ there’s more than one dimension ~ a multiple us —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Silent sound
listening to you ~ drifting away on sunlight ~ and butterfly wings — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Essence
painted with these words ~ personal complexities ~ in the simplest terms —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Games
playing in the wind ~ hiding us like a treasure ~ a gift from the sea — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Blown away
reaching out to touch ~ falling into a winter ~ of silent windscapes —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Reminder
love bug in the grass ~ between laundry and peaches ~ reminds me of you — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
New dance
where do we start now ~ that the music is over ~ and the sunshine gone? —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Daybreak
a glossy pink day ~ breaking free from the ocean ~ softly drifts away — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Sparkle
living with grey skies ~ so different from the sunshine ~ when our worlds collide —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Shadeplay
shadows on the sun ~ thrown by shapes in our minds ~ on fine porcelain — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Be light
let the balloon fly ~ up along with our dreams ~ my message to you —© Lize Bard 2 Haiku out of Africa
Scatterling
my wandering ways ~ scattered through the winds of time ~ yet you know them all — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
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