we’re on different trains ~ destinations similar ~ and our stations shared —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Month: February 2019
In translation
learning a language ~ just listening to a voice ~ not understanding —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa05
Wolf trou met jakkals se vrou
remember the rain? ~ wet drops soaking everything ~ and how the sun shined? —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Nesting
curling into you ~ finding such a tranquil space ~ away from it all —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Hug
a gift of calmness ~ a softness that stills my mind ~ allows me to breathe —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Travellers
finding a way home ~ when our hearts beat to our minds ~ and we are adrift —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Black & White
searching with my words ~ finding answers in your prose ~ losing both our worlds —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Rusted
when steel roses bloom ~ it’s not too late for a dance ~ we are still alive —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Openness
intimate spaces ~ explored on open landscapes ~ in inner circles —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Namib
the land, sky and stones ~ and then sand, and sand, and, sand ~ and nothing more —©
Morning
in ever-blue rain ~ walking with you on my mind ~ collecting pebbles —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Contradiction
my pencil sketches ~ capture laughter in your eyes ~ but tears in your smile —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Reisigers
part of us remain ~ parts of us are now elsewhere ~ parts of us travelling —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Nocturnal
the full moon adrift ~ in passing melancholy ~ of a deep-blue night —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
From my window: Grahams Town, South Africa, November 2018
in parallel lines ~ together but never one ~ journeys of our minds —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Lullaby
humming me to sleep ~ the still music of colours ~ dancing in your eyes —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Travellers
I ask you the time ~ you respond that no one knows ~ that we’re walking blind —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Aware
understanding now ~ the music of your psyche ~ there’s a soft refrain —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Paths
in quiet ruins ~ of forgotten memories ~ we collect our lives —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Flown
dancing tomorrows ~ in our dreams of yesterday ~ all we need today —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Droogte
balmy afternoon ~ stretches out in the bright sun ~ with no hope of rain —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Paradox
in contradiction ~ standing before me again ~ not ready to leave —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Bleached
respite from the sun ~ proffered by yellowing leaves ~ of an autumn tree —© Lize Bard 2 Haiku out of Africa
Shore
the sound of a shell ~ resonates in the ocean ~ colouring our minds —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Enkeling
just beyond the tree ~ I saw you standing alone ~ away from it all —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Season
when like a lost word ~ blossom petals float away ~ it’s time for goodbyes —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Shhhh …
the wind on the fields ~ rustling through grasses and leaves ~ whispers its secrets —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Deep purple
meandering in awe ~ on the trail of deep purple ~ that brought me to you —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
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