it’s all neatly stacked ~ messages sent one by one ~ reigning in our minds —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Month: July 2019
Words
when souls can be touched ~ through our poetry alone ~ we have arrived home —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Foreigner
the letters in me ~ learn to speak in your language ~ leap from tongue to tongue —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Diver
triggering my mind ~ with deep riddles and layers ~ then you slip away —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Captured
the ocean shimmers ~ in steel blue and iron green ~ warm under my skin —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Perfect
so glad you found me ~ you’re as companionable ~ as my solitude —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Frozen
out of the cold wind ~ a blue dragonfly posing ~ in utter suspense —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Just sitting
I sit in the dark ~ listening to raindrops ~ it’s a happy sound —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Brel
in my perfect dream ~ endless flight of fantasy ~ no single regret —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Fleeting
it is a rainbow ~ this our multi-coloured life ~ so quickly over —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Non-convergence
being together ~ in a twisted parallel ~ where ends never meet —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Youth
it is in their eyes ~ the depth of intelligence ~ of so many lives —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Contours
when we can slip in ~ simple shapes of white and grey ~ it’s a perfect fit —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Kopdoek
beauty is captured ~ in your eyes of yesterday ~ your tomorrow smiles —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Crowded – Israel, June 1999
too many tourists ~ at the Sea of Galilee ~ I walk alone —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Woods & Trees
eyes greengathering ~ and I wonder what you see ~ in observation —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Market day
amongst the bustle ~ a private feet-up moment ~ Saturday morning ~ Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Intricacies of life
yes we are in this ~ a complex situation ~ simply full of joy —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Near
when I’m far away ~ home is how you sing my name ~ on a rainy day —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Lekkerbek
this deliciousness ~ offered in a bright triplet ~ of the finest tastes —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Bouval
here your memories ~ schooled in ancient promises ~ a lifetime ago —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Rootless
this is when we breathe ~ when there is nothing but air ~ nothing but us —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Prisoner
then you sang to me ~ that old rocking melody ~ about hard times past —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Role-play
where we congregate ~ here under our different hats ~ one can never know —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Popularity
difficult because ~ I am truthful not neutral ~ a price I will pay —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Non-consciousness
through finely blurred lines ~ precious days pass one by one ~ no one the wiser —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
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