chaotic sound storm ~ letting the city come in ~ through a bay window —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Month: January 2020
Probing
you ask the question ~ which I answer with my eyes ~ no words are spoken —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
New angles
a changed perspective ~ looking out instead of in ~ at tranquility —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Grain of salt
and the poet said ~ that they have souls them old trees ~ just like you and me —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Anchor
a sea of calmness ~ you steer through my emotions ~ anchoring my being —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Adieu
finding tenderness ~ in this still togetherness ~ of a windless day —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Ancient texts
opening a world ~ of knowable mystery ~ travelling through time —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Shipping out
wanting to travel ~ through dusk and light of seasons ~ ’till reaching your shore —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Little details
in our silent way ~ we show each other wonders ~ that we have not dreamt —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Atypical
this our odd world ~ the one we agreed upon ~ in a soft moment —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Shared
this is our journey ~ captured in these syllables ~ of simplicity —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Jester
there’s so much to say ~ with an endless flow of prose ~ between silent hearts —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Natural dance
in parallel steams ~ of bodies intertwining ~ so delicately —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Whisper
a lost butterfly ~ caught in unconscious movement ~ and a tender voice —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Calling
our words reaching out ~ across the seven oceans ~ meeting in mid-air —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Urban art
with still thoughtfulness ~ I bring a weak offering ~ to your autumn depth —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Onwards
those soft moments shared ~ stay with us as we’re roaming ~ into new spaces —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Mellifluously
it catches the eye ~ the falling of a feather ~ in white tenderness —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
You said …
wanting to show you ~ a garden of pure delight ~ where minds can take flight —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Ancestral
guiding us away ~ from the people and their noise ~ to this calm deepness —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Let loose
our dreaming shadows ~ hum melodies in the wind ~ fly towards the sun —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Contemplating
opening pages ~ then just staring for long hours ~ at the same few words —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Northern autumn
on a dreary day ~ hiding from the pouring rain ~ amongst fallen leaves —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Plainness
new discoveries ~ in the hollows of our minds ~ and open grasslands —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
1st World
so much art afloat ~ even toddlers are queuing ~ for new exhibits —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Do you see it?
fascist worshipping? ~ it’s Trump’s evangelicals ~ it’s 2020 —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Hearkening
the music we speak ~ flows from word to ear to mind ~ inner melodies —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Hard
here the heartbroken ~ the forgotten, unsheltered ~ lay in graves of stone —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Running
thought we could belong ~ thought we were part of this world ~ thoughts were ever wrong —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Homed
the heart comes to rest ~ and a stillness settles in ~ the search is over —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
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