Reisiger

tumbling through my thoughts ~ itinerant of my mind ~ I’m releasing you —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Connecting

reunited minds ~ wrapped in micro-poetry ~ a brief setting free —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Looking back

our splintering thoughts ~ each a crystal clear window ~ through which time reflects —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Joy

everything has changed ~ now we’re dancing in the rain ~ to our hearts’ delight —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Desolate

the dry wild Namib ~ fog rolls in over the sea ~ and endless red dunes —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Gypsy

can you read my palm ~ when you look into my eyes ~ can you see my thoughts? —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Within

we are all alone ~ this is where we find the calm ~ amid a mind storm —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

No more

abandoned in haste ~ no one knows the reason why ~ there is no one left —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Sunrise

born in full colour ~ brought out of the darkest night ~ a new day begins —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

High fashion

it is all the rage ~ masking who we really are ~ to escape the truth —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Trackways

path over the hills ~ you are on the other side ~ and I walk away —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Pink moons

they can be captured ~ with night-time photography ~ momentary dreams —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Wanderer

after years walking ~ this traveller takes a seat ~ and looks at the moon —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Hearing your silence

unknowingly still ~ whistling under your breath ~ most comforting sound —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Juncture

here I found softness ~ here I found a shooting star ~ a deep blue desire —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Not Europe

the sun is shining ~ no consistence of rain ~ only the dry land —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Lighter

through your eyes I see ~ this landscape in a new light ~ splendour unfolding —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Noted

within a brief pause ~ seeing you for the first time ~ really hearing you —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Soft rock

blushing morning sun ~ thoughts running away with us ~ flowing like the dunes —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Taciturnity

in this desert land ~ it is eternally still ~ not even a breeze —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Nama

click sounds in the sand ~ desert land coming alive ~ with ancient voices —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Feather-painting

birds in black and white ~ with their freedom of the skies ~ wings of the mind’s eye —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Settle

guineefowl laughing ~ evening colours aglow ~ Africa to rest —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Nuance

reading the same lines ~ over and over they say ~ many different things —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Centered

still and focused ~ we are standing on the beach ~ around us a storm —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Catch-me-if-you-can

playing cat and mouse ~ in the words of these pages ~ dancing a duet —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Observation

discovering the world ~ through your shiny brown eyes ~ this childhood a joy —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Spitzkoppen

ancient hills hanging ~ distant fata morgana ~ of another world —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Unreal

an experience ~ with time becomes fantasy ~ imagination —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Detachment

on these empty shores ~ in a world of distancing ~ social solitude —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Close

a still afternoon ~ and my thoughts return to you ~ green moss to grey stones —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Good morning

would I know you if ~ we did not share a breakfast ~ amongst all the words? Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa