tumbling through my thoughts ~ itinerant of my mind ~ I’m releasing you —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Month: July 2020
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