wanting eloquence ~ not achieving elegance ~ letters wildly strung —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
sculpture
Lifecycle
we are the seasons ~ springing forth and burning out ~ before cooling down —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Seeing
one long drink of eyes ~ and we see just who we are ~ in the here and now —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Powerfailure
it is dark outside ~ someone has stolen the moon ~ I see you clearly —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Creating space
opening windows ~ make room for imperfections ~ especially mine —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Mindflight
travelling once more ~ a mind that’s never resting ~ yet is is so still —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Ampersand
special character ~ one that’s not on my machine ~ yet I type away —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Truths
candid words stumble ~ across our realities ~ without such intent —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Airheads
a wanderer’s mind ~ universal wondering ~ magic when minds meet —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Proceedings
your voice in my notes ~ as I scribble them away ~ at dawn everyday —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Yesteryear
our day of sharing ~ warm like the stones in my hand ~ softly drifts away —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Oëverblindery
stone puddings to eat ~ paper birds and butterflies ~ nothing what it seems —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Reisiger
tumbling through my thoughts ~ itinerant of my mind ~ I’m releasing you —© 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
Within
we are all alone ~ this is where we find the calm ~ amid a mind storm —© 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
Detachment
on these empty shores ~ in a world of distancing ~ social solitude —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
No touching
no more aeroplanes ~ in the skies above our worlds ~ no live connections —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Concerto
at first we were still ~ but now we’re a symphony ~ of a thousand shades —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Roundness
concentric circles ~ drifting on spheres of delight ~ of each new morning —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Reminiscence
now I think about ~ the conversations we had ~ about life and death —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Relativity
when souls depart ~ empty spaces left behind ~ for a little while —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Porcelain
writing careful words ~ collecting moments not things ~ for sharing with you —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Universe
captured in our words ~ sparseness and complexity ~ of delicate worlds —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
In stone
when we are revealed ~ it is in the simplest of terms ~ saying “I trust you” —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Streak
I find in your eyes ~ a thousand green butterflies ~ and one of pure blue —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Emptied out
she’s no longer there ~ whispering words without sound ~ the breath of her soul —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Replication
in a candle’s flame ~ seeing your eyes reflecting ~ most beautiful scenes —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Entering
pulling up a seat ~ sitting at the firelight ~ of the music played —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Distance
a longing that hurts ~ but that’s also beautiful ~ in its profound depth —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Retrospect
if we could just read ~ the right book at the right time ~ life would be simple —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Looking in
although I’m writing ~ I know I will never sing ~ this sweet melody —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Instrument
will you surrender ~ to the play of my fingers ~ your beautiful song? —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Time out
it is where I rest ~ in the contours of your touch ~ the warmth of your mind —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Barefooted
when we dare throwing ~ caution to the wayward winds ~ we find our own paths —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Of bees and birds
our songs are alive ~ they tell their stories through us ~ weaving symphonies —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Place
on your right shoulder ~ because the left is not mine ~ our divided world —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Resolved
settled in calmness ~ making it look so easy ~ yet finding it hard —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Wings
movement of a hand ~ brought these two worlds together ~ shiv’ring butterflies —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Swift
like a migrant bird ~ thoughts returning to a touch ~ then I fly away —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Death
sometimes it comes ~ sudden and unexpected ~ renders us speechless —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Undulation
your fingers playing ~ improvising major chords ~ rippling through my mind —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Ornate only
use the gate next door ~ please do not come knocking here ~ this one does not work —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Fortunate
more than what was lost ~ more than a single night’s dream ~ given so much more —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Things change
we have been caught up ~ in the still expectation ~ of our destiny —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Bygone era
throughout the decade ~ we’ve been so wise and prudent ~ yet fearless to boot —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Home
rain on a tin roof ~ dry red dust between my toes ~ child of Africa —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Spark
flames of a fire ~ eternal for a moment ~ then the cold sets in —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Stacked
stones on the beach ~ so carefully assembled ~ a mind is balanced —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Captured in stone
as our hearts breathe air ~ I wanted to share with you ~ beauty of being —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Robin
in the stolen days ~ liberation of our hearts ~ that keeps on giving —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
The burdened
can you hear their song ~ their melody of sadness ~ coming in the wind —© Marlize Lombard @ Haiku out of Africa
Drawn
voices in the air ~ lost in the darkness of night ~ finding a new way —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
African songs
they seem fancy-free ~ but each word is so loaded ~ with subtle nuance —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Counting pears
when faced with numbers ~ I battle with computing ~ give me words all day —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Tethering
mind-game duality ~ endless possibility ~ time is relative —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
In the forest
black-eyed Susans bloom ~ just before the Winter’s cold ~ when visiting you —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Raconteur
this he narrative ~ is not another story ~ it’s a life’s design —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Little devil
with this andante ~ the perfect pace is primed ~ for our minds to fly —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Drying
credibility ~ of promises made in the rain ~ simply washed away —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Bathing
this layered season ~ with fragrance upon fragrance ~ in togetherness —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Immigrants
we meet each other ~ on the streets of faraway ~ reuniting bonds —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Probing
you ask the question ~ which I answer with my eyes ~ no words are spoken —© 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
You said …
wanting to show you ~ a garden of pure delight ~ where minds can take flight —© 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
Northern autumn
on a dreary day ~ hiding from the pouring rain ~ amongst fallen leaves —© 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
Running
thought we could belong ~ thought we were part of this world ~ thoughts were ever wrong —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Exuberance
an eye for detail ~ voluptuousness of the mind ~ gives birth to beauty —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Loss
solitude sets in ~ it will come with time I think ~ letting go gently —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Silent music
when all is spoken ~ our language becomes silent ~ our breaths a still song —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Walks of life
sharing memories ~ as we walk the galleries ~ that capture our souls —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Hiding
and then I could see ~ an age-old song in your eyes ~ with golden rainbows —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Reality
closer, closer by ~ the end approaches every day ~ our return to stone —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Ageless
around ancient stones ~ finding a space of wonder ~ that ignites our thoughts —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Exposure
undressing my mind ~ with softly spoken words ~ and sharp intelligence —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
In glass
together we are ~ in the natural order ~ of separate worlds —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Pulse
each reconnection ~ through the windows of our eyes ~ syncing each heartbeat —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Still
in these slow moments ~ we forget who we should be ~ we simply exist —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Afoot
a wanderer comes ~ along his own winding path ~ to connect with mine —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Hide&Seek
warped fidelity ~ culture clashing with nature ~ hide your emotions —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Candid
the words that appear ~ from nowhere out of the blue ~ more truthful than all —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Emotive
stirring up in us ~ a wistful curiosity ~ and deep connection —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Insects
a story unfolds ~ your eyes wander to a stop ~ and I butterfly —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Narrative
it is not our story ~ the one of sharing one place ~ this is more complex —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Last year
winter’s warming scent ~ of cinnamon and spice bakes ~ and of smiling eyes —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Klaasvakie
the sand in our eyes ~ a hard grainy reminder ~ of soft summer dreams —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Pickled
I take those sweet words ~ and turn them into these poems ~ procured forever —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Air
painting clouds with breaths ~ inhaling the scent of us ~ and of summer rain —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Shadows
behind our fences ~ we hide who we really are ~ and who we could be —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Light
build me a glass house ~ so that my windows seep sun ~ and I breathe blue skies —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Stone
in simplicity ~ directness of expression ~ and intensity —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Naked
am I brave enough ~ to just let the moment be ~ no explanation? —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
To no avail
umbrellas open ~ we seek protection from storms ~ it is all in vain —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Anchoring
in the four winds blow ~ the cornerstones of my heart ~ ever circling —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Rush
we have too few hours ~ there’s always too little time ~ seconds run away —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
For once
take care of this dream ~ our universe created ~ in a blue moment —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Directions
please show me the place ~ where we wandered together ~ on a sunny day —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Drifting
I am suspended ~ for I have a private moon ~ within which I wait —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Black
these days of onyx ~ these days of ruminating ~ about what was lost —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Autumn bird
she has warmed his heart ~ for the briefest of moments ~ and he has touched hers —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Revival
and I will know you ~ when you reach through autumn dreams ~ into my winter —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Staying power
white spirals of dreams ~ in a bouquet of wonder ~ that never decay —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Nearness
stories do not end ~ we simply stop telling them ~ when they come too close —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Pottering
always returning ~ our abandoned memories ~ of shattered moments —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Like glass
slipping from my pen ~ without pretense or control ~ a river of thoughts —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Namib
the place in my mind ~ where I find a wild stillness ~ filled with your beauty —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Shapes
always just circling ~ like the shadows and the trees ~ same recurring thoughts —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Sobriety
too many riddles ~ in the dark blue stream of life ~ too few lucid days —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Recycling
new identities ~ splitting the knowns from unknowns ~ trademarks shattering —© 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
Frozen
out of the cold wind ~ a blue dragonfly posing ~ in utter suspense —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Kopdoek
beauty is captured ~ in your eyes of yesterday ~ your tomorrow smiles —© 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
Alias
when I change my name ~ the rules no longer apply ~ imagination —© Lize Bard 2 Haiku out of Africa
Art
could not understand ~ then I found the formula ~ of just listening —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Odd one out
we all belong here ~ this is the world that moulds us ~ every shade and shape —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Dyad
your duality ~ brings multiple dimensions ~ for me to explore —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Air sign
when I allow you ~ in the patterns of my mind ~ you may see the wind —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Radiation
we are exposed in ~ phosphorous glows of the blues ~ emotions revealed —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Ebb & flow
in the tidal tug ~ I can only gravitate ~ towards your slow pull —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Creativity
unbeknown to us ~ art teaches us about love ~ teaches us to share —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Courage
not fearing the leap ~ it is only in mid-air ~ that our wings unfurl —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Architecture
texture and detail ~ every element perceived ~ in their smallest parts —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Sweet dreams
shine vanilla moon ~ through the nebulae of dreams ~ that become too real —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
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