For once

take care of this dream ~ our universe created ~ in a blue moment —© 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

Sweet dreams

shine vanilla moon ~ through the nebulae of dreams ~ that become too real —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Bird

listen to my song ~ capture my dreams in your hands ~ ’till we meat again —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Tunnel

when cold and tired ~ in the shadows of the night ~ tomorrow a dream —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Elapsed

in forgotten dreams ~ I still hear your silent voice ~ your hands fly like birds — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Membrane

I cannot discern ~ the dream from reality ~ in shared emotions — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Light and dark

when night comes begging ~ with its baggage on its back ~ we escape in dreams — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa — Photo: Durban 2016/04

In circles

I dreamt of Toulouse ~ of writing to you from there ~ a roundabout dance — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa — Photo: Toulouse 2016/06

Lavender Africa

be the horizon ~ be the endpoint of my gaze ~ be my purple dream — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa — Photo: Kalahari 2018/04

Pink stones

living for today ~ cherishing our yesterdays ~ dreaming tomorrows — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa — Photo: Upington 2016/11

Scattered

we stand in the sun ~ with our dreams strewn in the wind ~ hoping they’ll fly back — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Rainbow dreams

last night I became ~ lost in an enchanted dream ~ playing in the clouds — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Wanting

a fist full of dreams ~ is all I have to bring ~ will that be enough? — © Lize Bard 2 Haiku out of Africa

Young discovery

found her delving ~ her mind’s creativity ~ an art student’s dreams — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Aloidendron dichotomum

up the kokerboom ~ towards the evening sun ~ of African dreams — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Crossing borders

a faraway look ~ crosses the veils of your eyes ~ in a swift daydream — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Paris post

these quaint old lampposts ~ have witnessed many stories ~ of dreams lived and lost — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Louvre: Paris, June 2018

a dream is captured ~ where thousands were borne before ~ of a fleeting youth — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Emission

when I fall asleep ~ this heart escapes to the stars ~ where I reach your dreams — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Meegesleur

the music that I hear ~ in the shadows of your voice ~ carries me away — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Elsewhere

it’s simple to dream ~ there beyond the horizon ~ of the deep blue see — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Digression

in work and in play ~ one thing leads to another ~ we spiral away — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Lavender

purple sleepless nights ~ my mind filled with melodies ~ of a distant place — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Fleeting

dreams that fly away ~ they simply will not stay put ~ filled with wanderlust — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Unimagined

in your smiling eyes ~ I see a new world unfold ~ one I never dreamt — © Lize Bard 2 Haiku out of Africa17

Holding on

your dreams are holding ~ me who want to drift away ~ steadfast in the wind — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Release

finding dragonflies ~ chasing our dreams together ~ then letting them go — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Starfish

float through my dreamscape  ~ with your changing emotions ~ in rainbow colours — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Dreamers

the people we dream ~ without names they leave their trails ~ ever in our hearts — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Orbit

a dreamy ballet ~ of slow circling approaches ~ with no destiny — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Night & Day

in the deep blue night ~ dreams may drift forever free ~ sunrise interrupts — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

When you sing

in broken silence ~ the night takes its own wild course ~ in unforeseen dreams — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Individualism

what is normalcy? ~ each of us a different flight ~ into the dark night — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Shapeshifting

we are soft white clouds ~ drifting and changing our shapes ~ in a vast blue sky — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Discovery

in your smiling eyes ~ I see a new world unfold ~ one I never dreamt


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Clean slate

blue summer dreams ~ dragonflies in the sun ~ my page is empty


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Painting

so still your body ~ curled loosely into a dream ~ smiling in your sleep


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Forgotten

I cannot recall ~ how many dreams I have dreamt ~ living life awake — © Luze Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Bridging

as we dream or lives ~ we should also live our dreams ~ interweaving spells


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Imagining

walking in moonlight ~ dreams become reality ~ when we make them so — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Funnelled

I am guided by ~ the northern lights in my mind ~ I have yet to see


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Photo © Jana and Thomas from Lihkolas Husky

 

Summer nights

a warm, still, dark night ~ a nightjar at the window ~ dreams are being born — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Silently

in our silent way ~ we show each other wonders ~ that we have not dreamt


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Anticipation

I waited for it ~ through the heat of southern nights ~ and dragonfly sighs


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Featherlike

a soft light ripples ~ between my secrets and yours ~ connecting our dreams


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Photo by Jana and Thomas from Lihkolas Husky

 

Unsuppressed

free from all bondage ~ we drift on wings of dreaming ~ listening for space


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@ Haiku out of Africa

So easy

it’s simple to dream ~ there beyond the horizon ~ of the deep blue sea


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Malmö from my window; Sweden, September 2017

it is beautiful ~ the geometry of life ~ that keeps us dreaming


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Right now

there’s nothing to do ~ but to dream in the moment ~ let tomorrow be


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Providence

despite what we plan ~ our dark dreams and rosy schemes ~ life will run its course


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Follow your dreams

fly against the tide ~ if that is where your dreams lead ~ swim amongst the clouds


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Charmed

the moon blows a kiss ~ towards the deep blue ocean ~ on this magic night


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Guardian

take care of this dream ~ our universe created ~ in a blue moment


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@ Haiku out of Africa

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Messengers

my mind is in circles ~ around midnight messages ~ I don’t understand


 

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@ Haiku out of Africa

Different worlds

you are accepting ~ whereas I believe in dreams ~ our realities


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In stone

this is where we dream ~ in our galaxy of blues ~ our deep universe


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Flight

in our wanderings ~ we are collecting our dreams ~ then we give them flight


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Aggregate

as my mind refracts ~ into a thousand colours ~ the whole is revealed


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Aspirations

we’re chasing blue crabs ~ across ancient red sand dunes ~ in tomorrow’s light


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Morning breeze

wind from the mountains ~ carries home sleeping waters ~ to the break of day


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Que Sera, Sera

when cold and tired ~ in the shadows of the night ~ tomorrow a dream


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Releasing dragonflies

finding dragonflies ~ chasing our dreams together ~ then letting them go


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Lullaby

you sing me to sleep ~ with the colours on your voice ~ dancing in your eyes


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In the moment

dancing tomorrows ~ in our dreams of yesterday ~ all we need today


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Sleepwalking

I wander in awe ~ on the trail of a deep night ~ that brought you to me


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Colourful moments

they live forever ~ captured in paintings and dreams ~ cradled in my mind


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Seperate

I cannot discern ~ the dream from reality ~ in shared emotions


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Remembered

in forgotten dreams ~ I still hear your silent voice ~ your hands fly like birds


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Drifting by

float through my dreamscape ~ with your changing emotions ~ in rainbow colours


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Private music

sounds of our dreams

singing our own melodies

beating our own drums


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Daydreaming

open-mind dreaming ~ Cinderella on the moon ~ grow a pair of wings


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Dreaming people

the people we dream ~ without names they leave their trails ~ ever in our minds


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Night-time wandering

in the night’s deep rain ~ I followed dark-blue acorns ~ and two blushing doves


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Merry-go-round

I dreamt of Toulouse
of writing to you from there
a roundabout dance


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Awareness

I cannot recall ~ how many dreams I have dreamt ~ living life awake


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Entranced

last night I became ~ lost in an enchanted dream ~ playing in the clouds


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Interruption

in the deep blue night ~ dreams can drift forever free ~ sunrise interrupts


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