all our wanderings ~ collecting dreams one by one ~ and giving them wings —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
flying
Elapsed
in forgotten dreams ~ I still hear your silent voice ~ your hands fly like birds — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Taking flight
it is an idea ~ the sensations we create ~ it is nothing more — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Safe
you may now let go ~ I promise I will catch you ~ flying to the moon — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Joy
when your eyes take flight ~ across never-never days ~ it’s my mind’s delight — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Savouring
bringing such delight ~ the bright seagulls of our minds ~ when our thoughts take flight — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
En route
on this little path ~ your heart lightly touching mine ~ our minds might take flight — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Destination
where do we fly to ~ when there are no distractions ~ when it’s only us? — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Soaring
on a seagull’s glide ~ days afloat in our footprints ~ nights shaped in our hands — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa — Photo: Hermanus 2018/07
Daunting
scary they may be ~ but the beauty of the flight ~ inspires the leap — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa — Photo: Walvisbay 2017/01
Poetry
capturing our thoughts ~ words dancing across the page ~ before they take flight — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa — Photo: Malmö 2016/09
Nest
through seven windows ~ we look at the world below ~ and grow wings to fly — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa — Photo: Barcelona 2018/09
Incantations
in those silent spells ~ I don’t want to read your words ~ but will fly with you — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Spell
water like velvet ~ your voice on a cloudless night ~ flying in moonlight — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Scattered
we stand in the sun ~ with our dreams strewn in the wind ~ hoping they’ll fly back — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Gliding
on a windless day ~ blue reflections float away ~ while gulls drift and play — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Boundless
there are no boundaries ~ to the mind’s imaginings ~ to the distance flown — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Schmetterling
let us fly away ~ to a land filled with strange fowls ~ and rainbow feathers — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Too brief
time flies like a gull ~ when we travel seven seas ~ and the oceans too — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Plunging
I take flight above ~ while you fight the fierce dragon ~ of deep emotion — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Words have wings
this our legacy ~ these written words never die ~ allow minds to fly — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Changeling
when I found your soul ~ it was black, bent and broken ~ now your spirit soars — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
With children
we build paper planes ~ chasing them on the green grass ~ cherishing moments — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Rainbird
when joy disappears ~ my soul flies into the clouds ~ where I find your trail — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Homecoming
like a swallow’s flight ~ bringing sunshine to the rain ~ a return to you — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Soaring
in the cloudy sky ~ through the mountains around us ~ hear how silence flies — © 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
Return flight
fly into the sun ~ away from cold, ancient stones ~ and this earthly bond — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Fly free
tumbling through my thoughts ~ itinerant in my mind ~ I’m releasing you — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Defeathered
Icarus’ ego ~ is reflected in your speech ~ flying and falling
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Your poetry
a slave to freedom ~ you tie my heart with your words ~ permitting airlift
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Unique creature
I saw a rare bird ~ one who soars and drifts and thinks ~ t’was your reflection
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Synchronicity
freefall of my mind ~ is safely caught in your hands ~ flying in concert
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Instinct
like a homing dove ~ my impulse to fly to you ~ to break from restraints
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Circumnavigation
I fly your waters ~ you navigate my landscape ~ exploring the clouds
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Unsuppressed
free from all bondage ~ we drift on wings of dreaming ~ listening for space
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Kew Gardens: London, September 2017
I want to show you ~ a garden of pure delight ~ where minds can take flight
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Floating on air
I am suspended ~ for I have a private moon ~ within which I waft
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Little one
that was the day ~ I didn’t want to stop you ~ wanted you to fly
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Our creation
ardour and airplanes ~ this world we’ve created ~ amongst the white clouds
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Expand
do not fear the leap ~ it is only in mid-air ~ that our wings unfurl
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All set
every now and then ~ we rest on the precipice ~ ready to take flight
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Yielding
when I surrendered ~ you enveloped my fears ~ and let me take flight
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Of a feather
flimsy paper birds ~ we fly amongst life’s clouds ~ sometimes sharing space
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Flights and fights
I take flight above ~ while you fight the fierce dragon ~ of deep emotion
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