I can shed my tears ~ I can laugh against your chest ~ fall into your strength — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
laughter
Township humour
women’s soft laughter ~ coming from the village well ~ where their men are shared — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
All in a day
story of our lives ~ tragedy and comedy ~ so we laugh and cry — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Glee
our human laughter ~ rings across the centuries ~ may it ring for more — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Comicality
life is a mocker ~ laughing at our dire efforts ~ best to laugh along — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
‘L’
alliteration ~ the letters laugh on the leaf ~ then lie lazily — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Composed
so peaceful your voice ~ I only know your laughter ~ not your other face — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Pleated
the smiling wrinkles ~ at the corners of your eyes ~ each a memory — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa