listen

Challenge

when I dare listen ~ the silence echoes a name ~ that I’ve yet to learn — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Self-absorbed

we don’t hear your drum ~ it’s beating for you only ~ a lonely rhythm — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa — Photo: Barcelona 2018/09

Wind

absolutely still ~ gazing at the horizon ~ I hear you calling — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa — Photo: Karoo 2018/04

Learning

at firs I was deaf ~ please whisper my name once more ~ so that I may hear — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Groundswell

last night I just sat ~ listening to the waves break ~ wishing you were here — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

White noise

I don’t understand ~ what it is you want to say ~ but I will listen — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Sound swept

they sweep through our minds ~ these melodies of the past ~ wish that all could hear — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Visceral

the raw emotion ~ that’s reflected in your voice ~ contradicts your words — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Hearing you

I am listening ~ when you say nothing at all ~ everything is heard — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Writer’s plight

when words are streaming ~ who are we to stop the flow? ~ someone listening? — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

I’ll listen

tell me about time ~ tell me something beautiful ~ tell me about stars — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Motionless

are you listening ~ when I softly call your name ~ in the night’s stillness? — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Mellifluously

learning to whisper ~ even when I want to shout ~ only then I’m heard — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Touched

whispering my name ~ under African moonlight ~ takes my breath away — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Twigged

you kept listening ~ to all that I did not say ~ then you understood — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Murmur

softly rumbling stones ~ your voice flows like a river ~ listening to you — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Reason

your voice soothes my soul ~ silences my inner storms ~ calming restless waves — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Observation

we hear with our eyes ~ all the sounds never uttered ~ in the brightest hues — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Being heard

listen carefully ~ inside the heart of silence ~ each person is found — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Libretti

listen to my song ~ making music with my words ~ my soul’s instrument — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Enfolded

wrapped within your voice ~ I slip into a daydream ~ where I’m safely lost

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Never-ending song

I can’t stop hearing ~ the vast stillness in your voice ~ a heart’s melody — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Highlands

I still remember ~ a night in the dark mountains ~ just sitting, listening

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Tacit

those unspoken thoughts ~ I can hear them most clearly ~ when there is silence

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All you say

I am listening ~ when you say nothing at all ~ I hear everything

Paradox

the raw emotion ~ that’s reflected in your voice ~ contradicts your words

I hear you

I listen to you ~ the depth of your pain and joy ~ holding you so dear

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Hearing you

so little to say ~ but so much to listen to ~ our best dynamic

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Tears of joy

hundred violins ~ a thousand voices singing ~ tears roll down her face

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Be still

ssshhh don’t speak or think ~ don’t do anything but be ~ absolutely still

Whale song

haunting melody ~ when we sing through the oceans ~ our eternal song

Unspoken

you kept listening ~ to all that I did not say ~ then you understood

Sad

I did not realise ~ the true meaning of your words ~ so I let you go

Happy tears

I sit in the dark ~ listening to the raindrops ~ it’s a happy sound

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Nightshade

see in black and white ~ the beauty of shapes and sounds ~ moving in the night

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Comprehension

could not understand ~ then I found the formula ~ of just listening

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Hearing eyes

the sound of your eyes ~ resonates in the ocean ~ colouring your touch

©Lize Bard

Voices

the daisies whisper ~ why are we still listening ~ to the wind and the sun?

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Painter

I lose myself in ~ the blue landscape of your voice ~ painting me like snow

©Lizr Bard

Moondance II

sun on the water ~ yellow finch sings in the reeds ~ we dance on the moon

Listen

listen carefully ~ inside the heart of stillness ~ each person is found

White noise

I don’t understand ~ what it is you want to say ~ but I will listen

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