now I think about ~ the conversations we had ~ about life and death —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
memories
Yarn
a lost long-ago ~ discovered by accident ~ a lovely surprise —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Recall
down in the cellar ~ finding yesterday’s secrets ~ bringing them to light —© 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
Time
wandering through lanes ~ of green springtime memories ~ and of days gone by —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Pottering
always returning ~ our abandoned memories ~ of shattered moments —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Passage
lost-love requiem ~ a choir of memories ~ slowly vanishing —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
What?
was it a feather ~ was it the wind from afar ~ that brought you to mind? —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Paths
in quiet ruins ~ of forgotten memories ~ we collect our lives —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Gift
fragrant red roses ~ in the middle of winter ~ bring warm memories — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Looking down
my feet remind me ~ of the places I have been ~ of my father’s stance — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Places
leaving our fragments ~ in kitchens and green backyards ~ in our words and thoughts — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Elusive
subtle as it was ~ I remember the perfume ~ that was only you — ©
Ode
an African voice ~ sings the song that you so loved ~ thirty years later — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
En route
you wander my way ~ life a solitary path ~ strewn with memories — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa05
Recollection
when I remember ~ still days filled with sun and wind ~ I find a soft smile — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa — Photo: Malmö 2016/09
Pink stones
living for today ~ cherishing our yesterdays ~ dreaming tomorrows — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa — Photo: Upington 2016/11
Hydra, Greece: June 2017
on our absent walks ~ we share our still memories ~ finding back to us — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
This spring
behind autumns past ~ I still remember your eyes ~ finding mine surprised — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Breathed
a whispered secret ~ lies between these rocks ~ in a moment shared — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Capturing time
late into the night ~ I write about the senses ~ brought by yesterday — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Recollection
message from the north ~ “Sunrise over frozen lake” ~ brought a morning smile — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Still falling
still in my mind’s eye ~ a festival of colours ~ from our last autumn — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Valued
they’re the most treasured ~ those moments unintended ~ that last forever — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Preserved
the stories we live ~ captured in a poet’s words ~ outlasting us all — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Yesteryear
yesterday I found ~ your letter in a shoebox ~ and they brought a smile — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Fleeting
this a perfect day ~ will soon splinter on the wind ~ of our memories — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Gasp
then I see your eyes ~ finding mine across the room ~ how could I forget? — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Spore
it’s just a moment ~ it’s just a vague memory ~ it lasts a lifetime — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Footsteps
I stand in wonder ~ when you share your world with me ~ in bits and pieces — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Short-lived
our words drifting on ~ glittering wings in the wind ~ quickly forgotten — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Looking back
when I see it now ~ orchestras play in my mind ~ complex symphonies — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Apartheid architecture
symbolic arches ~ repetition of our sins ~ memories in stone — © 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
Mere memory
recalling spring nights ~ jasmine-fragranced memories ~ a long-lost love — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Evoked
the scars in the dust ~ of a body forgotten ~ when I feel your weight — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Dawdle
in our quietude ~ we let the world rush by us ~ making moments last — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Precious
life is made of this ~ simple moments together ~ spent in idleness — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Fantasy
I bend the moments ~ but they simply will not fit ~ into a real world — © 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
Appreciated
under the night sky ~ you reveal small anecdotes ~ of summers gone by — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Collective memory
those golden moments ~ engraved in our memories ~ as we walk our trails — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Snapshots
take them day by day ~ these thoughts and memories ~ summarising life — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Pavements
there’s just a moment ~ shared between the two of us ~ and there’s nothing more — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Adrift
my mind was afloat ~ on many shared memories ~ and now I’m stranded — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Stolen
our day of sharing ~ warm like the stones in my hand ~ softly drifts away — 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
Keep wandering
let’s travel often ~ to brand-new destinations ~ to keep in our minds — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Forgotten
an experience ~ with time becomes fantasy ~ imagination — Lize Bard © Haiku out of Africa
Tucked
tucking our moments ~ in the pocket of my heart ~ safely stowed away — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Moments
the tone of a voice ~ a glance, a fleeting affect ~ sharing a soft space — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Recollections
those soft moments shared ~ stay with us as we’re roaming ~ into new spaces
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Completely
these moments in time ~ these loose thoughts I share with you ~ they are all of me
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A reminder
the wind on my face ~ reminder of your soft touch ~ a still moment shared — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Forgotten
I cannot recall ~ how many dreams I have dreamt ~ living life awake — © Luze Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Reprise
I keep on drifting ~ in the echo of your words ~ sensing your presence
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Timewarn
you no longer shine ~ your energy has been drained ~ I miss who you were
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Symphony
images converge ~ as I retrieve a moment ~ that was so unique
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Intensity
leaning into us ~ with these moments of softness ~ there is so much strength
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Highlands
I still remember ~ a night in the dark mountains ~ just sitting, listening
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Sculpted
crafting our moments ~ making them last forever ~ this one fleeting day
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After all these years
I miss your kind eyes ~ when I water your garden ~ and see your trees grow
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Hourglass
sand sifts the moments ~ as they slip into the past ~ captured in these words
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This day
this a perfect day ~ will soon splinter on the wind ~ of our memories
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Souveniers
so many places ~ what I have gained travelling? ~ sketches in my mind
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Disremembered
words are drifting on ~ glittering wings in the wind ~ quickly forgotten
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Share with me
spare a moment please ~ for sharing a memory ~ in my rhymless poems
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The young ones
then our hearts were high ~ sweet as the hummm of the bees ~ in those youthful years
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Swallows
she has warmed his heart ~ for the briefest of moments ~ and he has touched hers
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Museum of Modern Art: Stockholm September 2017
sharing memories ~ as we walk the galleries ~ that capture our souls
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Reflecting
these days of onyx ~ these days of ruminating ~ about what was lost
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Potter’s wheel
always returning ~ our abandoned memories ~ of shattered moments
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Memories
so many people ~ each one captured in a poem ~ each an emotion
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I wonder
was it a feather ~ was it the wind from afar ~ that brought you to mind?
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Colourful moments
they live forever ~ captured in paintings and dreams ~ cradled in my mind
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Heat
fragrant red roses ~ in the middle of winter ~ bring warm memories
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Memories
thoughts like driftwood ~ softly rolling through my mind ~ tonight I am still
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In memory of a murdered child: Colighny South Africa April 2017
it was just last week ~ I too picked a sunflower ~ yet I got to live
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Silent seperation
a grey rainy day ~ after all, the still divide ~ broken memories
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Flash back
my feet remind me ~ of the places I have been ~ of my father’s stance
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Adrift
my mind is afloat ~ on many shared memories ~ I am stranded
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Balm
subtle as it was ~ I remember the perfume ~ that was only you
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