will you pick a star ~ out of the deep-blue night sky ~ and give it my name? —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
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Recall
sometimes I forget ~ that I’m waiting in the night ~ for my own stillness — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Nightfall
the evening peels ~ away bright colours of day ~ sleep is in blue-grey — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Drifting away
with eyes lightly shut ~ feel the caress of of silence ~ in the deepest night — © 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
Spell
water like velvet ~ your voice on a cloudless night ~ flying in moonlight — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Leaping
when asleep at night ~ we return to innocence ~ and a fearless love — © 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
Capturing time
late into the night ~ I write about the senses ~ brought by yesterday — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Shaded
a tinge of sadness ~ in the echo of your song ~ drifting through the night — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Multiplicity
many shades of night ~ pass in my rear-view mirror ~ as I drive away — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Plummet
a bright sickle moon ~ plunges into the tall grass ~ leaving full darkness — © 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
Black velvet
the night’s deep stillness ~ broken with the emotion ~ revealed in your voice — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
For Vincent
starry starry night ~ captured in your wild brushstrokes ~ still enchanting us — © 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
Mere memory
recalling spring nights ~ jasmine-fragranced memories ~ a long-lost love — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Another rock
the yellow moon globe ~ reclining on its lazy back ~ marking our slow night — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Still music
a silence that sings ~ like reeds in an autumn wind ~ crickets in the night — © Haiku out of Africa
Spiraling
in the dark of night ~ a voice wraps around my mind ~ then it slips away — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Pervasion
you let me tumble ~ into the depths of your mind ~ on a moonless night — © 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
Pull
tugging at heartstrings ~ raw emotion in a voice ~ through the night’s stillness — © 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
When you sing
in broken silence ~ the night takes its own wild course ~ in unforeseen dreams — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Tethered
last night you untied ~ all I kept wrapped up in me ~ knotting it to you — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Beacon
in the still lighthouse ~ where I find strong protection ~ from a stormy night
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Summer nights
a warm, still, dark night ~ a nightjar at the window ~ dreams are being born — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Danger
moths around the flame ~ they play with fire tonight ~ only wax remains
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Anticipation
I waited for it ~ through the heat of southern nights ~ and dragonfly sighs
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Messengers
my mind is in circles ~ around midnight messages ~ I don’t understand
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Nightshade
see in black and white ~ the beauty of shapes and sounds ~ moving in the night
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When I’m gone
will you pick a star ~ out of the deep-blue night sky ~ and give it my name?
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@ Haiku out of Africa
Sprinkled
night-time fireflies ~ scatter in all directions ~ leading me astray
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Haiku out of Africa 