forgetting to tell ~ about this moment of breath ~ that brought us to mind —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
painting
Composition
still hearing them play ~ symphonies of quiet nights ~ in this company —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Hangups
the colours of our lives ~ our ideas of right and wrong ~ guide us day by day —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Aspirations
legends remind us ~ of firebirds and rainbirds ~ of who we could be —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Appreciation
an empty canvas ~ intensity of silence ~ this journey of ours —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Canvas
touching you softly ~ your back a strummed instrument ~ ready for release — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Vergangklik
our words become dust ~ in which we finger-paint thoughts ~ to be wiped away — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa — Photo: Stellenbosch 2016/11
Sense-appeal
painting rich colours ~ with the warmth in your voice ~ beguiling my mind — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa — Photo: Stellenbosch 2016/11
Consistency
always on my mind ~ painting you in these words ~ colour by texture — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
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An art
a silent painter ~ captures each subtle nuance ~ in a quick brushstroke — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Picasso detail: Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, September 2017
my colours call out ~ my painting a silent poem ~ when I’ve no words left
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@ Haiku out of Africa
When we write
thus we paint our words ~ on empty white canvases ~ creating new worlds
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Covered
you paint with colours ~ on my vacant white canvas ~ creating such joy
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@ Haiku out of Africa
1001 Haiku
I paint with my words ~ the thoughts of a thousand nights ~ and another one
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Painter
I lose myself in ~ the blue landscape of your voice ~ painting me like snow
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