stillness

Recall

sometimes I forget ~ that I’m waiting in the night ~ for my own stillness — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Right here

in this quiet place ~ in a corner of our hearts ~ poetry is born — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Listen

those deaf to silence ~ will not understand the words ~ born from our silence — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa — Photo: Namibia 2017/01

Devoted

not wasting our words ~ on the silences we share ~ doting on stillness — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa — Photo: Scania 2018/08

Arousing

we’re stirring awake ~ waters that used to be still ~ from furthest oceans — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Betty’s Bay, South Africa; July 2018

these are our mind-songs ~ music that moves us to stillness ~ in a world of noise — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Sheltered

in still seclusion ~ you whisper my favourite songs ~ perfect melodies — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Warren

I stumble into ~ the labyrinths of silence ~ finding my way home — © 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

Aura

your presence is felt ~ you’re the one who makes no sound ~ but who fills the room — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Noiseless

when love is silent ~ every nuance can be heard ~ every colour felt — © 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

Musing

in your reverie ~ hands mimicking the stillness ~ that I find in you — © 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

Clarity

if we could only ~ grasp the essence of stillness ~ all will be clear — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Insight

still depths of my soul ~ seldom shared outside these texts ~ in rare gifts of trust — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Tranquility

as our aftermath ~ a soft calmness settles in ~ it is still again — © 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

Being heard

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

Good morning!

I see you coming ~ across the quiet waters ~ of a brand new day — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Soaring

in the cloudy sky ~ through the mountains around us ~ hear how silence flies — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Inside

his stillness hides storms ~ seas of swirling emotion ~ his inner being — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

A reminder

the wind on my face ~ reminder of your soft touch ~ a still moment shared — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Painting

so still your body ~ curled loosely into a dream ~ smiling in your sleep

@ Haiku out of Africa

Touched

then you touch my soul ~ to the core of who I am ~ unknowingly still

The angler

still and focused ~ angler standing on the beach ~ around him a storm

@ Haiku out of Africa

In silence

amongst all the noise ~ hearts talk without uttering ~ even single words

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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

Taking flight

travelling again ~ a soul that’s never resting ~ yet it is so still — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Tacit

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

@ Haiku out of Africa

Twilight

when this bright blue day ~ dips into the twilight hour ~ I miss your stillness

Found

the heart comes to rest ~ and stillness settles in ~ the search is over

@ Haiku out of Africa

Reading poetry

when the day gets quiet
–
my soul can start breathing in
–
the air of your thoughts

Sheltered

this is where I hide ~ in the stillness of your touch ~ the depth of your eyes

@ Haiku out of Africa

At peace

blue mountains folding ~ their peacefulness around us ~ breathing in stillness

Different

look from the outside ~ each making their own music ~ only one is still

@ Haiku out of Africa

Articulate

there is so much noise ~ therefore we become ~ fluent in silence

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Cinders

sometimes beauty comes ~ from the ashes of our hurt ~ to heal what’s broken

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It is here

the place in my mind ~ where I find a wild stillness ~ filled with your beauty

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Reading Haiku

my words remain few ~ only half-uttered ideas ~ you fill the spaces

Soundless space

planets are spinning ~ the sun our eternal core ~ everything so still

By chance

without intention ~ my soul found its resting place ~ leaving me stranded

©Lize Bard

Silent harmony

I love our silence ~ the easy stillness we share ~ brings such harmony

Night sounds

through the night’s stillness ~ raw emotion in his voice ~ tugging at my heart

Beneath the surface

on the surface still ~ your words roll like crashing waves ~ breaking over me

Here

my nomadic soul ~ has found its foothold just here ~ a still resting place

Listen

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

Reverberation

it is still again ~ a soft calmness settles in ~ as our aftermath

Hush

not wasting our words ~ on the silences we share ~ doting on stillness

Tone

I can’t stop hearing ~ the stillness in your voice ~ a heart’s melody

At the core

if we could only ~ grasp the essence of stillness ~ all will become clear

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