clouds over Malmö ~ in the pale blue morning sun ~ a seagull’s silent flight —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Sweden
From my window: Malmö 09/2018
even when perfect ~ sometimes we have to let go ~ to keep the world whole —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
From distant shores
on Visby’s beach ~ gathering five pebbles ~ home to Africa —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
A Swedish tale
lost in a child’s heart ~ there’s flowers on a sausage ~ sparkles on the moon —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Van Gogh alive: Kalmar, Sweden, September 2019
if this is madness ~ I do not need to be sane ~ just deeply alive —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Last year
winter’s warming scent ~ of cinnamon and spice bakes ~ and of smiling eyes —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
From my window: Uppsala, Sweden, May 2019
you tell me of home ~ I share with you my hindsight ~ and our paths diverge —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Northwards: Kalmar, Sweden; September 2016
wandering the globe ~ simply loving life’s pathways ~ needing nothing more — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Hallsbergsträdgård: Scania, Sweden; August 2018
we travel to space ~ and a moss-green waterfall ~ ephemeral time — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa — Photo: Scania 2018/08
Manifest
inescapable ~ the way kindness interlocks ~ the way creatures bond — © Haiku out of Africa — Photo: Lund 2018/08
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
From my window: Lund, Sweden: August 2018
a double-ballet ~ of movement, words and music ~ city to city — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
From my window: Malmö, Sweden; August 2018
the cool autumn wind ~ brings a soft melancholy ~ of summer goodbyes — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Cold
you look at my days ~ through the windows of winter ~ seeing summer sun — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Story telling
the beauty of words ~ paints bright pictures in our minds ~ with lasting effect — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Northern winter: Malmö, Sweden; December 2017
the days a mere blush ~ enveloped in the darkness ~ of these winter nights — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Lucia night
in the pouring rain ~ children’s voices like angels ~ for a hundred years — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
From my window: Malmö, Sweden; December 2017
distance and nearness ~ in the deep December rain ~ of this northern land — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Stockholm: Sweden, September 2017
distant bells ringing ~ cold wind pages through the leaves ~ winter’s heralding
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Affluence
so much art afloat ~ even toddlers are queuing ~ for new exhibits
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Malmö sunrise, Sweden: September 2017
on this new morning ~ the softest sunrise for you ~ consumed by the sea
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Malmö from my window; Sweden, September 2017
it is beautiful ~ the geometry of life ~ that keeps us dreaming
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Autumn in Lund: Sweden, September 2017
on a dreary day ~ hiding from the pouring rain ~ amongst fallen leaves
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From a Stockholm roof terrace: Sweden, September 2017
far away from home ~ balmy autumn afternoon ~ sun and thunderclouds
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Landskrona, Sweden: September 2017
the softest ocean ~ surrounds a grey rainy day ~ envelopes shared thoughts
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Indulgent
when I remember ~ still days filled with sun and wind ~ I find a soft smile
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Running trains
message from the north
“Sunrise over frozen lake”
brought a morning smile
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Northern light
then it dawned on me
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that an essence is revealed
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in light and lightness
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Early autumn in Kalmar, Sweden: September 2016
an autumn whisper
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in sunshine on a cool breeze
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the first leaves come down
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From my window: Limhamn, Sweden August 2016
it was the softness
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that caught me off guard again
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in this northern land
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Uppsala: August 2014
tall verdigris spires
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set against the dark grey clouds
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Uppsala Sunday
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Limhamn beach: August 2015
clouds across the bay
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Denmark hidden from our sight
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my feet in soft sand
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From Scanian shores: August 2015
a handful of stones
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flown across the continents
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is all that remains
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Ales stenar: August 2015
standing in the wind
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amongst Swedish megaliths
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a deep sense of place
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Racist ignorance
‘race’ lives in our minds
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in science we are all one
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Homo sapiens
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Wisdom required
masked men beating boys
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first-world immaturity
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in a complex world
Malmö: August 2015
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