can we press reset ~ can we rewind to before ~ can we start again? —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
time
Marching on
days falling swiftly ~ thoughts gradually spiraling ~ just time at our feet —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Rush
we have too few hours ~ there’s always too little time ~ seconds run away —© 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
Hourglass
so many grains ~ with a pebble in my hand ~ each a universe —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Travellers
I ask you the time ~ you respond that no one knows ~ that we’re walking blind —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Time
little by little ~ they started drifting apart ~ as simple as that — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
As time goes by
then you were my world ~ now you’re just a random thought ~ catching me off guard —© 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
Infill
as silences play ~ around the pebbles of time ~ we fall in the gaps — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa — Photo: Pretoria 2015/12
On the precipice
caught in a child’s art ~ deep thoughts through time and space ~ of life and of death —©
Transitory
catch a cloud today ~ tomorrow’s not guaranteed ~ yesterday is gone — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Too brief
time flies like a gull ~ when we travel seven seas ~ and the oceans too — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Enthralled
wandering spellbound ~ amongst the arches of the past ~ and cobblestone streets — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Valued
they’re the most treasured ~ those moments unintended ~ that last forever — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Layered journey
as I walk with you ~ through the layers of times past ~ our world is perfect — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Aging
revealed in ripeness ~ the mechanism of time ~ which no one escapes — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Effigy
yes here be dragons ~ in the dark places of old ~ slain one by one — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Timeless
it has no real past ~ this remarkable journey ~ which has no future — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Extra
another day spent ~ simply walking side by side ~ through life’s mysteries — © 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
This moment
catch a cloud today ~ tomorrow’s not guaranteed ~ yesterday is gone — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Resting
mercurial thought ~ floating through the mists of time ~ in my slow slumber — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Entangled
knotted ropes of time ~ weave endlessly through our lives ~ reconnecting ties — © 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
The dance
in our slow tango ~ we step and pace and embrace ~ until it’s too late — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Here
with you I can rest ~ breathe for just a little while ~ finding to myself — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
These rocks
they found each other ~ and have been here ever since ~ needing nothing more — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Riemvasmaak
time was standing still ~ for just a single moment ~ and then you were gone — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Understood
wandering through time ~ forever looking for me ~ something you have found — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Glee
our human laughter ~ rings across the centuries ~ may it ring for more — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Cybertime
almost together ~ virtually sharing lives ~ but never quite so — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Unique
nowhere in the world ~ nowhere in the folds of time ~ is a space like you — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Hands
looking at your hands ~ they are rough from years of work ~ yearning for a touch — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa0
Mannequin
beauty is captured ~ in your eyes of yesterday ~ your tomorrow smiles — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
With time
as we live our lives ~ we all deteriorate ~ find rustic splendour — © 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
Fleeting
with too little time ~ for the grey to penetrate ~ I leave you behind — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
If . . .
if I could craft time ~ to spend a moment with you ~ I will let it go — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Tick-tock
the clock ticks away ~ the minutes forever lost ~ welcome to earth — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
On request
a little more time ~ to find a way through each day ~ not too much to ask — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Dust
nothing forever ~ on a day the stars will fall ~ all of us to dust — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Time
a frog just sitting ~ I would like to mimic it ~ need to make some time — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Sun-downer
tired but content ~ sun softly touching my face ~ the day was well-spent — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Lost friend
somewhere in the world ~ somewhere in the folds of time ~ we will meet again — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Safeguard
bring balance bring time ~ protect me like a mantle ~ from a midnight lie — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Ethnographies
it is locked inside ~ the knowledge of centuries ~ in dust on their feet — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Meditations
our splintering thoughts ~ each a crystal clear window ~ through which time reflects — 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
Simply the best
Completely
these moments in time ~ these loose thoughts I share with you ~ they are all of me
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Noticed
I recognised you ~ as you came through lost cities ~ our table was set
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Change
waves roll timelessly ~ thoughts of simplicity flow ~ nothing permanent
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Timewarn
you no longer shine ~ your energy has been drained ~ I miss who you were
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Limited access
today I let you ~ into my secret garden ~ for a little while
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Travellers
as I walk with you ~ through the layers of times past ~ my world is perfect
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everything
all that matters is ~ the moment we live in ~ pasts and futures lost
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Sculpted
crafting our moments ~ making them last forever ~ this one fleeting day
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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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Time
if I could craft time ~ to spend a moment with you ~ I will let it go
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Word economy
in just a moment ~ the economy of words ~ captures it all
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Golden intervals
undressing my mind ~ with your softly spoken words ~ and sharp intelligence
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Culmination
now summer is gone ~ and we live our autumn years ~ sharing these moments
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Share with me
spare a moment please ~ for sharing a memory ~ in my rhymless poems
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Right now
there’s nothing to do ~ but to dream in the moment ~ let tomorrow be
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Network
a flickering maze ~ journeying our destinies ~ labyrinth of time
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Windows of opportunity
a rare unique chance ~ a single moment to grasp ~ then it slips away
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Curator
I take those sweet words ~ and turn them into these poems ~ procured forever
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Timeless
pebbles on the beach ~ pieces of the universe ~ fragments of always
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Time out
I walk in the veld ~ a butterfly follows me ~ all is left behind
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Pace
I want to slow down ~ I want to have some more time ~ to count my words
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In the moment
dancing tomorrows ~ in our dreams of yesterday ~ all we need today
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Time waits for no one
the clock ticks away ~ the minutes forever lost ~ welcome to earth
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Your space
nowhere in the world ~ nowhere in the folds of time ~ is a space like you
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Soundless space
planets are spinning ~ the sun our eternal core ~ everything so still
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Conversation
when we find ourselves ~ tied in such a pleasing way ~ time no longer weighs
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Windows in time
our splintering thoughts ~ each a crystal clear window ~ through which time reflects
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