words give shape to you ~ while the sun clings to the hills ~ before letting go — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
words
Straying
paths deviating ~ from the highways of our words ~ lead to wonderings — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Afrika
Inner storms
on the surface still ~ your words roll like crashing waves ~ breaking over me — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
People of my words
by writing these words ~ people are turned into poems ~ each with a new breath — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa — Photo: Barcelona 2018/09
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
Balancing act
walking the tightrope ~ of oblique innuendo ~ and finely weighed words — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa — Photo: Stellenbosch 2016/11
Mason
dormant dimension ~ of words never verbalised ~ of thoughts unexpressed — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa — Scania 2019/08
Poetry
capturing our thoughts ~ words dancing across the page ~ before they take flight — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa — Photo: Malmö 2016/09
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
Splash
usually controlled ~ sometimes my words turn feral ~ my poetry wild — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
From my window: Lund, Sweden: August 2018
a double-ballet ~ of movement, words and music ~ city to city — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Near
I keep on drifting ~ in the echo of your words ~ sensing your presence — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
African child
i’ll give my last words ~ my last tears and my last pain ~ to lift your sorrow — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Ride
spinning away ~ in a roundabout of rare words ~ floating on thin air — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
African skies
lyric to my song ~ your words touching the blue notes ~ laying deep within — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
In vain
with our futile words ~ we write into the spaces ~ where our hearts should be — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Waterblommetjie
floating on the pond ~ the words that we cast adrift ~ like waterlilies — for lunarpoet © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Sweet nothings
it’s sweeter than sweet ~ words on the tip of my tongue ~ round deliciousness — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Scribbling
lettering away ~ at life’s pleasures and life’s pains ~ each word a reprise — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
True colour
I’m a little blue ~ I’m a little old-fashioned ~ I use words as glue — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Writer’s plight
when words are streaming ~ who are we to stop the flow? ~ someone listening? — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Apology
when you speak softly ~ I’m sorry for my silence ~ for my loss of words — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Words have wings
this our legacy ~ these written words never die ~ allow minds to fly — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Inspiration
I breathe you deeply ~ your words nourishing my being ~ then I let you go — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
I’ll listen
tell me about time ~ tell me something beautiful ~ tell me about stars — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Exposed
revealed in your words ~ tucked beneath that rough surface ~ there’s a tender soul — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Word wealth
today a treasure ~ pages filled with poetry ~ easy with a muse — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Opening
breaking the stillness ~ my thoughts shatter into words ~ some of which you catch — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Short-lived
our words drifting on ~ glittering wings in the wind ~ quickly forgotten — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Process
thoughts in all four winds ~ but you keep them together ~ until the words flow — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Fiction
thus we paint our words ~ on empty white canvases ~ creating new worlds — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Reflection
never intended ~ in the echo of my words ~ each one sees himself — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Wordless
with nothing to say ~ there are too many words to ~ say it all at once — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Collectively
you misread my words ~ whereas I trusted your tone ~ now we are both lost — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Silly me
I did not realise ~ the true meaning of your words ~ so I let you go — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Special
wary of people ~ preferring soft stones and words ~ yet you are welcome — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Lost cartographer’s road-map to friendship: 8/10
words meant for one ~ gain universal meaning ~ through our poetry — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Inside out
as emotions flow ~ in the warm lines of my words ~ I smile at the cold — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
The fit
treasuring these words ~ brightest diamonds in my hands ~ heartfelt reflections — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Modulation
draped across our words ~ covering the nuances ~ layers of silence — © 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
Soupçon
little bit of love ~ little bit of poetry ~ goes such a long way — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Wilderness
for once and for words ~ I am just a little lost ~ in my emotions — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Bulletin
words capturing me ~ with kind generosity ~ make me more than me — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Poetry
language of our hearts ~ captured by the flow of words ~ without restriction — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Cycle
on those prickly days ~ please forgive my sharpened stings ~ I’ll be soft again — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Wordless
a word that is lost ~ I am lost in all the words ~ my silence has wings — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Infill
my words remain few ~ only half-uttered ideas ~ you fill the spaces — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Treasure
valued gift of trust ~ a silent affirmation ~ when we need no words — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Medewete
to know together ~ with our shared understanding ~ of unspoken words — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Deafening
thunderously loud ~ words I never hear you say ~ captured in this place — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Book
the letters in me ~ spread in words over pages ~ reading out to you — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Entanglement
me in a head-spin ~ you in a bedlam of words ~ it is oh so clear
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Charmingly exposed
no hidden meaning ~ the best poems should simply ‘be’ ~ whisking us away — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
After the rain
subtle persuasion ~ in each softly spoken word ~ reaching for the sky — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Completely
these moments in time ~ these loose thoughts I share with you ~ they are all of me
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Pondered
all things considered ~ words are the doors to our minds ~ access to our thoughts — © Lize Bard 2 Haiku out of Africa
Flown
my words absconded ~ leaving silence in their wake ~ filling all the gaps
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In silence
amongst all the noise ~ hearts talk without uttering ~ even single words
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You said
“you never told me ~ that you loved me from day one” ~ but I did each day
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Your poetry
a slave to freedom ~ you tie my heart with your words ~ permitting airlift
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Layered
draped across our words
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covering the nuances
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layers of silence
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e-Poetry
our words reaching out ~ across the seven oceans ~ meeting in mid-air
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Dialect
always something new ~ as I read and read again ~ a body’s still words
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Ensnared
trapped within your words ~ I have nothing left to say ~ our silence prevails
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Golden intervals
undressing my mind ~ with your softly spoken words ~ and sharp intelligence
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Curator
I take those sweet words ~ and turn them into these poems ~ procured forever
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All is said
in simplicity ~ directness of expression ~ and intensity
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Appreciation
in your hands it grew ~ beyond what I imagined ~ it could ever be
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Along the path
these words come walking ~ no forcing no holding back ~ finding their own way
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Enclosed
the words we don’t speak ~ are captured in depictions ~ silently attached
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Never-ending
stories do not end ~ we simply stop telling them ~ when they come too close
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Like water
these thoughts are flowing ~ no pushing no holding back ~ finding their own way
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Skin
when you asked bluntly ~ what is it like to be white? ~ I was lost for words
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Vibrant
you speak in colours ~ I hear you in a rainbow ~ our imagined world
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Beautiful wilderness
a fine rain of words ~ precipitates the desert ~ of our wanderings
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Sugar & spice
the little girl said ~ I like you more than ice cream ~ and that said it all
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Too many words
fifty words for sand ~ one hundred words for white snow ~ how many for you?
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Silence
wandering through words
straying amongst all the noise
the wings of silence
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Wish you were here
it seems forgotten
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that you spoke it out loud that
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you wished you were here
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Shattered silence
breaking the stillness
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my thoughts shatter into words
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some of which you catch
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Vocabulary
there’s a tender soul
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tucked beneath your rough surface
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revealed in your words
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Sheltering words
thinking our own thoughts
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spinning our delicate webs
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words that hug our worlds
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Writing
words flow easily
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poetry flies from my hand
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melodies in thought
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/Kaggen
myths of origin
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age-old stories repeated
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the mantis whispers
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Come in
wary of people
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preferring soft stones and words
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yet you are welcome
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Lacking vocabulary
I,I,I,I,I
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mr Trump, accomplishment
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is not sacrifice
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Biting my tongue
my words often pitched
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on the cusp of making waves
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but then I rephrase
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‘L’
alliteration
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the letters laugh on the leaf
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then lie lazily
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Unrestricted
haiku of the soul
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captured by the flow of words
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without restriction
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Listening
with eyes wide shut
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words just drifting in the wind
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hear their history
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