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5-7-5

laying my thoughts in ~ ancient Japanese rhythms ~ of simplicity —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Puzzle

pebbles on the beach ~ pieces of the universe ~ fragments of always —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Just sitting

at the waterside ~ somewhere in a different town ~ we sit with our dreams —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Just sitting

I sit in the dark ~ listening to raindrops ~ it’s a happy sound —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Essence

painted with these words ~ personal complexities ~ in the simplest terms —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Minimal

simplicity is ~ the hardest thing to achieve ~ easiest to lose — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Centred

I have touched the world ~ I have travelled far and wide ~ wandering within — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Inspiration

then it came to me ~ while sitting on a park bench ~ wishing you were there — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Simply be

ssshhh don’t speak or think ~ don’t do anything but be ~ absolutely still — © 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

True beauty

the wonder remains ~ it’s mindbogglingly simple ~ and it’s nothing more — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Sense

the understanding ~ that everything is nothing ~ the key to it all — 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

Seeing

to perceive something ~ so stunningly beautiful ~ so effortlessly — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Be the moment

smell the apricot ~ taste the soft flesh of a peach ~ pick a blood red rose — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Eternity

an idea bursts forth ~ it flowers, grows, bears fruit and ~ then there is nothing — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Simplicity

simple is easy ~ lo live it sometimes difficult ~ time is all it takes

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Change

waves roll timelessly ~ thoughts of simplicity flow ~ nothing permanent

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Equilibrium

to find balance ~ between closeness and distance ~ such a subtle thing

Mundane

in our daily grind ~ we so often miss to see ~ the beauty of things

everything

all that matters is ~ the moment we live in ~ pasts and futures lost

Endless

it has no real past ~ this remarkable journey ~ which has no future

Passage

this is our journey ~ captured in these syllables ~ of simplicity

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Disappearing act

when I disappear ~ in the softness of the stones ~ harmonies unfold

Mentor

t’was you who taught me ~ to pause and take a deep breath ~ to dance in the rain

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Right now

there’s nothing to do ~ but to dream in the moment ~ let tomorrow be

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In the moment

catch a cloud today ~ tomorrow’s not guaranteed ~ yesterday is gone

Penning

as I pen my thoughts ~ the world carries on and on ~ with me slowing down

Haiku wonder

the wonder remains ~ that it is mindboggling simple ~ and it’s nothing more

Repose

after years walking ~ the traveller takes a seat ~ and looks at the moon

Easy

we are effortless ~ we drift and play on the wind ~ then we find silence

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Pace

I want to slow down ~ I want to have some more time ~ to count my words

At the core

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

The search

time always moving ~ the seasons passing with speed ~ find simplicity

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