cat and dog
settled near the hearth
fast asleep
Copyright 2024/01/15
Liz Bennefeld
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 497. CAT and Dog.
Mushroom Conversations
Reality and dreams collide
to fracture possibilities
burnt to ashes
drowned
dead again
until
tomorrow's bated breath
Copyright © Lizl Bennefeld, 2024-01-11.
All is well! | Ovi Poetry Challenge 27.
inspiration on the breezes
fickle as it pleases
the fading light appeases
the worries of the day
Copyright © Lizl Bennefeld, 2023-12-20.
#ronovanwrites
Twilight shore | Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 492.
a loon's song
distant echoes on the water
the moon's light
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 492.
Copyright 2023/12/12, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 489.
moment by moment days drift by memories remain
Copyright © 2o23-11-21. by lizl bennefeld
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 489. MOMENT and Today.
Ronovan Writes Challenges for the week
time's swift flight out of reach--immutable don't look back © 2o23/11/o8, lizl bennefeld Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 487. TIME and Flies.
I searched for your love among the stars above and the humble mourning dove Earth or heaven couldn't hide you © 2o23/11/o9, lizl bennefeld
Blogging break
Little to nothing during October 2023. Free time! Autumn chores before the snowfalls.
Rehearsal | Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 484.
tock...tick...tock in time footsteps click in unison moving with the beat
Copyright © 2023-10-17 by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 484. CLICK and Tock.
lost in time | Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 483.
unraveling sounds puzzling, faraway echoes lost deep in time
Copyright © 2023-10-09 by Lizl Bennefeld.
Rnovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 483. SOLVE and Stump.
Winter beckons
Lizl Bennefeld, Photographer
ice drops and wind gusts branches shed their crumbling leaves clothed in winter's snow
Copyright © 2023-10-08, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Encroaching shadows
recall winter's dark
branches scratch on the window
whisper to the winds
© Lizl Bennefeld, 2023/10/02.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 482. DARK and Mind.
Traveling Alone | Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 479
a well-worn knapsack shoe leather threatening holes a safe place to rest the journey of a lifetime that will never lead back home
[tanka.] copyright © 2o23/o9/12, by lizl bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 479. TRIP and Out.
Together | Ovi Poetry Challenge 12
footsteps on the garden walk lovers have no need to talk or heed the clock ... dreams can live forever
[ovi.] copyright © 2o23-o9-11, by lizl bennefeld.
Love never dies | Ovi Poetry Challenge 8
Along the roadside flowers grow, seeds scattered in a ragged row. Distant memories of love's glow will warm my heart forever.
Copyright © Lizl Bennefeld, 2o23-o8-o9.
On the road | Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 474
melting tar the summer's hot sun tire tracks
Copyright © lizl bennefeld, 2023-08-09
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 474 MELT and Summer.
Raindrops or Sunshine
weather's vagaries raindrops fall through thick black clouds but don't reach the ground © lizl bennefeld, 2o23-o8-o3 Inspired by RonovanWrites haiku challenge 473 of 31 July 2o23.
Nature’s palette | Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 472
ever-changing still life the sunset on the mountains painted with bold hues in night's darkness streaming stars play hide and seek with the lights
Copyright © Lizl Bennefeld, 2023/07/24.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 472 LIFE and Paint.
In Twilight | Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 471
dusk shifts into night fog ghosts slip through silent trees hiding from the dawn
Copyright © Lizl Bennefeld, 2023/07/18.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 471 GHOST and Heat.
Shade from the Sun | Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 470
walked uphill both ways | Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 469
fresh fruit tarts cinnamon and sugar warm our hands as we walked to school on a chilly day
Copyright © Lizl Bennefeld, 2023-07-04.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 469 SWEET and Tart.
“banana tarte” by belgianchocolate is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
The hum of worker bees | Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 468
No Night Without Stars | Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 467
with the help of friends, our hopes for tomorrow and the luck of the draw, we'll still see the rising sun and endless stars make their rounds
Copyright © 2023-06-19, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 467 LUCK and Hope.
Breakfast on the Breeze
the impertinence of crows laughing at the cat swiping the last sausages grabbing for the toast
[kouta.] Copyright © Lizl Bennefeld, 2023-06-15. All rights reserved. Borrowed Ronovan Writes Wednesday poetry prompt word: Freedom.
Sanctuary | Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 466
pebbled beach no trace of footprints safe from storms
Copyright © 2023-06-12, Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 466 BEACH and Storm.
Just a Peaceful Morning
light spills into the valley dew clings to the grass cattle at the riverbank wake up morning's birds
[kouta.] Copyright © lizl bennefeld, 2023-06-08. All rights reserved. Borrowed Ronovan Writes's Wednesday poetry prompt word: Valley.
tucked away | Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 465
blue sorrel flowers hiding in the summer grass a burst of color
Copyright © lizl bennefeld, 2023/06/05.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 465 POP and Blue.
No Endings | Ronovan Writes SIJO Wednesday Poetry Challenge #64.
There is completion in this time and space, but they and we will move on. We will always look for beginnings of forever, search for surely hidden paths. And at the end, may we find new beginnings with long-forgotten friends.
Copyright © Lizl Bennefeld, 2023-06-03.
Ronovan Writes SIJO Wednesday Poetry Challenge #64.
Use COMPLETION as your inspiration this week.
“Wooden boat” by grundkonzept. is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.
left behind | Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 463
a shovel and pail forgotten on the seashore childhood memories
Copyright © lizl bennefeld, 2023/05/23.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 463 CHILD and Grow.
Forest fires, again
short-lived flowers
starving birds and withered fruit
empty spiderwebsforests burned down to their roots
[senryu.] copyright © 2023-05-22, by liz bennefeld.
no bringing them back again
Year upon year, the forest-fire smoke comes from the west, angled north or south. Naught to do but watch the air quality numbers and sneak out in the lulls. Until the winds die down . . . or the trees are finally gone. The prairie fires go on.
Aerial Dance | Ronovan Writes SIJO Wednesday Poetry Challenge #62.
graceful eagles trace out broad spirals in the early morning silent duets, quartets, three pair of single-minded hunters float in a windy ballroom, a ballet in the vast blue sky
Copyright © lizl bennefeld, 2023-05-17.
Ronovan Writes SIJO Wednesday Poetry Challenge #62.
Use ART as your inspiration this week.
promise on the wind | Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 462
tattered sail an empty bucket smell of rain
Copyright © lizl bennefeld, 2023/05/15.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 462 PAIL and Sail.
Night Sky | Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 460
starlit sky mirrored in the lake the loon's cry
Copyright © 2023-05-01, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 460 LONE and Star.
And the rains will fall
a river of tears rolls down the face of the sky as endings begin
Copyright © Lizl Bennefeld, 2023-04-24.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt
#Challenge 459 RIVER and Rolls.
GloPoWriMo 2023 April 12
#RonovanWrites #Challenge 57
time to party, time to play,
time to turn and walk away
stillness in the early spring,
squirrels run on the wires above
robins flit from fence to branches—
in these moments, dreams are born
[Sijo.] Copyright © Lizl Bennefeld, 2023-04-12.
Ronovan Writes SIJO Wednesday Poetry Challenge #57. Use PLAY your inspiration this week..
GloPoWriMo 2023 April 11
#RonovanWrites #Challenge 457
late spring runoff the echoes of its dance steps through rocks and rills drown the air as they pass seeking silence in the sea
Copyright © 2023/04/11, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 457 PAUSE and Trek
GloPoWriMo 2023 April 10
as birds nap in shade songs whisper to the branches leaves dance on the breeze
Copyright © 2023/04/10, by Lizl Bennefeld.
GloPoWriMo 2023 April 7
outside of time the everlasting moment eternity
Copyright © 2023/04/09, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Image: NASA ID: GSFC_20171208_Archive_e000409
GloPoWriMo 2023 April 8
#RonovanWrites #Challenge 56
the first rays of sunlight decorate the distant mountains
closer, greening meadows are waking from their dreamless sleep
dewdrops cling to flower buds, stems, and promises of bees
[Sijo.] Copyright © Lizl Bennefeld, 2023-04-08.
Ronovan Writes SIJO Wednesday Poetry Challenge #56. Use FIRST your inspiration this week.
“Bee Pollinating Dollarjoint Prickly Pear; Opuntia chlorotica” by Joshua Tree National Park is marked with Public Domain Mark 1.0.
GloPoWriMo 2023 April 6
#RonovanWrites #Challenge 456
buried paths beyond the steel gates spring snowstorm
Copyright © 2023/04/06, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Image: “April Snow,” Lizl Bennefeld, Photographer. All rights reserved.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 456 GATE and Road.
GloPoWriMo 2023 April 5
on a moonlit night
rabbits play on fresh snowdrifts
pillow clouds float by
my dogs bark at the windows
but they are not seen or heard
Copyright © 2023/04/05, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Image: “The Moon on the Breast of the New-fallen Snow”
by CaptPiper is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0.
GloPoWriMo 2023 April 4
spring is in the air
two more feet of fresh snowfall
on the thawing ground
April showers and snow boots
sandbag dikes and flooded roads
Copyright © 2023/04/04, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Image: “USACE employees fill sandbags to prepare for flooding” by USACE HQ is marked with Public Domain Mark 1.0.
GloPoWriMo 2023 April 3
quickening winds thick snow coats the windows the hearth fire dims in my dreams, ever-shifting flowers perfume an endless spring
Copyright © 2023/04/03, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Photo Art by Lizl Bennefeld. All rights reserved.
GloPoWriMo 2023 April 2
the wind holds its breath bare branches dream of spring as snow begins to fall
Copyright © 2023/04/02, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Photographer: Lizl Bennefeld. All rights reserved.
GloPoWriMo 2023 April 1
soft sands on the shore glow warmly in the twilight... vanishing footprints
Copyright © 2023/04/01, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Hidden away | Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 455
shaded grotto hid behind thick climbing vines dreams of flowers
Copyright © 2023-03-27, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt
#Challenge 455 CAVE and Climb
Reliable | Ronovan Writes SIJO Wednesday Poetry Challenge #54.
Good news arrives too late, while bad news leaves no time to react. Hearsay carries heavy loads— promises are sterling silver. True and false are points of view. I am me, and you are you.
[Sijo.] Copyright © 2023-03-25,
by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes SIJO Wednesday Poetry Challenge #54. Use RELIABLE as your inspiration this week.
Winter Fruit | Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 454
holly berries, bright red against the winter snow ... the late-fallen leaves
copyright © 2023-03-20, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Berries and Snow on Bush on Green, Prince George Avenue, London N14 by Christine Matthews is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.0.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt
#Challenge 454 BERRIES and Winter.
Neither this nor that | Ronovan Writes Sijo Wednesday Poetry Challenge #53
seeking satisfaction among the sounds of other voices each looking, asking, praying for what they never find buried in hopelessness and dreams, paths to true joy are lost
Copyright © Lizl Bennefeld. 2023-03-16.
Ronovan Writes SIJO Wednesday Poetry Challenge #53. Use CONTENTMENT as your inspiration this week.
Someday… | Ronovan Writes Sijo Wednesday Poetry Challenge #51
is licensed under CC-CC0 1.0
the stillness of the pond at midday
small clouds float above
sunbeams play at hide-and-seek
with fish among the lily pads
calm waters and gentle winds—
hopeful thoughts and dreams of peace
Copyright © Lizl Bennefeld. 2023-03-01.
Ronovan Writes SIJO Wednesday Poetry Challenge #51.
Use PATIENCE as your inspiration this week..
Time off | Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 451
shrugging off burdens while away stolen hours dreaming cherished dreams
Copyright © 2023-02-27, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 451 SHRUG and Weight.
Quilted Poetry 