Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 418 KIND and Vivid
Category: nature
Big and Little Bears | Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 414
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #HaIku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 414: Guide and Slip.
dusk slips into night as northern guide stars appear to point the way home
Copyright © 2022-06-17, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ursa Major and Ursa Minor mean, in English, big bear and little bear.
Ripe for planting | #Ronovan Writes Haiku Challenge 411
scents tell animals when fruit is ripe for eating... so its seeds are spread
Copyright © 2022-05-26, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 411 FRUIT and Ripe.
Woodlands | Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 408
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 408 LEAF and Tote.
tiny ants carry the earth's wealth leaves and seeds
© 2022-05-03, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Photo by Skyler Ewing from Pexels
Tours to the past | Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 407
is marked with CC PDM 1.0.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 407
high desert footpaths
wend their way through cragged canyons
and Joshua trees
massive boulders and arches
old gold mines and dreams
© 2022-04-27, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Photos by Liz Bennefeld.
Late spring | Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 406
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 406
years race by bringing zest to life... memories © 2022-04-20, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Photos by Liz Bennefeld.
Cold and Clear | Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 405
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 405 Bare & Fruit
bare branches still hold last year's fruit... spring's warm rain © 2022-04-11, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Photos by Liz Bennefeld.
Etched in sand | Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 404
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 404 Eyes and Sand
moonlight on the waves
as far as my eyes can see
pebbles on the shore
I still hear you whispering
that you someday will return
copyright © 2022-04-04, by lizl bennefeld
Photo by Giuseppe Famiani on Unsplash
Synonym: pebbles = sand.
Waiting | Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 403
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 403 TOWER and Watch
watching ocean waves
from atop the lighthouse tower—
softly on the rocks
make the windows watertight
firm against late autumn storms
copyright © 2022-03-28, by lizl bennefeld
“Lighthouse And Storm (Explored)” by jarr1520 is marked with CC BY-NC 2.0. (Not modified.)
The haiku form (Impending Storm) can be found on my blog, Quietude and Tea.
March on
Ancient Lore #RonovanWrites #Challenge #haiku 398
never seen dragons live forever — magic beings
Copyright © Lizl Bennefeld, 2022-2-22.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 398 DRAGON and Magic.
Rocks and Spider Webs #RonovanWrites #Haiku Challenge 395
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 395 CRUST and Scar.
limestone scars
thrust up through Earth's crust
white pavement
abrasions by glaciers
where spiders string their webs
[tanka.] Copyright © 2022-01-31, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Reference: “The Limestone Pavements of Orton Fells”, by Kaushik Patowary, The Amusing Planet, 10 April 2015.
Image: “NCA 17 Orton Fells – Great Asby Scar NNR” by naturalengland is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
Winter’s Masks #RonovanWrites #Haiku Challenge 394
vast winter landscape
the blinding glare of the sun
snow goggles or masks
[senryu.] Copyright © 2022-01-24, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Photo by Daniel Lincoln on UnsplashRonovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 394 GLARE and Mask.
Slurpee waves | Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 390
winter surfboard rides on the ocean's slushy crests blending season joys
Copyright © 2021-12-28, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 390 BLEND and Slush.
The inspiration for the haiku comes from Nantucket’s Waves Are Turning to Slush in Extreme Cold by Zain Haidar (February 27, 2015 on The Weather Channel).
Still as winter | Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 389
deep snow drifts
© Lizl Bennefeld, 2021.12.21.
haven from the wind
dancing flames
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 389 DRIFT and Haven.
Blue as the azure sky | Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 388
azure bluets
© Lizl Bennefeld
adorned with the sky’s color
content in the world
2021-12-16
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 388 BLUE(s) and World(s)
“bluets-644” by jmunt is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/?ref=openverse&atype=rich
Heartsease | Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 387
tricolored flowers
© Lizl Bennefeld
refuge from the pains of life
ease for aching hearts
2021-12-11
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 387 COLOR(ed/s) and Three.
Image credit: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.on edge for a moment between wind gusts the leaf’s anticipation the joy of final rest
[kimo.] Copyright © 2020-12-01, by Liz Bennefeld.
From fall to winter’s edge
Winter’s sleep | Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 385 Leaves & Mound
dead leaves on the ground spread out across the landscape not piled up or bagged beneath their winter blankets seeds and insects sleep til spring
Copyright © 2021-11-24, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 385
LEAF(leaves) & Mound(s).
Keep to the path | Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 384 WAIT & Wise.
pensive moon peering through the clouds lingering light guiding lost travelers through the lonely night
Copyright © 2021-11-19, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 384 WAIT & Wise.
Snails do not pace | Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 382 PACE & Snail
Cheerful skies
puffed-up summer clouds
urged along with breezy sighs
bask in morning’s light
Copyright © 2021-06-29, by Liz Bennefeld.
A cup of sunshine
amid the shadows
that spread gloom on the morning
a cup of sunshine
© lizl bennefeld
13 May 2021
Micropoem | joy and sadness
wrap yourself in quiet
put sadness aside
look past pain to joydeep rivers carve their way through stone
falling tears both heal and burn
[micropoem]. Copyright © 2021-04-27, by Liz Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 355 SAD and Thrill
Photo by Alex Williams on Unsplash
Majestic Sorrow | Ronovan Writes Haiku Challenge 354
cloud banks form a cloak
of somber mourning
rain drops fall as tears
[lune]. Copyright © Lizl Bennefeld, 2021-04-24.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 354 FORM and Mourn.
Photo by John Fowler on Unsplash
Lightning Strike | Ronovan Writes Haiku Challenge 353
lightning branches out
its particles swift to find
short paths to the groundas bolts inflame the treetops
the earth trembles at the sound
Copyright © Lizl Bennefeld, 2021-04-13
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 353 BRANCH and Swift
Photo by Jeremy Thomas on Unsplash
Lost memories
the house that is home
irises by our back door
lost midst memories
Copyright © 2021-02-20, by Lizl Bennefeld.
(NaHaiWriMo 2021, Day 20)
Trees and snow
stark whiteness
broken limbs of trees
no echo
Copyright © 2021-02-18, by Lizl Bennefeld.
(NaHaiWriMo 2021, Day 19)
Image by Наталья Коллегова from Pixabay
Winterberries
Golden Song | #RonovanWrites #Haiku Challenge 345
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 345 Bird and Blow
autumn breeze
gold water ripples
sparrow song
Copyright © 2021-02-015, by Lizl Bennefeld.
NaHaiWriMo (Day 15)
Photography credits on photo attachment pages (click photo to access).
Endless winter days
pristine snow
unbroken stream of days
dreams of rain
Copyright © 2021-02-11, by Lizl Bennefeld.
(NaHaiWriMo 2021, Day 11)
Remember Spring | #RonovanWrites #Haiku Challenge 344 #tanka
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 344 BITE and Teeth.
the biting winds sculpt
icy teeth on bare branches
freeze my hands and faceearly spring’s sudden ice storms
coat the trees and city streets
Copyright © 2021-02-08, by Lizl Bennefeld.
NaHaiWriMo (Day 8)
Cold Moon Kiss | #RonovanWrites #Haiku Challenge 343
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 343 BARE and Full
full cold moon
bare branch silhouettes
planets kiss
Copyright © 2021-02-02, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Image by GooKingSword from Pixabay
Context: “The decade is ending with a full cold moon kiss”, The Lonely Planet (December 2019).
NaHaiWriMo (Day 2)
A do-it-yourself day
brown on tan
repurposed dewdrops
scattered snowautumn in winter
the dry and the cold
Copyright © 2020-12-12, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Shelter from the sun #RonovanWrites Challenge 326
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 326 SCORCH & SHADE
scorching fury of
midday sun and cloudless skies…
the broad cliff’s shadethe song of laughing water
as it bubbles from the spring
Copyright © 2020-10-06, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Scented Water | #RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt 322
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 322 Cup&Sip
sip the morning dew
caught in nature’s perfumed cup
sweetened by sunlight
each new day is made for joy
revealed or in the making
Copyright © 2020-09-07, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Just hold on
wee damselfly
on a blade of grass
hold on tight
as afternoon’s gales sweep
your fragile anchorage
Copyright © 2020-06-13, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Dancing at dawn
treetop branches dance…
the grace of winter branches
partnered by the windsjoyful, bold, stately measured
gestures free of summer leaves
Copyright © 2020•04•01, by Liz Bennefeld.
Inspired by Brewer’s “new world” prompt for April 1.
Early Spring | #RonovanWrites #Haiku #Weekly Challenge 294 Chaste/Taste
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #294 Chaste&Taste
spring is early come
water falls through cracks and rills
running in pure joy
smell sweet pollen in the air
taste clover’s cheery flowers
Copyright © 2020-02-24, by Lizl Bennefeld.
All rights reserved.
Synonym: chaste=pure
All Together, Now | #RonovanWrites #Haiku #Weekly #Challenge 268 Gratitude, Harmony
harmony
many singers, many songs
of thankfulnessrooster’s hymn to morning’s light
wisdom of the owl’s “whoo”
Copyright © 2019-08-30, by Elizabeth W. Bennefeld.
gratitude = thankfulness
Ronovan Writes Poetry Weekly Challenge
Too early, the morning & late, the spring
morning holds its breath
as the temperature struggles
to rise through the frost
Copyright © 2019-05-10, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ask Some Questions | #RonovanWrites #Haiku #Challenge 237
Written for Ronovan Writes Haiku Poetry Challenge #237: Answer and Question
the world is flooded
by answers without questions—
no framework…failure!ask vital questions
that went begging for answers—
research, findings…win!
Copyright © 2019-01-24, by Elizabeth Bennefeld.
Ah, well…
Simple Answers | #RonovanWrites #Haiku Answer and Question
Written for Ronovan Writes Haiku Poetry Challenge #237: Answer and Question
the wind calls out
and tree branches answer
its queries with joywater ruffled by breezes
wings lofted in summer’s heat
Copyright © 2019-01-23, by Elizabeth Bennefeld.
questions=queries
Overcast Sky
layer on layer
clouds overcast the valley
a warm winter nightsleepy birds are whispering
recalling nature’s truths
Copyright © 2018-12-14, by Lizl Bennefeld.
NaHaiWriMo prompt for Dec. 15: overcast
After Storms (a July poem)
feathers too few…cold
your dead bodies in my hands
wings broke, unusedno one can block the bitter
winds or stop the icy rain
Copyright © 2018-07-03, Lizl Bennefeld.
Too many years in a row, storms too many and too strong. Too many birds dead before they learn to fly. I love the birds, their songs and winks, their nods and whispers. There are fewer, now. I miss them.
*Reprinted from my The Art of Disorder WordPress blog.
Wednesday’s November Poem of the Day: Strange Lights
Guidance
 |
| Fireflies in the Woods* |
glow fly swarms
mark the forest path
pale gold lightfaint the star roads overhead
no clear paths that lead to home
Copyright © 2018-11-29, by Liz Bennefeld.
*Click photo for attribution or click here.
This and the previous poems from my November Poem-A-Day challenge, can be found at my Blogger blog The Art of Disorder. I have still have five to write from notes, revise, or rewrite. When they’re ready, I will add them to the site in order according to the date the prompts were posted to our email group of participating poets. Actually, this was Thursday’s poem. ::sigh::
#RonovanWrites #Haiku : Wins and Losses
RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #229 Win&Lose
Path Through the Wood
Along the Way, Beauty
Reflection in Flood Waters
I have lost and won
but looking back, I can’t tell
losses from the winsroads that turn and twist can change
the balance of a life
Copyright © 2018-11-28, by Liz Bennefeld.
Today’s November Poem of the Day
The prompt for 27 November is from NaHaiWriMo: echo
Originally posted on my Blogger site for this poem-a-day challenge during NaNoWriMo: Heart Songs. I am only behind by 7 poems, now.
breaking dawn
light’s path across the valleys
calls of birds in flight
the echo of my heart’s song
the harmony of the hills
Copyright © 2018-11-27, by Liz Bennefeld.
On my way
[a leaf, fallen along the path]
no longer shackled
not a final resting place
waiting for the windsthen see me climbing upwards
out of sight and heaven-bound
Copyright © Liz Bennefeld, 2018-11-23.
Misty morning
low clouds and mist
fragile flowers gently riffled
by morning’s wind
Copyright © 2018-07-26, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Quilted Poetry 