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).
pensive moon peering through the clouds lingering light guiding lost travelers through the lonely night
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Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 384 WAIT & Wise.
puffed-up summer clouds
urged along with breezy sighs
bask in morning’s light
Copyright © 2021-06-29, by Liz Bennefeld.
dried-out earth
blue midday flowers
sunrise dew
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mix of dark and light
lines lend themselves to nature’s
ever-shifting art
Copyright © 24 May 2021, by Liz Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 359 LINES and Mix.
amid the shadows
that spread gloom on the morning
a cup of sunshine
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light caught in a cup
the glow of tulip petals
at the sunbeam’s end
Copyright © 2021-03-24, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 348 FOOL and Head
nodding flower heads
warm beneath the summer sun
dream of autumn days
crickets laze about and chirp
silly songs in cool, dark shade
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redrawn by winds and winter snow
last year’s leafCopyright © 2021-02-24, by Lizl Bennefeld.
(NaHaiWriMo 2021, Day 24)
patio for guests
within call if she awakes…
the scent of liliesa stray whiff of her perfume
the memory of her voice
Copyright © 2021-02-23, by Lizl Bennefeld.
(NaHaiWriMo 2021, Day 23)
Photo from the archives of Lizl Bennefeld, photographer.
warm puppy pile
cozy heater, quiet snores
one more nap
Copyright © 2021-02-04, by Lizl Bennefeld.
(NaHaiWriMo, Day 4.)
window frosted over
winter’s breath on the panes
patterned light
Copyright © 2020-02-01, by Lizl Bennefeld.
NaHaiWriMo (Day 1)
echoing barks
then absolute silence
no response…our people do not notice
we must bark again
Copyright © 2021–01–14, by Lizl Bennefeld.
as the days grow short
rabbits seek out deep shadows
waiting for twilightlife on the border between
adventure and quiet peace
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days make room for nights
bless good deeds — forgive mistakes
nestle into sleep
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Prompt: Sun sets on 2020 CE.
winter seeds
scattered memories
love remains
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winter came early…
a snowman was created
soon to melt away
a chilly ghost by Halloween
in time for tricks and treats
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overnight winds
leaves strewn on the snow
bare branchesthrough gaps in dark clouds
an autumn sun shines
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snow is falling, now
mostly hidden by cold mist
no wind stirs the fogremembering yesteryears
puffy clouds and sunshine rain
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winds of near winter
leach moisture from the garden
turning dirt to dustseeds now dream of spring’s warm rain
safe beneath the leaves and weeds
Copyright © 2020-10-20, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 328 Dust & Weed
rivers of fall winds…
sounds of animated leaves
rustling in the flow
thistles and milkweed flowers
set loose clouds of seeds to soar
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thunderstorm and winds
sharp sunbeams and weeping trees
raindrops in the pond
ripples chase the trembling lights
and bright leafs through the shadows
Copyright © 2020-10-08, by Liz Bennefeld.
red sky at morning
not an ocean wave in sight
or smoke from a firetrouble mainly comes around
without a prior warning
Copyright © 2020-10-07, by Liz Bennefeld.
parting clouds
dry leaves underfoot
soft moonlight
Copyright © 2020-09-29, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 325 CALM & STORM
the calm and quiet
at the center of the storm…
there are flowers stillautumn leaves, the scent of rain
after winter comes the spring
Copyright © 2020-09-28, by Lizl Bennefeld.
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.
early morning dew
my world is made of sunlight
mirrored in small drops
worries caught inside their spheres
evaporate and vanish
Copyright © 2020-08-06, by Lizl Bennefeld.
distant clouds hold rain
the summer wind is gentle
the sky is still bluebirds gossip over earthworms
while the honeybees trade blooms
Copyright © 2020-07-23, by Liz Bennefeld.
imaged in raindrops
the world stretched and fractured
up… down…inside outI’ll keep to reality
I don’t live inside raindrops
[tanka.] Copyright © 2020-07-16, by Lizl Bennefeld.
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Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 311 Change&Face
flowers on the trees
as spring moves into summer
bring about new fruitthe changing face of nature
provides evidence for hope
[tanka]. Copyright © 2020-06-23, by Liz Bennefeld.
safety is not safe
no magic buttons to push
no quick fixes hereneither anger nor logic
but love, charity, and grace
Copyright ©2020-06-01. by Liz Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 308 Anger&Logic
if there should be no open windows
if there should be no trees outside
if no longer there be birds to sing
or owls fly on whispering wings
shadows across the summer moonif there should be no seed or harvest
or no steps or songs or windows
due to blindness, plague or paininward I will turn my vision
walking through past years of flowers
smelling sweet perfumes and pollens
hum and dance with dreaming bees
until all fades…or we are one
Copyright © 2020-04-08, by Liz Bennefeld.
on frozen ground, dried by spring’s
winds and distant sunlight
photographs of clouds
over oceans I won’t see—
beauty secondhanddried leaves on still-frozen ground
complex designs in my hands
Copyright © 2020-04-08, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Brewer, Day 8: Write a “future” poem.
NaPoWriMo prompt for day 7: Ordinary Objects
Last autumn’s leaves lie on frozen ground
dried by spring winds and
distant sunlight
[haiku.] Copyright © 2020-04-07, by Liz Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #300 Grit&Quit
simply walked away
from the troubles I had known
left them far behind
now I dream ‘neath summer clouds
counting pebbles on the shore
Copyright © 2020•04•06, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Substitutions: grit=pebbles; quit=walk away
who were those people
walking past my front windows
folks I’d never seen
trailing through the quiet streets
grownups, children, and their dogs
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Discover Prompts | Day 4 | Street
robins’ cheery songs
carried by the warming winds
welcome worms and rain
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Prompt: Song
winter storm warning
watching from the open door
snowflakes start to fall
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setting out to play
in the midst of April’s rain
muddy paws and coldhurry inside where it’s warm
towels, baths, warm food, and hugs
[tanka.] Copyright © 2020-04-01, by Lizl Bennefeld.
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Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #299 Bright&Fight
faint rays of the sun
muffled by the fog and gloom
struggle to break throughbrightness follows swaddled dawn
hearts rejoice in morning’s light
Copyright © 2020•03•30, by Lizl Bennefeld.
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
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #286 Ashes&Cocoon
woke from the cocoon
into a world of ashes
life born amid deathsometimes everything must end
making room to start anew
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RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #272 Empty&Whole
empty of moonlight
a river of brilliant stars
across the whole sky
strewn farther than eyes can see
but nearer than childhood’s dreams
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RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #267 Marvelous&Terrific
wondrous music
mushrooms and magic raindrops
pixies in the grasspipers play, drums keep the beat
they’ll all vanish if you laugh
Copyright © 2019-08-23, by Elizabeth W. Bennefeld.
marvelous = magic
wondrous = terrific
RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #266 Tangled and Cross
tangled vines
cross the backyard fence to make
a power pole goalgood neighbors tear them down
but the vines are growing back
Copyright © 2019-08-16, by Elizabeth W. Bennefeld.
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