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.
awake early
four hours of sleep…enough
to embrace the day
the quiet hours before dawn
the vast oceans of thought
[tanka.] Copyright © 2022-01-24, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Image by Xuân Tuấn Anh Đặng from Pixabay.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 393 DOWN and Line
truths turn into lies
reality moves slowly…
the sky falls down
thin lines divide love from fear
ties bind and we all fall down
[tanka.] Copyright © Lizl, 2022-01-17.
the heart of the storm
willow branches sweep the ground
bending with the windscattered chairs left abandoned
as the party moved inside
Copyright © 2022.01.11, by Lizl Bennefeld.
“spring-willow” by JeremyOK is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
burnt remains
an old house on a hill …
not forgotten
Copyright © 2022.01.05, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 391 BURN and Old.
brightly burning logs
their warmth and warm memories
old loves…no regrets
Copyright © 2022.01.03, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 391 BURN and Old.
Photo by Craig Adderley on Pexels.com
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).
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.
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
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.
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
Copyright © 2021-11-19, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 384 WAIT & Wise.
the crowded hours
long days and longer nights
all the lonely years
where are the dreams of childhood?
where a pathway leading home?
[gogyohka.] Copyright © 2021-11-08, by Lizl Bennefeld.
anticipating winter
cold winds across the prairie
thick clouds promise a blanket
snow to cover woodlands
hidden burrows offer warmth
[gogyohka.] Copyright © Lizl Bennefeld, 2021/11/07
ravenous robin
searching with an eager eye
to catch early worms
[haiku.] Copyright © 2021-10-05, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 378 AVID and Worm
weekend gatherings
the heel-and-toe line dances
measured polka stepspotluck meals and visiting
neighbors sharing cares and joys
Copyright © 2021/08/30 by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 373 LINE and Toe
no signs or symbols
some questions have no answers
what begins will endsunrise comes to greet each day
bright clouds or looming darkness
Copyright © 2021/08/23 by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 372 QUESTION and Sign
Image by StockSnap from Pixabay
young to old
flow and ebb of life
forever dreamsthe push and pull of moonlight
eternal ocean lullabies
Copyright © 2021/08/16 by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 371 PULL and Push
Still Life with Apples
mother’s still life oils
ripe apples and other fruit
held in a blue bowl
hung in her web gallery
without fading or decay
Copyright © 2021/08/12 by Lizl Bennefeld.
Oddly, I don’t seem to have an image to go with this. It’s late at night, once again, and again I am at my keyboard, the dogs at the foot of the bed. I like this time of the night because everything around me has come to rest…except for me. I appreciate the quiet.
Good night!
Lizl
thoughts and second thoughts
present themselves past midnight
choices made in hastewords spoken and unspoken
Copyright © 2021/08/09, by Lizl Bennefeld.
might swap places if they could
Obscuring the Moon
a screech-owl’s call
distant echoes in the dark…
a scratch at the door
rising winds rustle the leaves
as clouds erase the moon
Copyright © 2021•08•03, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 369 SCRATCH and Screech.
a gull floats
above golden waves
evening swim
Copyright © 2021•07•26, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 368 GOLD and Swim
jazz notes in the dark
send me back to memories—
when our world was newone more kiss…one last caress
’til eternity with you
Copyright © 2021•07•19, by Liz Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 367 NOTE and Send.
The image at the top of the page is by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay
intertwined branches
create a web of shadows
weaving dark with lightscattered clouds and glowing stars
mirrored in a breathless lake
Copyright © 2021•07•12, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 366 WEAVE and Web
puffed-up summer clouds
urged along with breezy sighs
bask in morning’s light
Copyright © 2021-06-29, by Liz Bennefeld.
morning’s flower fly
who lands on tender petals
promises new blooms
Copyright © 2021•06•28. by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 364 TENDER and Who
chirping cricket choir
winds sing pine-tree lullabies
nestlings … fast asleep
Copyright © 2021•06•21 by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 363 CHIRP and Sing
dusty desert winds
yacht race on a dry lake bed
the drag of the sail
Copyright © 2021•06•14. by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 362 DRAG and Dust
dried-out earth
blue midday flowers
sunrise dew
Copyright © 9 June 2021 by Liz Bennefeld
dreams of light and love
memories turned halcyon…
rosemary in bloom
Copyright © Liz Bennefeld, 8 June 2021
Photo by Gerardo Antonio Romero via Pixabay.
weeping willows sigh
as nature’s wind and raindrops
hammer at the roofin the home hearth, embers glow
with memories of your love
Copyright © 2021•06•07 by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 361 HOME and Weep
wills-o’-the-wisp float
through the damp and misty air
searching out pathways…
sights that you don’t want to see
tracks down which you should not go
Copyright © 1 June 2021, by Liz Bennefeld.
#Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 360 AIR and Wisp.
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.
white anthers adorn
the flower’s golden center
and blue-petaled framethe simple joys of springtime
between the warm, gentle rains
Copyright © 22 May 2021,
Liz Bennefeld, writer/artist
plunged into darkness
rapid strikes of bolt lightning…
thunder may be late
Copyright © 17 May 2021, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 358 PLUNGE and Rapid
amid the shadows
that spread gloom on the morning
a cup of sunshine
© lizl bennefeld
13 May 2021
clouds and bitter winds
high above those well marked paths
refresh the spiritthere’s no need to go further
it’s a long, cold journey home
Copyright © 11 May 2021, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 357 HIGH and Refresh.
yellow clings to hope
Lizl Bennefeld, 2021–05-03
white tulips ask forgiveness
red vows endless love
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 356 RED and White..
Image by Engin Akyurt from Pixabay
Quilted Poetry 