haiku, haibun, etc.
the bubbling laughter springtime melt of mountain snow water over stone
copyright © 2023-01-30, by lizl bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 447 BUBBLING and Creek.
chirrup & chirrup the sun's on the horizon chirrup & good day let's come together morning is for gathering sing out joy and peace
copyright © 2023-01-23, by lizl bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 446 CHIRP and Hello.
mending broken nets fishing trawlers at their docks sunset's golden light
[haiku.] copyright © 2o23-1-8, by lizl bennefeld
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 443 BREAK and Mend.
dusk has passed moonlight and shadows puppy snores
Copyright © lizl bennefeld, 2022/12/19.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt
#Challenge 441 GLOW and Night.
Image: “Scampers, Asleep”, lizl bennefeld, Photographer.
waterdrops crest of ocean waves rainbow light
Copyright © lizl bennefeld, 2022/12/17.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 440 CROWN and Drop.
Image: “Rainbow Waves”, ©2012 by Zach Frailey, Photographer.
clear night sky looking at the past time's at rest
Copyright © lizl bennefeld, 2o22/12/o5.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 439 CLEAR and Rest.
Photo by André Ulysses De Salis: “Across the Night Sky”.
winter winds sing out fairies gather on the hearth and dance in the flames
[haiku.] Copyright © 2022-11-28, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 438 FABLE and Fire.
Photo by Stéphane Juban on Unsplash
clouds of stars myriad lights and cosmic dust the endless void
[haiku.] Copyright © 2022-11-22, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 437 FATE and Pleased.
Image: A Cosmic Tarantula, Caught by NASA’s Webb
winter's night raindrops cling to twigs frozen dreams
Copyright © 2022-11-12, by Lizl Bennefeld.
[Image.] Copyright © 2022-11-11, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 435 CATCHER and Thought.
carved pumpkins hollowed eyes and mouth sharpened teeth
Copyright © 2022-10-31, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 434 BORED and Gourd.
a glimmer of stars memories of might-have-beens the whispering wind
© 2022-10-10, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 431 GLANCE and Haunt.
sleight of hand amidst the banter loud applause
© 2022-10-03, Lizl Bennefeld..
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 430 HOCUS and Pocus.
scent of snow leaves twist in the wind ... heading home
Copyright © 2022-09-27, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 429 NOSE and Twitch.
night's round eyes moonlight through the mist flickering
Copyright © 2022-09-19, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 428 FLICKER and Eyes.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 427 AIM and Guide.
sunlight on my face scents of flowers on the path lodestone of my days
Copyright © 2022-09-16, by Lizl Bennefeld.
“Sunny meadow” by Dirk Duckhorn is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 425 REED and Turtle.
an old box turtle resting in the noontime sun... reeds and tasty frogs
Copyright © 2022-08-29, by Lizl Bennefeld.
“”Backyard turtle” by robertnelson is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
tiny yellow chicks nap beneath broad rhubarb leaves till the rain is done
Copyright © Lizl Bennefeld, 2022-08-15.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 423 FOWL and Weather.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 422 Rolling and Steady
dreams of home rise and fall of rolling hills your heartbeat
Copyright © Lizl Bennefeld, 2022-08-08..
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 420 PRIZE and Wait
cherished memories longing for all those yesteryears . . . todays wait in vain
Copyright © Lizl Bennefeld, 2022-07-25.
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.
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.
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.
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.
out in the rainstorm crows play "King of the Branches" laughter and wet wings
Copyright © 2022-04-05, by Lizl Bennefeld.
April is National Poetry Writing Month (NaPoWriMo)!
Photography by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 402 Free and World
free to fly above
earth's storms
between clouds and sun
the world out of sight
© Lizl Bennefeld, 22 March 2022
Image by wal_172619 from Pixabay
Another poem, written to this week’s prompt words.
feathered clouds strands of crystal ice breathless wind
Copyright © by Liz Bennefeld, 2022-03-07. All rights reserved.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 400 FEATHER and Whisper.
It has been a long time since I wrote this poem, but it is one of my most favorite among those I have written in this century. (I may write another to this prompt, but for now I could not resist the repetition.)
Gift your muse quill pens
and bid her feathers whisper
love to your belovèd
Copyright © by Liz Bennefeld, 2015-10-26. All rights reserved.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 400 FEATHER and Whisper.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 399 BELL and Pan
distant clouds gold pannikins of light resounding bells
Copyright © 2022-02-28, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Photo by Timothy Eberly on UnsplashRonovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 397 CROWN and GRIT.
fading path . . .
the sea's cresting tide
smooths the sand
[haiku.] Copyright © 2022-02-15, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Synonyms used: crown = crest; grit = sand.
Image by kordula vahle from Pixabay
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 396 MOVE and Step..
king's gambit learning classic chess moves step by step
[haiku] Copyright © 2022-02-07, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Photo by Wim van ‘t Einde on Unsplash.
morning sun
frost on the window pane
yellows and blues
Copyright © 2022-02-02, by Liz Bennefeld.
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.
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.
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
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
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
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
light caught in a cup
the glow of tulip petals
at the sunbeam’s end
Copyright © 2021-03-24, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Quilted Poetry 