safe behind the gate the sheep stare open-mouthed at hikers staring back
copyright © 2023-02-14, by lizl bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 449 DOOR and Open.
NaHaiWriMo 2023
dusk's last dying rays kiss the evening star good night day falls fast asleep
copyright © 2023-02-06, by lizl bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 448 FAST and Last.
NaHaiWriMo 2023
snow and ice— winter's thick blankets break the wind
copyright © 2023-02-05, by lizl bennefeld.
NaHaiWriMo 2023
Ronovan 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
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.
the house that is home
irises by our back door
lost midst memories
Copyright © 2021-02-20, by Lizl Bennefeld.
(NaHaiWriMo 2021, Day 20)
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
bright colors faded
sharp patterns in black and tan
singular designstark beauty in the sunlight
caught up by the autumn glow
Copyright © 2021-02-16, by Lizl Bennefeld.
(NaHaiWriMo, Day 17)
Image by Mabel Amber from Pixabay.
silent lights
muffled sounds of snow
time to rest
Copyright © 2021-02-16, by Lizl Bennefeld.
(NaHaiWriMo 2021, Day 16)
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).
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)
from dusk into night
dimming colors to the West
the comforting firesteam rises upward
a hint of lemon…hot tea
the cat’s sleepy purr
Copyright © 2021–02–07, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Photo by Mofeda Dababo on Unsplash.
(NaHaiWriMo 2021)
childhood memories
green pastures and climbing trees
the cow’s rasping tongue
Copyright © 2021-02-06 by Lizl Bennefeld.
(NaHaiWriMo, 2021)
Image by Robert Jones from Pixabay
so many forests
where I’ll never walk again
fading years and dreams
videos of springtime rills
photographs of mountain streams
Copyright © 2021-02-05 by Lizl Bennefeld.
(NaHaiWriMo, 2021)
Photo by Timothy Eberly on Unsplash
reflection
still water…nature’s mirror
silent mist
Copyright © 2021-02-04, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay
(NaHaiWriMo, 2021)
warm puppy pile
cozy heater, quiet snores
one more nap
Copyright © 2021-02-04, by Lizl Bennefeld.
(NaHaiWriMo, Day 4.)
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)
riding on the back
of an iridescent snail
the long journey home
Copyright © 2020-02-26, by Lizl Bennefeld.
NaHaiWriMo 2020 Writing Prompt for Feb. 18: wishes or dreams.
Image by Alexandra_Koch from Pixabay
My poems for Day 12 and Day 13 — a haiku and a Hay(na)Ku) — are posted on my Quiet Spaces blog.
drawn towards joy
changing of the seasons
gentle warmthquiet melt of winter’s snow
springtime’s gift of sun and rain
Copyright © 2019-04-11, by Lizl Bennefeld.
This poem was also posted to my Quiet Spaces blog: The Written Word at Home.
March comes in as a lion … and April buries the road by which it leaves.
January’s cold
is sharp but somehow peaceful
unlike April’s stormslike cyclones over water
Spring adds fury to its snow
Copyright © 2019-04-10, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Source: April’s Blow on my Quiet Spaces Blog
after sunset
ice reforms on quiet waters
tucking in the warm
Copyright © 2019-04-09, by Lizl Bennefeld.
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
anticipation
of dawn’s sunbeams and late stars
their sky-roads crossing
Copyright © 2018-12-13, by Liz Bennefeld.
NaHaiWriMo Prompt for December 1: expectation (or the concept)
I decided to go back to April 9, to the Pilgrimage prompt, and wander a bit through the family tree. My mother was a genealogist, among other things, and we kids got to do research, each in our turn.
Who We Were
[still a rough draft]Our people came from Iowa
by way of the Norman invasion,
Mayflower I and II, the Winthrop Fleet
by way of rivers on diverse craft
neighbors with neighbors
towns moving togetherThey arrived in the Firelands
then settled in Iowa and
opened South Dakota—farms
were lost behind the dam, so
back to small-town IowaPenneys went into retail, catalog sales
A connection of “our” Bennetts sent
Stanley to find Livingston
the Deans made sausage, and the
Gallops (Kolopp, from Alsace) took pollsThe grocery store owner in
South Dakota patented a plow
the Carters served in India
as Methodist missionaries
Evangeline Ink wrote an exposé
novel about TB camp swindlesMy generation and the next have been
lawyers, executives, freelancers, clerks
writing and publishing books,
poetry. textbooks, and many stories
nurses caring for the injured and elderly,
builders, handcrafters, quilters,
artists, musiciansMyself, I grow wild flax
in the backyard garden, take naps
with the puppy dogs, make up recipes
and do the laundry, play piano, and
hold my husband close to my heartI read only as many books in a week
as I write poems, a photo for most
no children, but a library
gathered over a lifetime
determined to leave no book unread…
always buying moreThere’s always time to write a poem…
time to read a book
Copyright © 2018-04-10, by Elizabeth W. “Lizl” Bennefeld.
Prompt for Day 4 from the NaHaiWriMo page on Facebook.
Sleepy dragonfly…
reconsider this day’s world
shifting perspectiveswarmth and rest can set thoughts free
transforming dreams into flightCopyright © 2018-04-04, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Quilted Poetry 