Challenge words: Belly and Stuff.
strong ocean swells ship sails belly in the wind don't stuff the bow
[senryu.] Copyright © Liz Bennefeld, 2021-11-30.
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National Poetry Month
This National Poetry Month, 2021, I have had (and still having) a lot of fun writing my poems. Mostly micropoetry, this year. I am thinking about continuing on with the writing for the rest of the evening, and nothing else is scheduled, and so I will watch the words and phrases floating past and catch a few here and there to work with. The Scamper pups have had their evening meal and are now asleep at the foot of my chair. Al is on his way to his favorite café for a cup of coffee, picking up a few things from the grocery store on the way home.
The poems that I have posted during NaPoWriMo 2021 are on my Quiet Spaces Journal: The Written Word at Home.
I am still writing for another three or four hours.
Lizl Bennefeld
Restricted audience | Ronovan Writes Haiku Challenge 352
a good flea circus
is nothing to be sneezed at…
just don’t bring your dogs
Copyright © Lizl Bennefeld, 2021-04-05.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 352 FLEAS and Sneeze
Night sounds #RonovanWrites
chittering of squirrels
as they settle into sleep
twilight turns to night
as mockingbirds sing their songs
to stars scattered on the sky
Copyright © 2021-03-22, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Image by dendoktoor from Pixabay.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 350 CHIRP and Twilight
Note: Other Poems
I have other poems and various prose on my Quiet Spaces/The Written Word blog: The Written Word at Home.
Silly songs | #RonovanWrites #Haiku #Poetry Prompt Weekly Challenge 348
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
Copyright © 2021-03-09, by Lizl Bennefeld.
For now | Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 347
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 347 ACHE and Ease
the ease of leaving
everything behind for now
sorrow at the lossforget-me-nots remind me
of your true and faithful love
Copyright © 2021-03-02, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Long-Term Caring
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.
Ancestor dreams
ancestral lands
trees and tall mountains
waves of lightmy heart stills
dreams draw me closer
going home
Copyright © 2021–02–04, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Photo by Warren Sammut on Unsplash.
(NaHaiWriMo, Day 4)
Time’s flight
as the years progress
time becomes ephemeral
memories transformanticipation heightens
as fears fade in golden light
Copyright © 2021-01-29, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Image by RÜŞTÜ BOZKUŞ from Pixabay
Beginnings
from whence we’re come
touch of ancient stardust
the breath of God
Copyright © 2021-01-29, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Inside/Outside
life in a bubble
warmer than the out-of-doors
quieter than silence
Copyright © 2021-01-27, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash. (Modified).
Long nights, shorter days
as the days grow short
rabbits seek out deep shadows
waiting for twilightlife on the border between
adventure and quiet peace
Copyright © 2021-01-13, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Dawning
the dawn comes quickly
lighting clouds beyond my feet
valleys filled by mistsomewhere below, crowds gather—
unseen…unheard…not counted
Copyright © 2021-01-14, by Lizl Bennefeld.
After the end-of-year activities, getting back into the swing of writing through picking images and writing from/to them.
November 2020’s 30 days and 30 poems
For this year’s NaNoWriMo/National Novel Writing Month, I once again took part, with a small email group, in writing a poem for each day. I posted them on my Quiet Spaces/The Written Word journal. The link below will take you to those 30 poems.
I hope that you will find some that you enjoy.
Nearly Winter | #RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku # Poetry #Challenge 330
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 330 Cold & Fall
late autumn dusk
quiet settles on the woods
pop of burning logs
cold snows brush the windows
an almost-winter lullaby
Copyright © 2020-11-02, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Photo by WantTo Create on Unsplash
Dry ground
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
Raindrop Promises | #RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 328
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 328 Dust & Weed
Promises in Raindrops
Sweet Alyssum Flowers
beauty among weeds
wildflower seeds and moisture
raindrops in the dustthe sky adorned with rain clouds
nature’s glory is renewed
Copyright © 2020-10-19, by Lizl Bennefeld.
quiet ripples
a rippled surface
light dances on the water
fins keep me in place
Copyright © 2020-09-30, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Image (modified) by Breathless Design from Pixabay
Transitions
smoke and fire
creep across the globe
sunlight fades
and dinosaurs die
chill and all alone
Copyright © 2020-09-17, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Image by Valdas Miskinis from Pixabay
memories of days
hot ashes
burning in my mind
long lost days
Copyright © 2020-09-15, by Lizl Bennefeld
Old friends
thoughts of you
no faded pictures
no echossomeone new—
whoever you now are…
wherever
Copyright © 2020-08-27, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Photo by Martin Adams on Unsplash.
In the long run
time stretches out as
boredom blandly runs its course
towards the end of time
and sedimentation sets
thoughts and flesh in fragile stone
Copyright © 2020-08-26, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Image by Antonios Ntoumas from Pixabay
Unreasonable Weather | #RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt 319
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 319 Trip&Whip
rain whips my windows
on its journey through the sky
drops burst and fracture
fill the outside air with mist
and leave nothing else to breathe
Copyright © 2020-08-18, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Photo by Sofia Guaico on Unsplash
Encapsuled troubles
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.
Lack of concentration
hunger comes in streaks
gnawing at concentration
thoughts have flown awaychase them as with butterflies
keep them in a canning jar
Copyright © 2020-08-04, by Lizl Bennefeld.
A Beautiful Day
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.
Life’s slice of mud pie
life is getting thin
no life pie for me, today
guess I’m dieting
the wedges ran together
into piles of gooey mud
this day is ending
but there is still tomorrow
promising more days
with sunny skies and dewdrops
secrets whispered by the winds
Copyright © 2020-07-21, by Liz Bennefeld.
You know you want to | Hug & Kiss #RonovanWrites #Haiku Week 315
the Pan Clade kisses
homo sapiens and chimps
we have the same needswe want to feel wanted and
need to really feel the love
Copyright © 2020-07-20, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Discussion here: Hominidae – Wikipedia
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 315 Chimpanzee&Kiss
a raindrop life #poetry
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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Venus and Mars | #RonovanWrites #Haiku #Challenge 314
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 314 Finger&Planet
Earth’s windy fingers
riffle through her layered clouds
opening to view
Venus slipping from her path
for a midnight walk with Mars
Copyright © 2020-07-14, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Image by Bruno /Germany from Pixabay
Sing-along, A whimsy
A short poem tiptoed through my mind as I was writing my Weekend Coffee Share blog post for the week.
on a lonely journey
down the crowded path of life
singing my own songI don’t have a solo voice…
wish someone would sing along
[absurdity; micropoetry.]
Copyright © 2020-07-03, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Image by Free-Photos from Pixabay
No quick fix | Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 308
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
playing hooky
hidden in dawn’s glow
fishing pole, worms in a can
mud between my toesnapkins hold my bread and cheese
old rugs promise midday naps
Copyright © 2020-05-29, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Image by TheOtherKev from Pixabay
Precarious seasons
a rainless spring
snow trailing toward summer
birds, count your worms twice
[a thought doodle.] Copyright © 2020-05-11, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Homecoming
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
Sunday in the park | #RonovanWrites #Haiku #Challenge 290 Jump & Asp
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #290 Jump&Asp
bronze lagoon dragon…
frogs jump from its burbling tongue
to fake lily pads
[senryu]. Copyright © 2020-01-28, by Lizl Bennefeld. All rights reserved.
Substitution: asp = dragon
Image by Ulrike Leone from Pixabay.
Sunday meditation
morning light
Syrphid’s shadow
wind’s caress
Copyright © 2019-07-14, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Source: Sunday meditation
Reaching for the Sky (a retrospective)
“Reaching Together for the Sky”
I believe there comes a time—
wakening from doze or sleep—
when mind and body listen
to each other, and
betweenone breath
and
the nextthe mind hesitates,
then says, No more
and the body says,
No more…
and neither
takes that one last breath
“Reaching Together for the Sky”. Copyright © 2017-10-14, by Elizabeth W. (Lizl) Bennefeld.
Sweetheart Rose #RonovanWrites #Haiku 254 : Sweet&Heart
RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #254 Sweet&Heart
sweetheart roses say
I love you…truly they do—
from your heart to mine
I long to hear your promise
that you’ll always love me too
Copyright © 2019-05-20, by Lizl Bennefeld.
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.
Awake at midnight
I have idled away my time, while waiting to take my next dose of medication on schedule. I have written one of the three poems I need to complete the 30 poems for April’s Na/GloPoWriMo challenge.
as I slept, the sun
appeared and warmed the ground
I woke to tulips
Copyright © 2019-05-02, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Prompt from Na/GloPoWriMo, Day 29: Write a minimalist poem.
The roles we might play #RonovanWrites #Haiku | 1 May 2019
Van Loon’s Lives
plucked from the bookcase—
which role for you?we then might choose the parts we
played and start each day anew
Copyright © 2019-05-01, by Lizl Bennefeld.
RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #251 Plucked&Played
Day 25 Springtime Joy #GloPoWriMo #NaPoWriMo
warm winds and raindrops
filling up the tulip cups…
sliding down long leaves
Copyright © 2019-04-25, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Day 20 : Night’s Darkness #NaPoWriMo #Glo/NaPoWriMo
night’s soft cloak
sun’s lingering warmth
cloud-clad stars
summer’s breeze is redolent
with scents of sleeping flowers
Copyright © 2019-04-22, by Lizl Bennefeld. Brewer’s prompt …
Springtime thoughts
I found myself considering the sadness of leaves and seeds that fall where they can neither decompose nor have the opportunity to germinate and grow. And so, on a (serious) whimsy, I promised the residue on the garage floor that when I was finished with taking their photographs, there, I would gather up them all and return them to the outdoors, where they may decay, or sprout, and live again.
mourning for the leaves on the garage floor
thrown out in new plastic bags
not renewing the soil
Copyright © 2019-04-15, by Lizl Bennefeld.
I used a kimo instead of a haiku for this haibun.
Day 11: Towards Joy | #NaPoWriMo2019, Na/GloWriMo2019
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.
April’s Blow | #NaPoWriMo2019, Na/GloWriMo2019
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
Tucked in | #NaPoWriMo2019, Na/GloWriMo2019
after sunset
ice reforms on quiet waters
tucking in the warm
Copyright © 2019-04-09, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Volume settings
Getting ready for National/Global Poetry Writing Month 2019.
evening bird calls / intersecting labyrinths of sound…
lost echoes
Copyright © 2019-03-30, by Liz Bennefeld.
Source: Volume settings
Quilted Poetry 