Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 418 KIND and Vivid
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Dance in light | Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 417
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 417 BREAK and Dance.
dust motes dance caught by the sunbeams break of day
Copyright © Lizl Bennefeld, 2022-07-04.
Image: “Vilhem Hammershøi, Dust Motes Dancing in the Sunbeams, 1900” by bianca.maggio is marked with Public Domain Mark 1.0. To view the terms, visit https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/?ref=openverse.
On the Beach | Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 416
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 416 LIFE and Smile.
breath of ocean winds sunlight smiles upon the waves life's memories
Copyright © Lizl Bennefeld, 2022-06-28.
Doors | Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 415
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 415 DAY and New.
one new day four walls, a window open door
Copyright © Lizl Bennefeld, 2022-06-21.
Peonies and Roses | Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 410
the king of flowers... fragrant blooms on slender stems the peony tree the queen of flowers open on rose bushes with sharp thorns
[tanka.] Copyright © 2022-05-16, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 410 KING and Queen.
“Peony and Rose” by Doolallyally is licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0.
Dancing in the rain
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.
Etched in sand | Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 404
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 404 Eyes and Sand
moonlight on the waves
as far as my eyes can see
pebbles on the shore
I still hear you whispering
that you someday will return
copyright © 2022-04-04, by lizl bennefeld
Photo by Giuseppe Famiani on Unsplash
Synonym: pebbles = sand.
Waiting | Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 403
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 403 TOWER and Watch
watching ocean waves
from atop the lighthouse tower—
softly on the rocks
make the windows watertight
firm against late autumn storms
copyright © 2022-03-28, by lizl bennefeld
“Lighthouse And Storm (Explored)” by jarr1520 is marked with CC BY-NC 2.0. (Not modified.)
The haiku form (Impending Storm) can be found on my blog, Quietude and Tea.
Out of sight
hands idle
thoughts lightyears away
lost in space
© Liz Bennefeld, 2022-03-17.
Strands of ice | Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 400 FEATHER and Whisper.
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.
Give your heart | 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.
March on
Golden light | Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry #Challenge 399
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 UnsplashAncient Lore #RonovanWrites #Challenge #haiku 398
never seen dragons live forever — magic beings
Copyright © Lizl Bennefeld, 2022-2-22.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 398 DRAGON and Magic.
Lost in time #RonovanWrites #Haiku #Challenge 397
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
At the beginning #RonovanWrites #Haiku #Challenge 396
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.
Frosty mornings
morning sun
frost on the window pane
yellows and blues
Copyright © 2022-02-02, by Liz Bennefeld.
Rocks and Spider Webs #RonovanWrites #Haiku Challenge 395
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 395 CRUST and Scar.
limestone scars
thrust up through Earth's crust
white pavement
abrasions by glaciers
where spiders string their webs
[tanka.] Copyright © 2022-01-31, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Reference: “The Limestone Pavements of Orton Fells”, by Kaushik Patowary, The Amusing Planet, 10 April 2015.
Image: “NCA 17 Orton Fells – Great Asby Scar NNR” by naturalengland is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
endings . . .
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 394 GLARE and Mask.
dazzling spotlights
mask the aging sets and props
awed patrons applaud
performers take their last bows
end of an era…closing night
[tanka.] Copyright © 2022-01-25, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Winter’s Masks #RonovanWrites #Haiku Challenge 394
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.
Early rising
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.
One for the road
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.
childhood memories
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.
Deserted | Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 383 CROWD(s) & Hour(s)
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.
It’s a Gnome’s Life| Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 381 GNOME & Pots
Childhood dreams #Ronovan Writes #haiku no. 380
On the road again #Ronovan Writes #haiku no. 379
THE WAITING NEST
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
Dandelion wine
Saturday night dance | Ronovan Writes Haiku Challenge 373
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
Come what may | Ronovan Writes Haiku Challenge 372
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 Pixabaypush and pull | Ronovan Writes Haiku Challenge 371
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
In the dark | #Ronovan Writes #Haiku #Challenge 369
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.
Golden Hour | #Ronovan Writes #Haiku #Challenge 368
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
On a blue note | #Ronovan Writes #Haiku #Challenge 367
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
Webs of Dreams | #Ronovan Writes #Haiku #Challenge 366
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
Morning’s Flowers
Cheerful skies
puffed-up summer clouds
urged along with breezy sighs
bask in morning’s light
Copyright © 2021-06-29, by Liz Bennefeld.
Promises | #Ronovan Writes #Haiku #Challenge 364
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
Nighttime lullabies | #Ronovan Writes #Haiku #Challenge 363
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
Desert Races | #Ronovan Writes #Haiku #Challenge 362
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
Late morning
dried-out earth
blue midday flowers
sunrise dew
Copyright © 9 June 2021 by Liz Bennefeld
The Dew of the Sea
dreams of light and love
memories turned halcyon…
rosemary in bloom
Copyright © Liz Bennefeld, 8 June 2021
Photo by Gerardo Antonio Romero via Pixabay.
Nature Weeps | #Ronovan Writes #Haiku #Challenge 361
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
Nature Walks | #Ronovan Writes #Haiku Challenge 360
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.
Artwork | #Ronovan Writes #Haiku Challenge 359
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.
Morning flower
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
Tardy Weather | Ronovan Writes Haiku Challenge 358
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
A cup of sunshine
amid the shadows
that spread gloom on the morning
a cup of sunshine
© lizl bennefeld
13 May 2021
Perspective | Ronovan Writes Haiku Challenge 357
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.
Quilted Poetry 