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.
fortune is another word for
taking chances, not guarantees
life is filled with happenstance (sometimes
Earth's core stops, then spins in reverse)
circumstances come with alternatives
and more than several points of view
copyright © lizl bennefeld, 2o23-o1-25.
Ronovan Writes SIJO Wednesday Poetry Challenge #46. Use FORTUNE as your inspiration this week.
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.
greys turn to darker shadows as the dusk sinks into night echoes of the rising winds foretell a nearing winter storm rest in the warm reassurance of family and friends
copyright © lizl bennefeld, 2o23-o1-2o.
Ronovan Writes SIJO Wednesday Poetry Challenge #45.
Use EMBRACE as your inspiration this week.
spring water leaping over stones cold and clear dancing drops vanish in mist and fading light
copyright © 2023-01-17, by lizl bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 445 FREE and Last.
overwhelmed by the beauty of the stars in the cloudless sky night's shadows deepen as the moon casts its reflection on the sea light and darkness...the song and the silence of eternity
copyright © lizl bennefeld, 2o23-o1-14.
Ronovan Writes SIJO Wednesday Poetry Challenge #44.
Use OVERCOME as your inspiration this week.
evening turned to night crackling fire on the hearth puppies fast asleep crickets sang the higher notes bullfrogs, basso profondo
copyright © 2023-01-10, by lizl bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 444 DOG and Frog..
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.
living on promises ... vague and open to prolonged debates generations shift perceptions, changing meanings of the words deeply etched on a far-off shore, truth remains after every storm
copyright © lizl bennefeld, 2o23-o1-o8 (rev. 1/9).
Ronovan Writes Sijo Wednesday Poetry Challenge #43.Use PROMISE as your inspiration this week.
memories, tattered and fragmented by chaos and time twisted threads and patches that don't make sense anymore mend your vision with bold colors, creating new from the old
copyright © lizl bennefeld, 2o22-12-3o.
Almanac Quilt, by Rhoda E. Berry.
Ronovan Writes Sijo Wednesday Poetry Challenge #42. Use
RECOVER as your inspiration this week.
all worn out done with worrying going home
[senryu.] copyright © 2o22-12-29, by lizl bennefeld
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 442 DONE and Tire.
as the days and nights creep past,
one by one, a living stream
barren pastures, snow, and thirsty fields
hot stars and frigid moonlight
the gift of change to feed the minds and
eyes behind the windows
copyright © lizl bennefeld, 2o22-12-23.
Ronovan Writes Sijo Wednesday Poetry Challenge #41.
Use GIFT as your inspiration this week.
I am on the journey of a lifetime...the ending is unknown. The "now" is entrancing. I cannot see it all before it's flown. I hope for a great ending and a comprehensive review.
Copyright © Lizl Bennefeld, 2022-12-20.
Ronovan Writes Sijo Wednesday Poetry Challenge #40.
Use TRIP as your inspiration this week.
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.
Only the present moment contains life.
Thich Nhat Hanh, Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life
in the midst of outer chaos, quiet passion abides its pebbled path leads on to the shore's ruffled waves I arrive to each moment ... I am home in the now
Copyright © Lizl Bennefeld, 2022-12-10.
Image by Ruthann Wagner from Pixabay
Ronovan Writes Sijo Wednesday Poetry Challenge #39.
Use QUOTE as your inspiration this week.
so thankful that my peopled world is small and quiet time enough and more to think...only echoes left behind those will not slam the door as they too finally slip away
Copyright © Lizl Bennefeld, 2022-12-08.
Ronovan Writes Sijo Wednesday Poetry Challenge #37.
Use THANKFUL as your inspiration this week.
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”.
winds of late autumn lay bare
the stark beauty of tree branches
the main wooden axis and the stem,
the tree's steady bole
though gales prune weaker limbs,
twigs hold forth their leaf buds at spring
Copyright © Lizl Bennefeld, 2022-12-03.
Ronovan Writes Sijo Wednesda\y Poetry Challenge #38
Use REVEAL as your inspiration this week.
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
Free from fear but not free to ignore others—
rights and obligations.
Freedom to work with one another
until the work gets done.
Your strength, my weakness—
others' weaknesses may be our strengths.
Copyright © Lizl Bennefeld, 2022-11-20.
Ronovan Writes Sijo Wednesday Poetry Challenge #36.
Use FREE as your inspiration this week.
empty promises in an artificial world leave now—don't go back
[senryu.] Copyright © 2022-11-16, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 436 EMPTY and Revive.
Listen for the lights that sing messages our ears cannot hear. Look about for the voices that create our pathways step by step. Feel guardian winds reveal the miracle that every life has been.
Copyright © Lizl Bennefeld, 2022-11-13.
Ronovan Writes Sijo Wednesday Poetry Challenge #35.
Use COPE as your inspiration this week
Image by Larisa Koshkina from Pixabay
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.
There are stacks of life's boxes in the closet, floor to ceiling. Labels are fading, some beyond recognition...new ones still clear. When we leave, we'll take dancing shoes and costumes, discard the rest.
Copyright © Lizl Bennefeld, 2022-11-02.
“They Have Materialized” by Brett Kiger is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
Ronovan Writes Sijo Wednesday Poetry Challenge #34.
Use DANCE as your inspiration this week.
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.
Enticing aromas of family dinner under apple trees Fall harvest stored away, it's time to celebrate together Favorite songs and laughter swell as evening turns to starry night
Copyright © 2022-10-31. by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes Sijo Wednesday Poetry Challenge #33.
Use WINNING as your inspiration this week.
“Team 3 apple orchard” by USDA NRCS New Mexico
is marked with Public Domain Mark 1.0.
pumpkin rice pudding
ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon...
grandma's recipe
the sweet taste of family love
with lots of raisins on top
Copyright © 2022-10-25, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 433 PUMPKIN and Spice
Mazed by the madness: Kaleidoscope colors! Blinding lights! Megaphones and microphones—endless big-screen shows of nothing. The new wizards of aah! peek around transparent curtains.
Copyright © 2022-10-19 by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes Sijo Wednesday Poetry Challenge #32.
Use MAZE as your inspiration this week.
“kaleidoscope (93)” by lisafree54 is marked with CC0 1.0.
apple-picking time
the late October breezes
winter's in the wind
it's time and past for sleeping . . .
dreams of blossoms on the trees
© 2022-10-17, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 432 APPLE and Pick
“spring apple blossoms” by Muffet is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
In memory of those who presaged the roads we follow, celebrate their achievements, faithful to their final goals. Respect and welcome others as we pave the way to peace.
Copyright © 2022-10-12 by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes Sijo Wednesday Poetry Challenge #31.
Use FESTIVAL as your inspiration this week.
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.
From the first, I remember music
pour from our old radio,
My parents sang and danced before
they gently laid me down to sleep.
Memories sweet and timeless,
still alive as I've grown old.
.
Copyright © 2022-10-06, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes Sijo Wednesday Poetry Challenge #30.
Use MOVIES as your inspiration this week.
sleight of hand amidst the banter loud applause
© 2022-10-03, Lizl Bennefeld..
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 430 HOCUS and Pocus.
Crackling leaves beneath my feet
hide the sight of lingering green.
Squirrels run high above my head
harvesting their forest feasts.
As evening wanes an owl asks Whoo?
Whoo? scurries home to sleep and dreams.
Copyright © 2022-09-27., by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes Sijo Wednesday Poetry Challenge #29.
Use AUTUMN as your inspiration this week.
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.
without mud and water, the lovely lotus flowers will not grow without the sun, the moon could not mirror its beauty on the lake joy and sorrow join together to create the fullness of life
Copyright © 2022-09-21., by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes Sijo Wednesday Poetry Challenge #28.
Use BALANCE as your inspiration this week.
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.
tenacious winds sweep ocean sands
higher up eroded beaches
fallen trees tangle barren branches
with bleaching bones and roots
the sea is naked ... footprints turned to clay ...
bird songs echo from the past
Copyright © 2022-09-17, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes Sijo Wednesday Poetry Challenge #26.
Use PERSISTENCE as your inspiration this week.
“Skeleton” by fw42 is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0.
Aloft, eagles quarter their hunting space...
float on rivers in the sky.
They hunt in pairs, often four birds or six...
their sharp eagle eyes.
In dreams I float high above empty city streets,
not knowing who I search for.
Copyright © 2022-09-16., by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes Sijo Wednesday Poetry Challenge #27.
Use SOAR as your inspiration this week.
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 426 DEEP and Woe.
we lived in our house
30 years, wrapped in sweet songs
as we fell asleep
here, the currents cry havoc
torrential rains...sinking boats
Copyright © 2022-09-06, by Lizl Bennefeld.
“WATER POWER IN A URBAN FLOOD” by bitsorf: Thank you 1,500,000 times is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0.
breathe in deeply…find more space for sounds and thoughts and dreaming taste the mingling currents as the world shifts from now to new inspiration is the stuff by which creation is made
Copyright © 2022-09-03., by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes Sijo Wednesday Poetry Challenge #25. Use INSPIRATION as your inspiration this week.
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.
within every hardship, opportunities are buried skills to hone, talents to discover, knowledge to be gained at the end—success or failure—satisfaction is the prize
[sijo.] Copyright © Lizl Bennefeld, 2022-08-24.
Ronovan Writes Sijo Wednesday Poetry Challenge #24.
Use ADVERSITY as your inspiration this week.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 424 BLEW & Skies.
gentle zephyr winds blew the rain clouds before them tidying the skies polished blues and gold sunbeams songs of joyful meadowlarks
[tanka,] Copyright © 2022-08-23, by Lizl Bennefeld.
“Western Meadowlark” by USFWS Mountain Prairie is licensed under CC BY 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/?ref=openverse
I try to not give advice or naively follow others'. Situations may not be the same for you as for me. Our dialogues, though, could reveal more options and new paths.
[sijo.] Copyright © Lizl Bennefeld, 2022-08-19.
Ronovan Writes Sijo Wednesday Poetry Challenge #23.
Use ADVICE as your inspiration this week.
Photo by Ales Krivec on Unsplash
sweat and tears will not achieve anything
without a goal to reach
goals emerge where dreams are fed and watered
tended, pruned back, and shaped
anchored to earth and reaching the sky...
soon to build a longer bridge
[sijo.] Copyright © Lizl Bennefeld, 2022-08-15.
“Starship | Artist Rendering” by Official SpaceX Photos is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0 .
Ronovan Writes Sijo Wednesday Poetry Challenge #22.
Use ACHIEVEMENT as your inspiration this week.
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.
Quilted Poetry 