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Aerial Dance | Ronovan Writes SIJO Wednesday Poetry Challenge #62.

graceful eagles trace out broad spirals in the early morning 

silent duets, quartets, three pair  of single-minded hunters

float in a windy ballroom, a ballet in the vast blue sky

Copyright © lizl bennefeld, 2023-05-17.

Ronovan Writes SIJO Wednesday Poetry Challenge #62.
Use ART as your inspiration this week.

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Reliable | Ronovan Writes SIJO Wednesday Poetry Challenge #54.

Photo by Zak Stoddard on Pexels.com
Good news arrives too late, while 
   bad news leaves no time to react.
Hearsay carries heavy loads—
   promises are sterling silver.
True and false are points of view.
   I am me, and you are you.

[Sijo.] Copyright © 2023-03-25,
by Lizl Bennefeld.

Ronovan Writes SIJO Wednesday Poetry Challenge #54. Use RELIABLE as your inspiration this week.

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Winter Fruit | Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 454

holly berries, bright
red against the winter snow ...
the late-fallen leaves

copyright © 2023-03-20, by Lizl Bennefeld.

Berries and Snow on Bush on Green, Prince George Avenue, London N14 by Christine Matthews is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.0.

Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt
#Challenge 454 BERRIES and Winter
.

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Neither this nor that | Ronovan Writes Sijo Wednesday Poetry Challenge #53

Photo by Italo Melo on Pexels.com
seeking satisfaction among the sounds of other voices

each looking, asking, praying for what they never find

buried in hopelessness and dreams, paths to true joy are lost

Copyright © Lizl Bennefeld. 2023-03-16.

Ronovan Writes SIJO Wednesday Poetry Challenge #53. Use CONTENTMENT as your inspiration this week.

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Someday… | Ronovan Writes Sijo Wednesday Poetry Challenge #51

White water lily in a pond with lily pads by mdburnette
is licensed under CC-CC0 1.0
the stillness of the pond at midday
        small clouds float above

sunbeams play at hide-and-seek
        with fish among the lily pads

calm waters and gentle winds—
        hopeful thoughts and dreams of peace

Copyright © Lizl Bennefeld. 2023-03-01.

Ronovan Writes SIJO Wednesday Poetry Challenge #51.
Use PATIENCE as your inspiration this week..

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Rocked to Sleep | Ronovan Writes Sijo Wednesday Poetry Challenge #48

Frog on Lilypad” by FolioRoad is licensed under CC BY 2.0 .
the tempo of the waves as they
wash up on the lake shore

ruffled mirror images—
the clouds and sky looking up

gentle rocking of warm lily pads
as they lull the frogs to sleep

Copyright © Lizl Bennefeld. 2023-01-09.

Ronovan Writes SIJO Wednesday Poetry Challenge #48.
Use PACE as your inspiration this week.

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Getaway | Ronovan Writes Sijo Wednesday Poetry Challenge #47

Tucked away in a stone cabin, leased from spring to winter's end,

I eat what I can find, as I've tired of the store-bought stuff. 

I've an option to buy this land.  I think I've found my final home.

copyright © lizl bennefeld, 2o23-o1-02.
Image credit: “West Branch Forest Preserve (5)” by Nicholas_T is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

Ronovan Writes SIJO Wednesday Poetry Challenge #47
. Use ESCAPE as your inspiration this week..

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and the world still turns | Ronovan Writes SIJO Wednesday Poetry Challenge #46

Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com
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.

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shades of evening | Ronovan Writes SIJO Wednesday Poetry Challenge #45

Towering Storm
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.

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Endless | Ronovan Writes Sijo Wednesday Poetry Challenge #44

Photo by Jess Loiterton on Pexels.com
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.

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Promises | Ronovan Writes Sijo Wednesday Poetry Challenge #43

Photo by Jess Loiterton on Pexels.com
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.

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Fraying Threads | Ronovan Writes Sijo Wednesday Poetry Challenge #42

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.

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Windows | Ronovan Writes Sijo Wednesday Poetry Challenge #41

Photo by Min An on Pexels.com
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.

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Retrospection | Ronovan Writes Sijo Wednesday Poetry Challenge #40

Photo by Simon Berger on Pexels.com
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.

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in the moment | Ronovan Writes Sijo Wednesday Poetry Challenge #39

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.

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Sound of Silence | Ronovan Writes Sijo Wednesday Poetry Challenge #37.

Photo by Helena Lopes on Pexels.com
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.

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Changing seasons | Ronovan Writes Sijo Wednesday Poetry Challenge #38.

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
.

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Hand in Hand | Ronovan Writes Sijo Wednesday Poetry Challenge #36.

Photo by Helena Lopes on Pexels.com
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.

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Common paths | Ronovan Writes Sijo Wednesday Poetry Challenge #35

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

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After Dreams | Ronovan Writes Sijo Wednesday Poetry Challenge 34

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.

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Fall Harvest | Ronovan Writes Sijo Wednesday Poetry Challenge 33

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.

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It’s Entertainment | Ronovan Writes Sijo Wednesday Poetry Challenge #32

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.

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Winter dreams | Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 432

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.

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Together | Ronovan Writes Sijo Wednesday Poetry Challenge #31

Photo by cottonbro on Pexels.com
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.

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Movies of the mind | Ronovan Writes Sijo Wednesday Poetry Challenge #30

Photo by Brett Sayles on Pexels.com
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.