Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #291 Charm&Harm
dreams of rustic charms…
the thickets and stone fences
shelter all from harmbutterflies rest on cows’ ears
trout and flies share pasture news
Copyright © 2020-02-06, by Lizl Bennefeld. All rights reserved.
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.
RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #272 Empty&Whole
empty of moonlight
a river of brilliant stars
across the whole sky
strewn farther than eyes can see
but nearer than childhood’s dreams
Copyright © Lizl Bennefeld, 2019/09/24. All rights reserved.
harmony
many singers, many songs
of thankfulnessrooster’s hymn to morning’s light
wisdom of the owl’s “whoo”
Copyright © 2019-08-30, by Elizabeth W. Bennefeld.
gratitude = thankfulness
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RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #236 Sage&Vine
sheltered from sun
grapevine arbor over me
sage beneath my headsoft birdsong and fragrant breeze
noontime is a time for rest
Copyright © 2019-01-14, by Lizl Bennefeld.
RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #229 Win&Lose
I have lost and won
but looking back, I can’t tell
losses from the winsroads that turn and twist can change
the balance of a life
Copyright © 2018-11-28, by Liz Bennefeld.
RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #228 Future/Hope
squirrels are putting by
autumn’s seeds for future meals
spring’s hopeful promise
Copyright © 2018-11-19, by Lizl Bennefeld.
My father put out suet and seeds for the birds and squirrels that made their home in our back yard, shaded by close to a dozen old cottonwood trees, a newer maple, and a hedge of tall lilac trees with purple flowers at springtime, a hedge along the north and west sides of the double lot. One of my brothers now lives there with his wife, where his children and their children gather.
I wrote a poem related to this photograph in 2000, republished in a blog post titled “Going Home” in 2015. The squirrels would also climb up the screen windows looking in on our breakfast table, impatient for us to finish eating, at which time Dad would feed them the leftover pancakes on the back porch.
#RonovanWrites #Haiku #Weekly #Challenge no 220: He and She.
Remembering our Parents
he and she loved each
other and the whole wide world
and taught us the samethat flowers and people grow, all
in colors of God’s love
Copyright © 2018-09-26, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Remembering my mother and father, who also inspired this poem, written for them in 1987:
“Born of Love”
written for my parents
You taught me how to stand apart,
to understand and be myself.
You gave me the courage to walk alone
when none would join me.
You showed me how to look through words
into the worlds that others live in.
You taught me how to listen
with my heart and dare to make
no judgments
but those born of love.
Copyright © Christmas 1987, by Elizabeth W. Bennefeld.
After their deaths, 103 days apart at ages 94 and 100, the poem, which had been framed, came back to me with other keepsakes from their home.
Ronovan Writes Haiku Prompt 219: Charge | Reason
one good reason why
the batteries haven’t charged—
all the winds have ceasedalternate energy source?
better plan for more than one
“not a rustle”. Copyright © 2018-09-22, by Lizl Bennefeld.
I hate to own up to this one, but…I have no more ideas.
RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #218 Steam&Cover
steam off still water
gentle blanket of moonlight
muffled cries of loonsawake before the morning
hearing voices in the night
Copyright © 2018-09-12, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Synonym: cover=blanket
I somehow associate the crying of the loons across the lake with death… (thinking, perhaps, of banshees?) The rising mist and soft moonlight, the voices of loons soothing me back into sleep, moonlight in my dreams and the clouds behind the moon.
#RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #217 Poison&Past
even tainted paths—
by virtue of past kindness—
can guide one back home
Copyright © 2018-09-04, by Lizl Bennefeld.
synonym:
poison=tainted
Written for #RonovanWrites #Haiku #Weekly #Challenge #216: Hero / Coward.
along life’s long path
watching, seeing, caring and
helping where we cannot coward or a hero—
simply doing what is right
Copyright © 2018-08-27, by Elizabeth W. (Lizl) Bennefeld.
Written for Ronovan Writes Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge #213: Time & Movement.
zero kelvin
movement slows…atoms cease their race
and nowtime
stops
Copyright © 2018/08/09, by Elizabeth W. Bennefeld.
Not Colored Yet
(Copyright July 2018, Lizl Bennefeld, All rights reserved.)woke up too early…
the pixies aren’t done painting the wildflowers
Copyright © 2018-07-17, by Lizl Bennefeld.
#RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #210 Woke&Up
flowers whisper
secrets from the old days
waiting for the dawnthese ways and years and losses
do not weigh against all time
Copyright © 2018-07-15, by Lizl Bennefeld.
#RonovanWrites #Haiku Weekly Poetry Prompt Challenge: Old and Days.
As the day grows old, as all days do, longing for the cool of night no longer wakes the mind. Dreams turn into smoke that does not shelter from the lingering heat of sun’s strong rays. The mind wonders—wanders. Vicious cravings for victory drown beneath the surface of the longing for kinder truths…for camaraderie that wasn’t…old friends who never were…conversations that were really only one way—battles to be fought and never lost, no matter what the cost.
at day’s end flowers
growing older—rot…their seeds
parched by earth’s hot tears
Copyright © 2018-07-09, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Odd trains of thought while exercising in the gazebo, first thing this morning, left me with this poem for #RonovanWrites #Haiku Weekly Poetry Prompt Challenge: Old and Days. I hope to be inspired to write one in a different vein before the week’s end.
Written in response to Ronovan Writes Haiku Weekly Challenge #208: Chance & Unite.
chance winds scatter us…
unite the senses with the will
to bring us home
Copyright © 2018-07-02, by Lizl Bennefeld.
gathering numbers
flying in good weather…then
resting—gaining strength
Copyright © 2018-07-02, by Lizl Bennefeld.
In response to #RonovanWrites #Haiku weekly prompt challenge 206: Brawn & Bliss.
might gone wrong
tramples out our lives with theirs
peace has diedthere are no words to say
to those who will not care
Copyright © 2018-06-19, Lizl Bennefeld.
Synonyms: brawn=might, bliss=peace
gentle tyrants
hopeful raindrops press wildflower seeds into the dirt
Copyright © 2018-06-11, by Lizl Bennefeld.
In response to the Ronovan Writes Haiku Weekly Challenge #205: Tyrant & Hope.
to buy or not to buy?
the world is too much with us…
Hobson’s faithless choice
Copyright © 2018-06-04, by Lizl Bennefeld.
#RonovanWrites #Haiku … but I do not always manage to do so.
RonovanWrites Haiku Weekly Challenge #204: Choice&Faith
Belonging, being part of a home, as opposed to just living in a house with other people, gives opportunities (and the hazards involved) in opening oneself to caring. Sometimes, beyond forever. One can “leave” home, but bring it along. One may add to it, piling joy on joy. Lose its pieces … its people. Sometimes home vanishes from sight. Through the hurt, one waits to recognize and rediscover it in its new guise.
home is where my heart
was broken into pieces—
love and healing…free gifts
Copyright © 2018-05-28, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Written in response to the Weekly Challenge Prompt #203: Home&Free.
delicate as
the heartbeat of a tree
strong as a boulderlove’s not always visible
but it’s near enough to touch
Copyright © 2018-05-21, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Substitution: fragile for delicate
#RonovanWrites #Haiku #Weekly #Challenge no 202: Fragile & Heartbeat.
complexity
the body of modern art—
old wood and tin cansdoves and robins come to sing
on wires traversed by squirrel feet
Copyright © 2018-05-14, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Written for #RonovanWrites #Haiku challenge 201: Body & Art.
angry clouds afire
thunder booms across the sky
swift winds carry rain
Copyright © 2018-05-07, by Lizl Bennefeld.
RonovanWrites Haiku Challenge for 7 May 2018: #200 Ire & Fire.
do not be troubled
by rabbits who like flowers—
your dogs’ drill sergeantschasing them makes running fun
vital to continued health
Copyright © 2018-03-30, by Lizl Bennefeld.
pingback: Challenge #199: Obsessed and You.
Substitutions: you=yours; obsessed=troubled
Written for #RonovanWrites #Haiku weekly prompt no. 198: Beat and Party.
waves beat on the shore
playing with strangers’ toes
then slipping awaywind and sand party along
the beach…catch me if you can!
Copyright © 2018-04-27, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Final version is at The Written Word blog.
sunlight on his wings
iridescent dragonfly
the joy of his dance
Copyright © 2018-04-17, by Elizabeth W. Bennefeld.
sunlight = sun
joy = fun
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coy sweet clover
hiding beneath late-spring snow—
rabbits wait in vain
Copyright © 2018-04-09, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Synonym:
shy = coy
Written for #RonovanWrites #Haiku: Prompt #196 Shy andSweet
cold starlight bathes
the vast regal mountain peaks
and shadowed gorges
that divide sweet memories
from the balm of hopefulness
Copyright © 2018.04.02, by
Lizl Bennefeld.
Written to prompt #195 from #RonovanWrites Poetry
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Written for #RonovanWrites #Haiku weekly prompt no. 194: Goddess&Worship.
goddess of flowers…
English roses primp and preen
bathed in sunlightreverence for your heady scent
outweighs the peril of your thorns
Copyright © 2018-03-27, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Reverence = Worship
Written for #RonovanWrites #Haiku weekly challenge prompt # 193: Chance & Equal.
thick clouds overhead
wind shakes dry clinging leaves
chance of rain or snowdrifts or skating rinks for streets
each equally forbidding
Copyright © 2018-03-19, by Lizl Bennefeld.
starlight slips away
as veils of misty morning
mask night’s crystal sky
Copyright © 2018-03-09,
by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes Poetry Prompt #191: Sneak and Night
Slip = Sneak
fresh scent of mist
as flowers take a breath at dawn
then stretch and sighbut night’s sweet sleep outweighs
morning’s tangy invitation
Copyright © 2018-02-27, by Lizl Bennefeld, Fargo, N.D. USA.
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tangy = tart
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tranquility
thoughts settled and set aside
no noise intrudespeace of mind can be achieved…
the world without illusion
Copyright © 2018-02-19, by Lizl Bennefeld.
For other entries and information on how to participate in this weekly challenge, see: #RonovanWrites #Haiku weekly prompt no. 189 – Zen and Noise.
My husband and I stood on the front steps during a meteor shower, one cold night, staring at the sky. Marvelous to share the wonder.
quietly
between one breath and the next
a shooting star
slips quickly past my eyes…
still a fondest memoryCopyright © 2018-02-12, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Pingback: #RonovanWrites #Haiku weekly prompt no. 188 – Quick and Slip, and information on how to take part in this weekly writing challenge.
Photo by Navicore (Own work) [CC BY 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
shy, blushing rose
lift your face to greet
morning’s lightthorns cannot shield you from
the glance of friends or strangers
Copyright © 2018-02-05, by Lizl Bennefeld.
See this page #RonovanWrites #Haiku weekly prompt no. 187 – Shy and Blush to participate in this weekly challenge!
Flower photo: Woods rose (Rosa woodsii)
celestial body
do not come so close to Earth…
it…we are fragiledo not prove that mere belief
cannot alone shift your course
Copyright © 2018-01-29, by Lizl Bennefeld.
pingback: Prompt Challenge 186 — Body / Close.
Guidelines for participating in this weekly challenge can be found at http://ronovanwrites.com
Written for #RonovanWrites #Haiku weekly prompt no. 185: Sing and Peace.
high peeping voices
singing frogs … sudden silence
warns of broken peace
The calls of crows in sunlit afternoon announce intruders. Cheerful voices of amphibians that suddenly go still in evening and night hours, announce those same trespassers, trace their paths, with sudden silences.
Copyright © 2018-01-23, by Lizl Bennefeld.
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touch of freezing fog
against the window panes
press of howling windsthe search in morning’s darkness
for night’s discarded blankets
Copyright © 2018-01-15, by Lizl Bennefeld.
dreams don reality
as a cloak of illusions
hiding hope awayIt’s never too late to start
over and take a new path
Copyright © 2018-01-08, by Lizl Bennefeld.
All rights reserved.
synonym: magic=illusion
definition: don=put on; get dressed in; slip on (or into)
Photo: Snapshot taken in Central Park, Manhattan; Spring 2007.
Pingback: #RonovanWrites #Haiku weekly prompt no. 183 – Magic and Hope.
cars lost in deep drifts
snow cloaking streets and foot paths
frost-singed fingerscold snap of the century…
until the rain began
Copyright © 2018-01-01, by Lizl Bennefeld.
All rights reserved.
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winter’s frost etchings
decorate the front window
thanks to old Jack Frostnightmares drawn on window panes
the horror of 40 below
Copyright © 2017-12-28, by Lizl Bennefeld, North Dakota U.S.
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slow rising sun—now
not obscured by mountain peaks—
burns the fog awayfrom newly refreshed flowers
dewdrop mirrors disappear
Copyright © 2017-12-18, by Lizl Bennefeld, Fargo, N.D. USA.
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warning flares—road out
heat tossed in the air…the steam
lava and watersometimes liquid turns to vapor
while some rivers turn to stone
Copyright © 2017-12-12, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Things are settling down, here, but still my mind turns to mayhem.
Blizzard Warning trees bend in the wind
December blizzard warning
rain to ice…now, snowbetter thoughtful than daring
better careful than bold
Copyright © 2017-12-04,
by Lizl Bennefeld.
All rights reserved.
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Written in response to #RonovanWrites #Haiku prompt #177: Strong&Heart.
strong winds gather
at the heart of the storm…
as lightning strikes
thunder mixes with the snow
ice coats the ground and branches
Copyright © 2017-11-27, by
Lizl Bennefeld.
Turning toward the wind,
geese cry to one another,
Here! This is the way!
Copyright © 2017-03-13, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Twist = turn
Shout = cry
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Quilted Poetry 