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.
a river of tears rolls down the face of the sky as endings begin
Copyright © Lizl Bennefeld, 2023-04-24.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt
#Challenge 459 RIVER and Rolls.
shaded grotto hid behind thick climbing vines dreams of flowers
Copyright © 2023-03-27, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt
#Challenge 455 CAVE and Climb
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.
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.
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.
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..
shrugging off burdens while away stolen hours dreaming cherished dreams
Copyright © 2023-02-27, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 451 SHRUG and Weight.
safe behind the gate the sheep stare open-mouthed at hikers staring back
copyright © 2023-02-14, by lizl bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 449 DOOR and Open.
NaHaiWriMo 2023
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.
dusk's last dying rays kiss the evening star good night day falls fast asleep
copyright © 2023-02-06, by lizl bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 448 FAST and Last.
NaHaiWriMo 2023
snow and ice— winter's thick blankets break the wind
copyright © 2023-02-05, by lizl bennefeld.
NaHaiWriMo 2023
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..
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.
we are who we are at the moment...in this moment ephemeral each unique, ever changing becoming more of what we'll be
— lizl bennefeld, © 2022-12-01.
Winds of Change by NASA Goddard Photo and Video is licensed under CC-BY 2.0
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.
clouds on the water
Copyright © 2022-11-17, by Lizl Bennefeld.
pathway to the stars
wavering of distant lights
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.
Quilted Poetry 