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.
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.
the heart of the storm
willow branches sweep the ground
bending with the windscattered chairs left abandoned
as the party moved inside
Copyright © 2022.01.11, by Lizl Bennefeld.
“spring-willow” by JeremyOK is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
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.
brightly burning logs
their warmth and warm memories
old loves…no regrets
Copyright © 2022.01.03, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 391 BURN and Old.
Photo by Craig Adderley on Pexels.com
winter surfboard rides on the ocean's slushy crests blending season joys
Copyright © 2021-12-28, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 390 BLEND and Slush.
The inspiration for the haiku comes from Nantucket’s Waves Are Turning to Slush in Extreme Cold by Zain Haidar (February 27, 2015 on The Weather Channel).
deep snow drifts
© Lizl Bennefeld, 2021.12.21.
haven from the wind
dancing flames
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 389 DRIFT and Haven.
azure bluets
© Lizl Bennefeld
adorned with the sky’s color
content in the world
2021-12-16
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 388 BLUE(s) and World(s)
“bluets-644” by jmunt is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/?ref=openverse&atype=rich
tricolored flowers
© Lizl Bennefeld
refuge from the pains of life
ease for aching hearts
2021-12-11
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 387 COLOR(ed/s) and Three.
Image credit: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
dead leaves on the ground spread out across the landscape not piled up or bagged beneath their winter blankets seeds and insects sleep til spring
Copyright © 2021-11-24, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 385
LEAF(leaves) & Mound(s).
pensive moon peering through the clouds lingering light guiding lost travelers through the lonely night
Copyright © 2021-11-19, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 384 WAIT & Wise.
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.
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
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 Pixabay
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
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.
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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.
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.
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
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.
yellow clings to hope
Lizl Bennefeld, 2021–05-03
white tulips ask forgiveness
red vows endless love
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 356 RED and White..
Image by Engin Akyurt from Pixabay
wrap yourself in quiet
put sadness aside
look past pain to joydeep rivers carve their way through stone
falling tears both heal and burn
[micropoem]. Copyright © 2021-04-27, by Liz Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 355 SAD and Thrill
Photo by Alex Williams on Unsplash
cloud banks form a cloak
of somber mourning
rain drops fall as tears
[lune]. Copyright © Lizl Bennefeld, 2021-04-24.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 354 FORM and Mourn.
Photo by John Fowler on Unsplash
lightning branches out
its particles swift to find
short paths to the groundas bolts inflame the treetops
the earth trembles at the sound
Copyright © Lizl Bennefeld, 2021-04-13
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 353 BRANCH and Swift
Photo by Jeremy Thomas on Unsplash
chittering of squirrels
as they settle into sleep
twilight turns to night
as mockingbirds sing their songs
to stars scattered on the sky
Copyright © 2021-03-22, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Image by dendoktoor from Pixabay.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 350 CHIRP and Twilight
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 349 CRISP and Soft
crisp edges
soft on the inside
hot s’mores
Copyright © by Lizl Bennefeld, 2021-03-15.
Photo by Josh Campbell on Unsplash
Photo by Andrea Davis
on Unsplash
The makings for s’more campfire treats: milk chocolate, graham crackers, and marshmallows.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 348 FOOL and Head
nodding flower heads
warm beneath the summer sun
dream of autumn days
crickets laze about and chirp
silly songs in cool, dark shade
Copyright © 2021-03-09, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 347 ACHE and Ease
the ease of leaving
everything behind for now
sorrow at the lossforget-me-nots remind me
of your true and faithful love
Copyright © 2021-03-02, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 345 Bird and Blow
autumn breeze
gold water ripples
sparrow song
Copyright © 2021-02-015, by Lizl Bennefeld.
NaHaiWriMo (Day 15)
Photography credits on photo attachment pages (click photo to access).
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 344 BITE and Teeth.
the biting winds sculpt
icy teeth on bare branches
freeze my hands and faceearly spring’s sudden ice storms
coat the trees and city streets
Copyright © 2021-02-08, by Lizl Bennefeld.
NaHaiWriMo (Day 8)
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 343 BARE and Full
full cold moon
bare branch silhouettes
planets kiss
Copyright © 2021-02-02, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Image by GooKingSword from Pixabay
Context: “The decade is ending with a full cold moon kiss”, The Lonely Planet (December 2019).
NaHaiWriMo (Day 2)
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 341 FROST and Glint
the glint of sunbeams
through a frosted window pane
winter’s quiet breath
Copyright © 2021-01-21, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 340 RELEASE and Simple.
release from darkness
simple joy in springtime’s breeze
relax into peacewhispering of butterflies
morning songs of cheerful birds
Copyright © 2021-01-11, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Image by Ronny Overhate from PixabayPixabay
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 339 CHILD and Grow
children run, laughing
among the growing flowers rabbits hide beneath
Copyright © 2021-01-06, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Image by natureworks from Pixabay
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 338 Bound and Sway
swaying in crosswinds
bound up by indecision…
time to walk away?some problems have no fixes
or require a new approach
Copyright © 2020–12–30, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Image by Aquilatin from Pixabay
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 337 OPEN and Solace
open book
comfort of silence
blank pagesopen sky
clouds in the distance
cooling windall’s at peace
new pathways appear
venture on
Copyright © 2020-12-21, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Photo by Xan Griffin on Unsplash
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 336 Mad and Sane
madding storm
the calm in the lee
fire’s warmth
Copyright © 2020-12-16, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 335 Curl and Paw
my dog falls asleep
his head resting on his paws
curled up in my laphe naps while I drink coffee
then we walk around the block
Copyright © 2020-12-07, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Quilted Poetry 