Ronovan Writes Sijo Wednesday Poetry Challenge #20. Use PRIDE as your inspiration this week.
self-respect and assurance
are tempered by vast unknowns
the world around us changes
from one "earthquake" to the next
we cannot speak with certainty
without digging up the facts
© lizl bennefeld, 2022-07-31.
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
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 334 GRACE and Slip
graceful in the pond
koi slip under lily pads
sheltered from the sunthey gossip together and
lunch on tiny water bugs
Copyright © 2020-12-01, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 332 Ebb & Flow
life’s tides are certain
rhythmic changes shape our years
flow and ebb…and ceaseentwined hearts drawn in the sand
now buried but eternal
Copyright © 2020-11-16, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Image by Uliana Pinto from Pixabay
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 330 Cold & Fall
late autumn dusk
quiet settles on the woods
pop of burning logs
cold snows brush the windows
an almost-winter lullaby
Copyright © 2020-11-02, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Photo by WantTo Create on Unsplash
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 326 SCORCH & SHADE
scorching fury of
midday sun and cloudless skies…
the broad cliff’s shadethe song of laughing water
as it bubbles from the spring
Copyright © 2020-10-06, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 322 Cup&Sip
sip the morning dew
caught in nature’s perfumed cup
sweetened by sunlight
each new day is made for joy
revealed or in the making
Copyright © 2020-09-07, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 321 Morrow&Surge
promising fall rains
late summer winds surge stronger…
chill of morrow’s dewwaking birds sing in sunlight
geese above rehearse goodbyes
Copyright © 2020-09-02, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 321 Morrow&Surge
everywhere cold dew
morning creeps into midday
with its surge of raingo to sleep til the morrow
and the warmth of a new day
Copyright © 2020-09-01, by Lizl Bennefeld.
http://Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 320 Day&Flaw
a day without flaws
roses without thorny stems
night without its starschildren splash in huge puddles
as the summer’s rains pour down
Copyright © 2020-08-25, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Photo by Xavi Cabrera on Unsplash
http://Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 320 Day&Flaw
torn and tattered clouds
race across a windswept sky
shadows on the fields
frolic in the stormy day
raindrops fracture into mist
Copyright © 2020-08-24, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 319 Trip&Whip
rain whips my windows
on its journey through the sky
drops burst and fracture
fill the outside air with mist
and leave nothing else to breathe
Copyright © 2020-08-18, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Photo by Sofia Guaico on Unsplash
Ah, just one more for this week’s prompt words…
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 317 Eye&Light
cool sunrise colors weave
a pattern of soft light
gentle to my eyea faint mist blankets branches
brushes newly frost-bit leaves
Copyright © 2020-08-03, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 317 Eye&Light
goddess of the dawn
promising her gift of light
graces eastern skiesdimmed fireflies cease to dance
hidden now from searching eyes
Copyright © 2020-08-03, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 316 Destruct&Self
a secret message
should implode on itself once
its purpose is servedwhen carelessly discarded
the destruction marches on
Copyright © 2020-07-27, by Lizl Bennefeld.
the Pan Clade kisses
homo sapiens and chimps
we have the same needswe want to feel wanted and
need to really feel the love
Copyright © 2020-07-20, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Discussion here: Hominidae – Wikipedia
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 315 Chimpanzee&Kiss
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 314 Finger&Planet
Earth’s windy fingers
riffle through her layered clouds
opening to view
Venus slipping from her path
for a midnight walk with Mars
Copyright © 2020-07-14, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Image by Bruno /Germany from Pixabay
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 313 Dwindle&Ripple
dwindling twilight
ripple of receding waves
echoing of stars
the Milky Way is mirrored
in a sea of endless night
Copyright © 2020-07-06, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Photo by eberhard grossgasteiger on Unsplash
the moon’s light dwindles
as winds shepherd rain-filled clouds
rippling mirrored skiesfar beneath the Milky Way
waves caress an empty shore
Copyright © 2020-07-06, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Photo by Luca Bravo on Unsplash
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 312 Intent&Thought
intentive timing
with close thought to ways and means
leads to sanityavoid the crazymakers
concentrate on moving on
Copyright © 2020-07-01, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 311 Change&Face
flowers on the trees
as spring moves into summer
bring about new fruitthe changing face of nature
provides evidence for hope
[tanka]. Copyright © 2020-06-23, by Liz Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 310 Share&Voice
voices on the wind…
the new moon never shares
the words that it hearsstars may hope to listen in
but the distance is too far
[micropoem]. Copyright © 2020-06-15, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 309 Break&Glass
taking a break
with a glass of iced tea—
lemon, no sugarnot expected elsewhere…I
might fall asleep in the shade
[tanka]. Copyright © 2020-06-08, by Lizl Bennefeld.
safety is not safe
no magic buttons to push
no quick fixes hereneither anger nor logic
but love, charity, and grace
Copyright ©2020-06-01. by Liz Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 308 Anger&Logic
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 307: Open&Close
close enough to touch
the crescent moon ‘midst the branches
I open my hand
Copyright © 2020-05-26, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 307: Open&Close
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 306: Cloak&Race
moonlight cloaked by sound
mirrored in a tidal race
scattered on the shore
Copyright © by Lizl Bennefeld.
All rights reserved.
Definition: “Tidal race or tidal rapid is a natural occurrence whereby a fast-moving tide passes through a constriction, resulting in the formation of waves, eddies and hazardous currents.” (Wikipedia link)
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 305
wandering river…
build a road or make some paths
conflict of interests
[zappai.] Copyright © 2020-05-11, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Image by Lubos Houska from Pixabay
Word prompt substitution: wandering
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 304: Might&Slight
though slight of power
blades of grass emerge…nearby
violets unfoldfreezing nights and gentle rain
the nurture of day’s sunlight
Copyright © 2020-05-04, by Lizl Bennefeld.
tight-bound by magic
since before this world was born
Sol’s majesty reigns
Copyright © 2020-05-04, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 303: Stick&Trick
the trick to living
well is to stick with simple
joys…weather the ills
focus on becoming you
revel in what you can give
Copyright © 2020-04-29, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #300 Grit&Quit
simply walked away
from the troubles I had known
left them far behind
now I dream ‘neath summer clouds
counting pebbles on the shore
Copyright © 2020•04•06, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Substitutions: grit=pebbles; quit=walk away
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #299 Bright&Fight
faint rays of the sun
muffled by the fog and gloom
struggle to break throughbrightness follows swaddled dawn
hearts rejoice in morning’s light
Copyright © 2020•03•30, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #298 Bay&Play
playing on the wind
aroma of bay laurel
ancient memories
Copyright © 2020•03•25, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #297 Shrink&Think
fast-fading stars
lingering at edge of dawn…
ponder the nighttoo little time left to learn
what walks the earth in daylight
Copyright © 2020-03-16, Lizl Bennefeld.
All rights reserved.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #296 Ape&Hip (Monkey&Funky)
monkeying around
playing funk on the keyboard
night music, cool beat
Copyright © 2020-03-09, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #295 Elate&Hate
quiet elation
peaceful days and simple joys . . .
leave no room for hate
[senryu]. Copyright © 2020-03-02, by Lizl Bennefeld.
All rights reserved.
Image by Ali Vidler from Pixabay
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #294 Chaste&Taste
spring is early come
water falls through cracks and rills
running in pure joy
smell sweet pollen in the air
taste clover’s cheery flowers
Copyright © 2020-02-24, by Lizl Bennefeld.
All rights reserved.
Synonym: chaste=pure
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #293 Drain&Rain
summersweet bushes
decorate the drainage ditch
soaking up warm rain
their fragrant flowers gather
humming birds and buzzing bees
Copyright © 2020-02-18, by Lizl Bennefeld.
All rights reserved.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #292 Sheep&Weep
quiet lullabies
waft through weeping willow trees
lambs lie down to sleepsmells of new grass on the breeze
starlight caught on rippling waves
Copyright © 2020/02/12, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Image by Guido Goluke from Pixabay
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #287 Brook&Moss
soft moss on the rocks
where I lay my head to rest
the brook’s bubbling song
Copyright © 2020-01-09, by Lizl Bennefeld. All rights reserved.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #286 Ashes&Cocoon
woke from the cocoon
into a world of ashes
life born amid deathsometimes everything must end
making room to start anew
Copyright © 2020-01-02, by Lizl Bennefeld. All rights reserved.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #285 Hope&Star
endless heavens
a wish under starlight for
a peace not feltwell-being comes from doing…
hope, from doing what one can
Copyright © 2019-12-24, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #284 Wicked&Mundane
when evil’s mundane
and lies outshine facts and truth
good deeds count as crimesCopyright © 2019-12-17, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Substitution: Evil for Wicked
Image by Angeles Balaguer from Pixabay
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #283 Placid&Wild
placid waters soon
will mirror stars and moonlight
as dusk turns to nightwild deer come on silent feet…
one last sip, then peaceful sleep
Copyright © 2019-12-09, by Lizl Bennefeld.
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #279 Nature&Nurture
shaded forest path
rippling water’s cheerful song
soft grass underfootnature’s essence soothes the heart
calms the sorrows of the soul
[tanka]. Copyright © 2019-11-14, by Liz Bennefeld.
nature = essence
nurture = soothe, calm
Quilted Poetry 