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.
stark whiteness
broken limbs of trees
no echo
Copyright © 2021-02-18, by Lizl Bennefeld.
(NaHaiWriMo 2021, Day 19)
Image by Наталья Коллегова from Pixabay
icy breath
nature’s steady hand
each snowflake
Copyright © 2021-02-13, by Lizl Bennefeld.
(NaHaiWriMo 2021, Day 13)
Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash
amidst winter’s cold
may your arms embrace love’s warmth
and your dreams endure
Copyright © 2021-02-12, by Lizl Bennefeld.
(NaHaiWriMo 2021, Day 12)
Image by Susann Mielke from Pixabay
pristine snow
unbroken stream of days
dreams of rain
Copyright © 2021-02-11, by Lizl Bennefeld.
(NaHaiWriMo 2021, Day 11)
morning fog
lost in the snowstorm
buried paths
Copyright © 2020-02-03, by Lizl Bennefeld.
NaHaiWriMo (Day 3)
Photo by Wolfgang Hasselmann on Unsplash
as the days grow short
rabbits seek out deep shadows
waiting for twilightlife on the border between
adventure and quiet peace
Copyright © 2021-01-13, by Lizl Bennefeld.
powdered sugar night
snowflakes cover bare mountains
slowly drifting down
old pathways wear new blankets
moonlight floods the starlit sky
Copyright © 2020-12-16, by Liz Bennefeld.
Image by Junnifer Baya from Pixabay
Prompt: Poetry Heals Online Workshop.
like a vapor trail
barely visible against
the sky…too far
away to hear a sound
as life begins and ends
Copyright © 2018-01-18, by Lizl Bennefeld.
WP Weekly Photo Challenge: Silence.
Looking forward to a beautiful day!
brilliant on the snow
morning light on ice crystals
rainbow cacophony
Copyright © 2018-01-09, by Lizl Bennefeld. All rights reserved.
WP Daily Post Prompt: Brilliant.
And I seem to have caught the WP daily post prompt for today. Huh!
The out-of-doors seems
so far away in winter
except when winds howlsharp cold prepares the glass
for frost to frame the pictures
[tanka and photograph]. Copyright © 2018-01-03, by Lizl Bennefeld.
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.
Pingback: Ronovan Writes Haiku Challenge #181: Nightmare and Horror.
“Cloudy Passage”
A “V” of 16 geese flew over me, calling out to one another, heading south. The sight and sounds leave me bereft and teary eyed. Saying good-bye to old friends—not knowing if they’ll make it back here in the spring. Not knowing if I’ll still be here to greet them.
“Cloudy Passage”. Copyright © 2016-11-25, by Lizl Bennefeld.
When they leave us, each autumn, I stop to listen to their call. If I can, I step outside to watch them approach, then fly past, calling as they fly. Today they flew above our back yard. It always hurts, their abandonment over winter. I thrill to see and hear the geese as they pass. And when they’ve gone, I almost always cry.
“Best Friends”
Bunny, did you knock upon
the door at five A.M.
hoping that Samantha would
come out to play, again?The door I did not open,
though the kitchen lights were on.
I let Samantha sleep and dream
fond dreams of you and summer’s fun.You wake up all the neighborhood
when you two join in play.
She hounds you through the yard
and through the back fence, she will bay.And then I grab my trusty shawl
and hunt around for shoes
and wonder what the neighbors think
of all the noise…the two of you!
“Best Friends”. Copyright © 2016-01-12,
by Lizl Bennefeld. All rights reserved.
Quilted Poetry 