the moments between yesterday and eternity
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 5th, 2010
I am so very pleased that I finally have a computer to replace my old laptop, which has suffered greatly over the past few years. Especially, I missed the “x” key, which Samantha jumped on, just a few months after we brought her home, and broke entirely. The nice thing about tax refund time is [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 11th, 2010
RL has intervened, but only for a little while longer.
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 23rd, 2009
Much too much work, this week, and one mild and one severe fragrance/ chemical exposure. I am hopeful that I will catch up on the poems, but I am going to catch up on my sleep, first. Lulled to sleep by the sounds of surf and puppy dog snores.
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 17th, 2009
“Sometimes”
by
Liz Bennefeld
Sometimes, in the middle of life’s joys,
more than in sorrow,
a desperate yearning for a home I’ve never seen
sweeps over me, and the pain of being here,
not there, consumes me—a living fire.
Longing, waiting, seeing once again
where I have never been,
yet know so well.
And yet, so much of heaven is in this life,
the people that I [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 15th, 2009
Line of Demarcation
(Haiku)
autumn’s slow shadow,
a line of demarcation . . .
morning’s frost or dew
liz bennefeld, 2009.11.15
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 14th, 2009
"Out of Time"
Stepped outside of time to fit a three-day weekend into two days off.
Liz Bennefeld, © 2009-11-15.
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 13th, 2009
"Bad Luck Friday"
murmurs just beyond my hearing shadows wavering at the edges of my sight dirt beneath my feet…becoming softer with each step I take?
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 12th, 2009
Open to the world, windfall apples at my feet, voices on the breeze
Photo and poem by Liz Bennefeld, copyright 2009.11.12.
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 11th, 2009
Until we can die to the past and dream our own dreams, we are held hostage to demands and expectations not our own.
Not to run away, but to say, The past’s lessons instruct, but do [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 10th, 2009
Still hoping to meet my goal, which has now changed from writing a poem each day to writing a poem for each day in November. Things got a bit complicated for a while. That happens.