November 30 – NaNoWriMo poem
Posted in Poetry on Nov 30th, 2009
“Waiting for Snow”
The old crescent moon
shrinks, hiding among branches
stripped by winter’s winds.
Tag Archive 'November'
The Birthday Card
Posted in Poetry on Nov 29th, 2009
one more card to say that mere words cannot express the depths of his love
And to think that at one time I was convinced that marriage was not for me. Mine is the most wonderful husband in the world. Yes, really!
Autumn Promises
Posted in Poetry on Nov 28th, 2009
Filtered autumn light, speak to me of summer, gone, and winter yet to come. Color my vision with golden glory and fill my nostrils with the scent of those last flowers clinging to vines [...]
Thanksgiving
Posted in Poetry on Nov 26th, 2009
Ever changing, the faces
and the names of people
at the dinner table on
Thanksgiving Day.
New husbands, wives, and children,
and their own families of the heart,
find their way into the folds
of Great-grandma’s quilts
into our lives and homes.
Large quilts, warm
and welcoming…
Always room for more.
Curious about
modern technology, Sam
seeks out a mentor
"Hideaway"
Up before the sun and safely tucked away from weekend’s hated chores.
Morning Dew
Posted in Poetry on Nov 18th, 2009
dewdrops, clinging tight to leaves and fragrant flowers, focus morning’s light
Sometimes
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 [...]
Like life, the windfall
apples lie, half hidden, now,
waiting for rebirth
Sunday’s poem
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