Saturday, Nov. 14
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.
Tag Archive 'November'
Poem for Friday, November 13
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?
Meditation
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.
Hostage to Another’s Dreams
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 [...]
haiku
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 10th, 2009
Nip, then jump back fast!
cocker spaniel and bulldog
getting acquainted
That leash is longer
than he thought. Too late now to
measure it again
Coffee After Lunch
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 6th, 2009
As wonderful as lunch may be,
it’s no time for visiting
about anything but food–
holidays remembered, recipes,
who was there and who, not.
A bit of shopping, though,
and then a stop for coffee
before home, and hours pass,
conversing of the most important
things of life, resolution to the problems
of the world, next year’s garden.
Together . . .
November 5th – Poem a Day
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 5th, 2009
"Summer Songs"
The brush of air from birds’ wings! Watch them glide to rest and call to one another. Always time to puff the wings and look around to see what singer [...]
November 4
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 4th, 2009
A Haiku
Light of morning draws lines of stark reality over too bright dreams.
November 3
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 3rd, 2009
"Environmental Illness"
walking through the rooms
of my mind, turning out lights . . .
scents of modern life
Alien Life
Posted in Poetry on Nov 2nd, 2009
They live among us, only slightly alien– their DNA so close that some of them can breed with some of us. A cross-section of each is close enough [...]