The Art of the Moment

Line of Demarcation
(Haiku)
autumn’s slow shadow,
a line of demarcation . . .
morning’s frost or dew
liz bennefeld, 2009.11.15

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"Out of Time"
Stepped outside of time to fit a three-day weekend into two days off.
 
Liz Bennefeld, © 2009-11-15.

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"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?

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Open to the world, windfall apples at my feet, voices on the breeze
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Photo and poem by Liz Bennefeld, copyright 2009.11.12.

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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 [...]

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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

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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 . . .

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"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 [...]

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A Haiku
Light of morning draws lines of stark reality over too bright dreams.

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"Environmental Illness"
 
walking through the rooms
of my mind, turning out lights . . .
scents of modern life

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