Ponikwa [pɔˈnikfa] (German: Verlorenwasser) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bystrzyca Kłodzka, within Kłodzko County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany.
It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) south-west of Bystrzyca Kłodzka, 21 kilometres (13 mi) south of Kłodzko, and 102 kilometres (63 mi) south of the regional capital Wrocław.