Author Archives: Margaret Dornaus

About Margaret Dornaus

I’m a writer and a teacher, as well as a haiku-doodler. I live in a beautiful woodland setting, surrounded by native oak forests, that inspires me to record haiku snapshots of luna moths and our resident roadrunner, and even an occasional black bear as it hightails it across the top of my road, my mongrel dog barking at its heels as I watch with wonder. My work as a travel writer has appeared in publications from The Dallas Morning News to the Robb Report. You can find examples of my travel writing–as well as excerpts from a travel memoir I’m working on–at my other WordPress site, Travelin’ On. What more than that do you need to know? Only that I started this blog with an eye toward collaboration. Got a haiku? Send it my way. . . . I’m all about new visions & voices. Best, Margaret

nonstop . . .

Posted on February 5, 2015 by Margaret Dornaus

National Haiku Writing Month (NaHaiWriMo) is in full gear, and, happily, I am joining old friends and new in the effort to produce one haiku per day for the shortest month of the year. This is the fourth year I’ve … Continue reading →

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leaning on his cane . . .

Posted on January 31, 2015 by Margaret Dornaus

leaning on his cane he looks like a character out of Bashō . . . weighed down at end of day by the weight of his shadow –for Larry red lights 11:1, January 2015 Some of you might know that my husband, … Continue reading →

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southbound . . .

Posted on December 11, 2014 by Margaret Dornaus

southbound the irresistible urge to follow A Hundred Gourds 4:1, December 2014

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old friends . . .

Posted on December 6, 2014 by Margaret Dornaus

old friends– we used to talk about sex nowadays life, death and the gradations of a peony’s petals All The Shells: Tanka Society of America Members’ Anthology 2014

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tanka time . . .

Posted on November 15, 2014 by Margaret Dornaus

reminding myself never to grow bitter . . . after the storm, see how the peonies kowtow to kiss the ground? Ribbons 10.3, Fall 2014 The newest edition of the Tanka Society of America’s Ribbons arrived in my mailbox today. … Continue reading →

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stars, planet, moons, et. al. . . .

Posted on October 30, 2014 by Margaret Dornaus

The roots of an Exquisite Corpse–like Halloween–are planted in Surrealism. Given that, I tried to give myself license not to take myself too seriously when it came to rattling the skeletal threads of this Corpse together into a sequential body which, … Continue reading →

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exquisite corpse update . . .

Posted on October 23, 2014 by Margaret Dornaus

Thanks to those who’ve generously submitted to my “exquisite corpse” project. And if you haven’t but would like to, I’m extending the deadline until Monday, Oct. 27. (See previous post for the low-down.) I’m letting the responses percolate before putting together something wonderfully … Continue reading →

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exquisite corpse, anyone? . . .

Posted on October 8, 2014 by Margaret Dornaus

A week or two ago, the folks at WordPress sent me virtual “happy anniversary” wishes, reminding me that I’d started this blog with them four years ago. It’s hard to believe that I’ve kept this enterprise going all that time, and that … Continue reading →

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virtual friends . . .

Posted on October 4, 2014 by Margaret Dornaus

  Lately, I’ve had the good fortune to have my work showcased by two virtual friends. The first, Marjorie Buettner, is one of three new editors at the helm of the recently revamped Contemporary Haibun Online. Although I’ve never met Marjorie in … Continue reading →

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perhaps . . .

Posted on September 20, 2014 by Margaret Dornaus

perhaps there is a heaven . . . cherry blossoms The Heron’s Nest XVI:3, September 2014

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