Tag Archives: Rick Daddario

early spring . . .

Posted on September 22, 2012 by Margaret Dornaus

  Rick Daddario’s September 22 “30 Days of Haiga”  prompt is “autumn/spring beginnings.” I chose “spring,” because I already had this haiga I made from a shot of my beautiful tree peony.  It’s the earliest flowering shrub in my garden, and, although … Continue reading →

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a band of stars . . .

Posted on September 14, 2012 by Margaret Dornaus

Rick Daddario’s September 14 “30 Days of Haiga”  prompt, “a band of stars,” inspired me to create a haiga from a picture I took of the winter wonderland display of lights at Garvan Gardens in Hot Springs, AR.

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fleur-de-lis . . .

Posted on September 7, 2012 by Margaret Dornaus

Rick Daddario’s September 7 challenge for his “30 Days of Haiga” is to create a haiga based on “grandmother memories.”  I never had a chance to know my paternal grandmother, who died of complications from appendicitis when she was only 30, … Continue reading →

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Haiga days & nights. . .

Posted on August 31, 2012 by Margaret Dornaus

My friend, the wonderful haiga artist Rick Daddario, is hosting a haiga celebration during the month of September at his art blog 19 planets.  Rick will be providing prompts for each day of the month to inspire others to try … Continue reading →

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Birthday tanka countdown . . .

Posted on July 12, 2012 by Margaret Dornaus

  Thank you to all who’ve added their lovely voices here and helped to make my birthday a real celebration.   There’s still time (a week!) to enter your tanka here for a chance to win a copy of Modern Japanese Tanka.   I’ll … Continue reading →

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Day of the Dead . . .

Posted on November 2, 2011 by Margaret Dornaus

Day of the Dead . . . fresh marigold blooms in my garden I’m humbled by and appreciative of the outpouring of poems and images collected here, especially because I put out the call to friends and fellow haijin in … Continue reading →

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Birthday countdown . . .

Posted on July 17, 2011 by Margaret Dornaus

Three more days and counting to my actual birthday celebration, when I’ll be drawing one name out of my hat for a free subscription to Moonbathing.  All you have to do is leave me a comment–or a ku–by July 20th (my birthday, … Continue reading →

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Life-doodles (a.k.a. sketches; a.k.a. shasei) . . .

Posted on February 1, 2011 by Margaret Dornaus

As a self-proclaimed word nerd, I take pleasure in playing word games.  And, as a haiku word nerd, there are plenty of opportunities for doing just that.  In addition to dropping in on my friend Rick Daddario’s 19 planets website … Continue reading →

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Homage: Frog-age . . .

Posted on November 17, 2010 by Margaret Dornaus

Recently, Melissa Allen of Red Dragonfly posted a string of brilliant “afters” inspired by some of the master Bashō’s haiku.  As a translator, I know how difficult (impossible?) it is to translate either French or Spanish poetry into English, but Japanese . . … Continue reading →

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But is it haiku? . . .

Posted on November 11, 2010 by Margaret Dornaus

     The jars of octopus– brief dreams      under the summer moon.                                                   –Bashō (trans., Robert Hass) Much of what I’ve done so far on this blog is not, strictly speaking, haiku.  After all, where’s the obligatory season word–the kigo?  For that … Continue reading →

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