@jahangiri.us
Award-winning author and poet who draws inspiration from her family, from her own childhood adventures (some of which only happened in her overactive imagination), and from readers of all ages. President, Poetry Society of Texas Houston, Texas she/her
"There’s a new “feature” rolling out on Facebook, apparently. No info on it that I could find – just pops up randomly, asking posters in private groups if they’d like to make specific posts public." NOT what members of a PRIVATE group want! jahangiri.us/2020/bitchin...
Ephemeral dreams cling
on waking - what weak desire
could break the spell of night
to rouse pale dawn from slumber?
#sensewrds 194
A photograph by Holly Jahangiri of sunset taken from atop Mauna Kea.
Sun slips into sky foam, rolls to rest at the edge of clouds — lengthening peaked shadows, growing, sliding to the far shore. Night's velvet curtain rises; stars salute the audience, an endless field of incandescent lights to see us safely back to sand and sea.
Pride of the Cherokee Nation (not).
Most in the GOP probably think that's who was killed.
Her replacement is no "win."
It's never been a rule. Are people misstating my epiphany? One day, I was cut off in traffic and muttered "Asshole!" The anger dissipated as it hit me: Not today, but definitely SOME DAYS, I am somebody else's "Asshole!" Not because I have to be or want to be, but because I'm human, not perfect.
I saw the duality of destruction and creation in yours and it demanded a response!
Thank you!
dragon wings in flight
hot breath kindling paper, ink
inflames a poem
turns the page to ash
ideas rise like the Phoenix
blazing comet trails
#haiku
#senryu
Thank you! 😀
jahangiri.us/2020/poetry-...
#poetry #blueskypoetry #poemsonbluesky #foundpoems
Get ICE out of our country.
New #WriterBeware blog post: my annual look back at the topics the Writer Beware blog covered in 2025. Scams, of course, but also contracts, copyright, generative AI, and more. If you missed any of our posts last year, here's your chance to catch up writerbeware.blog/2026/01/16/b...
Kilauea erupts effusively. Black specks of tephra are tossed over 800 feet into the sky.
Kilauea eruption episode 40, wisps of white smoke rise from a second vent.
Smoke and ash from Kilauea rise and cover the sun. The light at the rim changes, almost like it does during a partial eclipse.
Kilauea writing in the distance. Hawaii's State tree, the 'Ōhi'a lehua, with its bright red brush-like flowers, in the foreground.
tongues of flame and smoke
chide morning sun - who would dare
compete with pele?
they gather, awestruck
at the rim to celebrate -
witness earth reborn
pure delight must end
as dusk gently covers, cools -
crimson rivers sleep
#haiku #hawaii #kilauea #volcano #eruption #episode40
tutu pele wakes
earth's heartbeats, iambic roar
deep rumbling thunder
koa‘e kea
soar, play on thermal whirlwinds
nimbly dodge tephra
silver-flecked rocks tossed
eight hundred feet - confetti
glows red-orange at dawn
Red anthurium and ginger
she who births islands
pelehonuamea
greetings and respect
red anthurium
and ginger i offer you
may you leap for joy
#haiku
What's with the 10% added at checkout?
protesters line roads
"honk of you love freedom" signs
held high, unafraid
things didn't end well
for kings or dictators then -
why be different now?
#senryu
yellow hibiscus
quivers at waterfall's edge -
mist gathers rainbows
#haiku
“i want back my rocking chairs, / solipsist sunsets, / & coastal jungle sounds...”
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
I'm borrowing from this...
Thank you for sharing, Corinne!
We need Melissa McDonough and more people like her in government!
melissaforcongress.com
