Holly Jahangiri

Holly Jahangiri

@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

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Holly Jahangiri
@jahangiri.us

pay no attention— little men pulling levers don't want you peeking— behind the drapes illusions lose their wonder and magic #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #micropoetry 11/5 — #magic

Holly Jahangiri
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under the bed, trockle peeks out, a little monster afraid of the boy on the bed, who fears monsters but may grow up to be one #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #micropoetry 10/29 — #monster p.s. of course the boy grew to be a fine man! but how many monsters have been created by fear?

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every voice needed yes, yours — show up, make it count ghosts of those who died for your right to vote watch, judge — was their sacrifice worth it? #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #micropoetry 10/22 — #VOTE

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heal yourself before you strive to heal the whole world broken mirrors lie and spread the plague: unkindness soul-sickness, till you are lost #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #micropoetry 10/15 — #heal

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trust is a seagull riding a white bear floating on a lone iceberg only birds can scan the deep to bring home sushi for two #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #micropoetry 10/8/26 — #trust

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rollercoaster thrills: new fears unlocked - snakes and leaves fall from skeletal branches — riders scream — nothing but an old urban legend #tankapoem #tankathursday #micropoetry #poetry #thrill

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Knock, knock. Ding, dong, ditch. Adults expected to yell, "Get off my lawn, kid!" Not pump them full of buckshot. Killing children. Trick or Treat. #tankathursday #tankapoem #micropoetry

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Corbett Buchly
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PST's Book of the Year is out! A lot of great poetry here, but also maybe, it has 6 of my poems - two on the topic of kindness and two of my space poems (part of a chapbook manuscript). (Poetry doesn't have to add up.) #poetry #poetrycommunity #astronomy #kindness @poetrysocietyoftexas.org

Holly Jahangiri
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Liberty, lantern raised — grows weary carrying hope, justice, warm welcome. They would make her promises a lie. Yet, her words endure. #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #micropoetry #lantern

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Holly Jahangiri
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No platform wants you dragging its users off-site. Can't really blame them, but when they actively try to prevent it by refusing to show your friends your links - e.g., to your blog, your books, your art - like Facebook does, then maybe they're rendering themselves obsolete in the long run.

Holly Jahangiri
@jahangiri.us

I'd read this. The world needs respite from the world and a renewed belief in the possibilities of happy endings.

Bruce Coville@brucecoville.bsky.social

I am so stressed out by the world situation & the horrors of the Trump administration that I am contemplating writing a 600 page epic to be called THE TRANQUILIAD. It will be set in a cozy forest glen with a babbling brook and friendly animals, and nothing bad will happen for the entire 600 pages.

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Bruce Coville
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Jane Yolen passed away this morning and I am in deep mourning. I had the great privilige of being friends with her for over four decades. We laughed together, did panels together, edited each other, and eventually wrote a book together. She was my editor for several books . . . 1/2

Holly Jahangiri
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Good morning, Bluesky. Happy Friday! Stay cool and hydrated. Wear sunscreen. It's kind of sad that "Facebook Outage" is trending on Bluesky. Just enjoy the blue skies, the peace, the relative lack of spammers and scammers... You know it won't last. You know it's just a temporary glitch.

Holly Jahangiri
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grackle dreams being crow — crow dreams being raven — raven circles sun. raven dreams technicolor, pities small birds with small dreams #tankathursday #tankapoem #micropoetry

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Holly Jahangiri
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sparkle vamps inspire reluctant readers to read — bloody hard to hate the sunny Meyer lemon high school horror confection #tankathursday #tankapoem #micropoetry

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sargassum floats, dark tangled sea berries - drowning trap - gasping, grasping delicate dream algae, fine filaments of sleeping fear #NaTankaMo #MayTanka #TankaPoem #5lines

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Mervyn "Deep Cobra" Seivwright
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Thank you January House Lit in sharing my work. #poem #poetry #amwriting

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Lush Life by Mervyn Seivwright Sometimes I need a sad song Coltrane serenading the parts of me whored out as each of us have Layers loosened enough in clothes to cut skin from an Uptown Chicago wind whipping corners I hear a hiss my breath these days withers Golden hour morning on Dutch coast…

januaryhouselit.comLush Lifeby Mervyn Seivwright Sometimes I need a sad song Coltrane serenading the parts of me whored out as each of us have Layers loosened enough in clothes to cut skin from an Uptown Chicago wind whipping corners I hear a hiss my breath these days withers Golden hour morning on Dutch coast coasting waves whistling breeze a gliding seagull sun teasing beyond…

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Robert Reich
@rbreich.bsky.social

Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft are all planning huge layoffs. Amazon got $17.5B in federal tax breaks last year. Jeff Bezos is worth $271B. Meta saved $13.7B in taxes. Mark Zuckerberg is worth $231B. Microsoft saved $12.5B last year. Its CEO is worth $1.3B. This is what a rigged economy looks like.

Holly Jahangiri
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losing track of hours — sweet afternoon somnolence — thick chocolate dreams melt #senswrds #prompt212

Sense Words@sensewords.bsky.social

Prompt 212 Time Forgetful Awakening Do Not use the prompt words in your piece. Please use #SenseWrds , and include the prompt number. No combo prompts. Message me if you have more questions.

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Andrea Junker
@strandjunker.com

Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?

Holly Jahangiri
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The road stretched endless, full of expectation — full of "it's the journey not the destination. Parched, I drove, mad thirst unquenched by water's salt-tang on my tongue like tears and longing for a life that never was. #sensewrds #prompt207

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Prompt 207 Travelled Sipping Saudade Do Not use the prompt words in your piece. Please use #SenseWrds , and include the prompt number. No combo prompts. Message me if you have more questions.

Holly Jahangiri
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Stay near, but let my hand slip softly from your fingers breathe the words — the unsung lyrics of goodbye. I'd take you with — the view from here, breathtaking — but it's a one-way ticket and I only have the one. #sensewrds #prompt208

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Prompt 208 Weakening Melodic Wonder Do Not use the prompt words in your piece. Please use #SenseWrds , and include the prompt number. No combo prompts. Message me if you have more questions.

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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01)
@repstansbury.bsky.social

Speaker Johnson, we are calling on you to bring the House back to DC IMMEDIATELY! The Cabinet needs to invoke the 25th Amendment. But Congress can’t just sit on its hands and wait for that to happen when the President is threatening to commit war crimes TONIGHT.

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Kamala Harris
@kamalaharris.com

The President of the United States is threatening to commit war crimes and wipe out a "whole civilization" — all because he started a disastrous war of his own making and had no plan and no strategy for how to end it. This is abhorrent, and the American people do not support this.

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Allison Gill
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23 people could stop this genocidal war criminal. That’s it. 23. 20 Republican senators and 3 republican reps in the house and he’d be out of politics forever. But they won’t. They’re addicted to power. A drug so strong they’d rather see a civilization die than give it up.