Ira Hawthorne
@irahawthorne.bsky.social
curiosity & wordsmithery
poetry & flash|micro|short fiction
creative nonfiction
Despite everything, still daring to love this world.
📚 🏳️🌈 🐈 🇺🇸
Queer; she/her
#microfiction
#flashfiction
#writesky
#poetry
#creativenonfiction
poetry & flash|micro|short fiction
creative nonfiction
Despite everything, still daring to love this world.
📚 🏳️🌈 🐈 🇺🇸
Queer; she/her
#microfiction
#flashfiction
#writesky
#poetry
#creativenonfiction
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The average US taxpayer spends $36 a year on SNAP
You know what they spend on corporate subsidies? $670
Poor and disabled people who need food are not the problem
If you’re angry about “your money” feeding people but not angry it’s giving tax cuts to the wealthy?
You’re doing their dirty work.
You know what they spend on corporate subsidies? $670
Poor and disabled people who need food are not the problem
If you’re angry about “your money” feeding people but not angry it’s giving tax cuts to the wealthy?
You’re doing their dirty work.
October 31, 2025 at 8:44 PM
The average US taxpayer spends $36 a year on SNAP
You know what they spend on corporate subsidies? $670
Poor and disabled people who need food are not the problem
If you’re angry about “your money” feeding people but not angry it’s giving tax cuts to the wealthy?
You’re doing their dirty work.
You know what they spend on corporate subsidies? $670
Poor and disabled people who need food are not the problem
If you’re angry about “your money” feeding people but not angry it’s giving tax cuts to the wealthy?
You’re doing their dirty work.
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Dear Democratic Members of Congress:
I am urging each of you to adopt a food pantry this week. Make it clear that Trump and the GOP are withholding $5 billion in a contingency fund that could fund SNAP benefits and feed Americans, so you're adopting a food pantry in your district.
I am urging each of you to adopt a food pantry this week. Make it clear that Trump and the GOP are withholding $5 billion in a contingency fund that could fund SNAP benefits and feed Americans, so you're adopting a food pantry in your district.
October 27, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Dear Democratic Members of Congress:
I am urging each of you to adopt a food pantry this week. Make it clear that Trump and the GOP are withholding $5 billion in a contingency fund that could fund SNAP benefits and feed Americans, so you're adopting a food pantry in your district.
I am urging each of you to adopt a food pantry this week. Make it clear that Trump and the GOP are withholding $5 billion in a contingency fund that could fund SNAP benefits and feed Americans, so you're adopting a food pantry in your district.
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Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."
October 27, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."
#NoKings meets #Caturday
Let’s show up, show kindness, and show our love for the dream of what our country can be. #WeThePeople
Let’s show up, show kindness, and show our love for the dream of what our country can be. #WeThePeople
October 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
#NoKings meets #Caturday
Let’s show up, show kindness, and show our love for the dream of what our country can be. #WeThePeople
Let’s show up, show kindness, and show our love for the dream of what our country can be. #WeThePeople
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NOT-SO-FUN FACT: Instead of supporting domestic farmers, Trump is now DOUBLING the taxpayer-funded bailout for Argentina, bringing the total to a whopping $40 billion. That’s nearly TWICE the cost of extending the ACA tax credits for an entire year!
October 17, 2025 at 2:34 PM
NOT-SO-FUN FACT: Instead of supporting domestic farmers, Trump is now DOUBLING the taxpayer-funded bailout for Argentina, bringing the total to a whopping $40 billion. That’s nearly TWICE the cost of extending the ACA tax credits for an entire year!
Gentle
Rhapsody of breeze;
All the cattle. Four-legged
Zealots for this
Evanescent pasture.
Rhapsody of breeze;
All the cattle. Four-legged
Zealots for this
Evanescent pasture.
October 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Defy,
Upend,
Create. Innovate.
Kick up
Some dust.
Imagination is
Not necessarily tidy.
Although,
Right after creating our magic,
Order is sometimes a gift
We give ourselves as thanks.
Upend,
Create. Innovate.
Kick up
Some dust.
Imagination is
Not necessarily tidy.
Although,
Right after creating our magic,
Order is sometimes a gift
We give ourselves as thanks.
September 20, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Shout. Wail. Trumpet this
Open heart of yours, newly
Broken, freshly
Bleeding. Only cowards are
Invincible. Bellow anguished
Notes, rage in
Guttural tones. This is healing.
Open heart of yours, newly
Broken, freshly
Bleeding. Only cowards are
Invincible. Bellow anguished
Notes, rage in
Guttural tones. This is healing.
September 9, 2025 at 9:23 PM
So polite.
August 15, 2025 at 6:13 PM
So polite.
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little library gallows humor for ya :'D
July 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
little library gallows humor for ya :'D
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I walked
and thought
that I should show you this moment in Kyiv.
And maybe you’ll pass it on
to those who still think
Ukraine is only a battlefield.
and thought
that I should show you this moment in Kyiv.
And maybe you’ll pass it on
to those who still think
Ukraine is only a battlefield.
July 7, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I walked
and thought
that I should show you this moment in Kyiv.
And maybe you’ll pass it on
to those who still think
Ukraine is only a battlefield.
and thought
that I should show you this moment in Kyiv.
And maybe you’ll pass it on
to those who still think
Ukraine is only a battlefield.
Greetings this fine #Caturday from @jeoffreythecat.bsky.social and his emotional support rug.
July 5, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Greetings this fine #Caturday from @jeoffreythecat.bsky.social and his emotional support rug.
June 28, 2025 at 1:42 PM
June 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
It’s a good day to:
✅ make something
✅ hug a loved one
✅ snuggle a pet
✅ get out in nature
✅ move your body
✅ create a nourishing meal
✅ love harder
✅ find a reason for gratitude
✅ be with others
✅ remember that joy & community are forms of resistance, too. 🕊️
✅ make something
✅ hug a loved one
✅ snuggle a pet
✅ get out in nature
✅ move your body
✅ create a nourishing meal
✅ love harder
✅ find a reason for gratitude
✅ be with others
✅ remember that joy & community are forms of resistance, too. 🕊️
June 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
It’s a good day to:
✅ make something
✅ hug a loved one
✅ snuggle a pet
✅ get out in nature
✅ move your body
✅ create a nourishing meal
✅ love harder
✅ find a reason for gratitude
✅ be with others
✅ remember that joy & community are forms of resistance, too. 🕊️
✅ make something
✅ hug a loved one
✅ snuggle a pet
✅ get out in nature
✅ move your body
✅ create a nourishing meal
✅ love harder
✅ find a reason for gratitude
✅ be with others
✅ remember that joy & community are forms of resistance, too. 🕊️
Perhaps you’ll see temples,
Obelisks and hieroglyphs.
Striking facades—
Towering pyramids.
Columns. Sphinxes.
And the goddess Bastet,
Raising her head—purring,
Daring you to pet her.
Obelisks and hieroglyphs.
Striking facades—
Towering pyramids.
Columns. Sphinxes.
And the goddess Bastet,
Raising her head—purring,
Daring you to pet her.
June 17, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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Baby giraffe Zoomies. He’s 6 feet tall.
May 23, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Baby giraffe Zoomies. He’s 6 feet tall.
Reading
A
Poem that seems
To inexplicably
Understand me. Also,
Red poppies—and
Eating the last slice of pie.
A
Poem that seems
To inexplicably
Understand me. Also,
Red poppies—and
Eating the last slice of pie.
May 28, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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To know love is to know grief.
May 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
To know love is to know grief.
First time having a #microfiction piece published. Kind of exciting! #writesky #newwriter 101words.org
May 22, 2025 at 2:15 PM
First time having a #microfiction piece published. Kind of exciting! #writesky #newwriter 101words.org
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4 yrs ago today, I witnessed a volcanic eruption for the first time, close enough to feel the intense warmth of the Earth's creation on my skin. It literally changed my life. I may spend the rest of my life seeking an experience as powerful as this and never find it, and that's okay.
May 12, 2025 at 4:48 PM
4 yrs ago today, I witnessed a volcanic eruption for the first time, close enough to feel the intense warmth of the Earth's creation on my skin. It literally changed my life. I may spend the rest of my life seeking an experience as powerful as this and never find it, and that's okay.