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
President, Poetry Society of Texas
Houston, Texas
she/her
Another Poem Fished Out of the Moat jahangiri.us/2020/another...
Another Poem Fished Out of the Moat | Holly Jahangiri
Somebody said, "You get all the best spam!" Sure. But that doesn't mean I want or need more of it. Nor does it mean any of this made it throu ...
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February 8, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Another Poem Fished Out of the Moat jahangiri.us/2020/another...
A Long-Awaited Date with a Volcano jahangiri.us/2020/a-long-...
A Long-Awaited Date with a Volcano | Holly Jahangiri
My husband made all my childhood dreams come true!
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January 18, 2026 at 9:34 PM
A Long-Awaited Date with a Volcano jahangiri.us/2020/a-long-...
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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...
Best of Writer Beware: 2025 in Review - Writer Beware
It’s been a busy year in writing scams (but then what year isn’t?). From the new AI marketing scams, to nasty contract clauses, to publishers behaving badly, to the biggest copyright infringement rest...
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January 16, 2026 at 7:10 PM
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...
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
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
January 13, 2026 at 4:28 PM
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
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
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
"honk of you love freedom" signs
held high, unafraid
things didn't end well
for kings or dictators then -
why be different now?
#senryu
January 12, 2026 at 3:39 PM
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
"honk of you love freedom" signs
held high, unafraid
things didn't end well
for kings or dictators then -
why be different now?
#senryu
January 12, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Reposted by Holly Jahangiri
“i want back my rocking chairs, / solipsist sunsets, / & coastal jungle sounds...”
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
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A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
Renee Nicole Good, murdered by ICE, was a prize-winning poet. Here’s that poem.
Renee Nicole Good, 37, mother to a six-year-old boy, was murdered earlier today by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, a few blocks from her home. According to the Minnesota Star Tribune: [An ICE agent] s…
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January 8, 2026 at 3:54 AM
“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...
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
I'm borrowing from this...
Rooted : My Word of the Year and Intentions for 2026 everydaygyaan.com/rooted-my-wo... #MondayBlogs
Rooted : My Word of the Year and Intentions for 2026 - Everyday Gyaan
Rooted is my Word of the Year for 2026. I share my mantra, intentions, and how staying grounded is shaping my life and creative practice.
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January 7, 2026 at 4:12 PM
I'm borrowing from this...
I don't write "because I must" - I'm great at idle daydreaming, and it's a lot easier than writing.
I don't write "for myself, alone" - that's what diaries are for.
I write because I can. Because I love to play with words. But mostly...
I don't write "for myself, alone" - that's what diaries are for.
I write because I can. Because I love to play with words. But mostly...
January 4, 2026 at 5:24 PM
I don't write "because I must" - I'm great at idle daydreaming, and it's a lot easier than writing.
I don't write "for myself, alone" - that's what diaries are for.
I write because I can. Because I love to play with words. But mostly...
I don't write "for myself, alone" - that's what diaries are for.
I write because I can. Because I love to play with words. But mostly...
Strand of camel bells
on presents under the tree -
Christmas tattle-tales!
#haiku #poetry #christmas
Merry Christmas, everyone! 🎄🎁🤣
on presents under the tree -
Christmas tattle-tales!
#haiku #poetry #christmas
Merry Christmas, everyone! 🎄🎁🤣
December 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Strand of camel bells
on presents under the tree -
Christmas tattle-tales!
#haiku #poetry #christmas
Merry Christmas, everyone! 🎄🎁🤣
on presents under the tree -
Christmas tattle-tales!
#haiku #poetry #christmas
Merry Christmas, everyone! 🎄🎁🤣
dried hay, warm horseflesh,
old wood - a hint of snowfall
scents grey winter sky.
#haiku #dailyhaikuprompt (hay)
old wood - a hint of snowfall
scents grey winter sky.
#haiku #dailyhaikuprompt (hay)
December 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
dried hay, warm horseflesh,
old wood - a hint of snowfall
scents grey winter sky.
#haiku #dailyhaikuprompt (hay)
old wood - a hint of snowfall
scents grey winter sky.
#haiku #dailyhaikuprompt (hay)
"Syrian Muslim father of 2 who came to Australia in 2006 has 'passion to defend people,' parents tell media"
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Doesn't quite fit the anti-Muslim narrative some would like to push, does it? If you're going to tell stories, tell the WHOLE story. Don't scapegoat whole groups.
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Doesn't quite fit the anti-Muslim narrative some would like to push, does it? If you're going to tell stories, tell the WHOLE story. Don't scapegoat whole groups.
What we know about Ahmed al-Ahmed, hailed as a hero for disarming Bondi Beach gunman | CBC News
The family of Ahmed al-Ahmed, a Syrian Muslim father of two who tackled one of the alleged attackers during the mass shooting on Sunday at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, has spoken out, hailing the...
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December 17, 2025 at 2:54 PM
"Syrian Muslim father of 2 who came to Australia in 2006 has 'passion to defend people,' parents tell media"
www.cbc.ca/news/world/b...
Doesn't quite fit the anti-Muslim narrative some would like to push, does it? If you're going to tell stories, tell the WHOLE story. Don't scapegoat whole groups.
www.cbc.ca/news/world/b...
Doesn't quite fit the anti-Muslim narrative some would like to push, does it? If you're going to tell stories, tell the WHOLE story. Don't scapegoat whole groups.
I think this is the first time anyone's written a haiku just for me! 😂
December 15, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I think this is the first time anyone's written a haiku just for me! 😂
December 15, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Wow.
Issue #102 out now! Featured Poet Royal Rhodes; supported by Cailín Frankland, Kathleen Serocki, William Ross, @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social , @mervynspoet.bsky.social, Aranka Somogyi (translated by Ágnes Megyeri), @maudiemichelle.com, & @adenthomas.bsky.social
www.neologismpoetry.com/November-2025/
www.neologismpoetry.com/November-2025/
December 11, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Wow.
Scala Decima Inversa jahangiri.us/2020/scala-d...
#poetry #inventedform
#poetsonbluesky #blueskypoets #poem
#poetry #inventedform
#poetsonbluesky #blueskypoets #poem
Scala Decima Inversa | Holly Jahangiri
It's harder to go down the up staircase! Almost harder than writing a double-acrostic, and probably for similar reasons.
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December 11, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Scala Decima Inversa jahangiri.us/2020/scala-d...
#poetry #inventedform
#poetsonbluesky #blueskypoets #poem
#poetry #inventedform
#poetsonbluesky #blueskypoets #poem
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The story behind the “Interstellar” trailer music that didn’t happen. BUT - that music is out today!
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June 20, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The story behind the “Interstellar” trailer music that didn’t happen. BUT - that music is out today!
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Reposted by Holly Jahangiri
Introducing Write Bravely: A Gentle New Space for Writers thefrangipanicreative.com/introducing-...
Introducing Write Bravely: A Gentle New Space for Writers - The Frangipani Creative
Write Bravely: A Gentle New Space for Writers
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December 2, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Introducing Write Bravely: A Gentle New Space for Writers thefrangipanicreative.com/introducing-...
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#Prompters #Prompt
#MpPrompt #ThisIsntAPoemAbout
#Poetry #Art
YOU ARE HERE 🎯
This isn’t a poem about:
“the future”—
it’s about the child at the
border fence, fingers curled
through chain-link, waiting for
a parent already loaded onto
a bus heading elsewhere.
This isn’t a poem about: ⤵️
#MpPrompt #ThisIsntAPoemAbout
#Poetry #Art
YOU ARE HERE 🎯
This isn’t a poem about:
“the future”—
it’s about the child at the
border fence, fingers curled
through chain-link, waiting for
a parent already loaded onto
a bus heading elsewhere.
This isn’t a poem about: ⤵️
November 19, 2025 at 11:12 PM
#Prompters #Prompt
#MpPrompt #ThisIsntAPoemAbout
#Poetry #Art
YOU ARE HERE 🎯
This isn’t a poem about:
“the future”—
it’s about the child at the
border fence, fingers curled
through chain-link, waiting for
a parent already loaded onto
a bus heading elsewhere.
This isn’t a poem about: ⤵️
#MpPrompt #ThisIsntAPoemAbout
#Poetry #Art
YOU ARE HERE 🎯
This isn’t a poem about:
“the future”—
it’s about the child at the
border fence, fingers curled
through chain-link, waiting for
a parent already loaded onto
a bus heading elsewhere.
This isn’t a poem about: ⤵️