Ira Hawthorne
@irahawthorne.bsky.social
curiosity & wordsmithery
poetry & flash|micro|short fiction
creative nonfiction
Despite everything, still daring to love this world.
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Queer; she/her
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poetry & flash|micro|short fiction
creative nonfiction
Despite everything, still daring to love this world.
📚 🏳️🌈 🐈 🇺🇸
Queer; she/her
#microfiction
#flashfiction
#writesky
#poetry
#creativenonfiction
Cake. The grocery store kind.
Layers of multicolor icing.
Oily. Dense. The roof of
Your mouth cannot breathe.
Is this your death? Maybe
Not the worst way to
Go, I guess.
Layers of multicolor icing.
Oily. Dense. The roof of
Your mouth cannot breathe.
Is this your death? Maybe
Not the worst way to
Go, I guess.
November 5, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Cake. The grocery store kind.
Layers of multicolor icing.
Oily. Dense. The roof of
Your mouth cannot breathe.
Is this your death? Maybe
Not the worst way to
Go, I guess.
Layers of multicolor icing.
Oily. Dense. The roof of
Your mouth cannot breathe.
Is this your death? Maybe
Not the worst way to
Go, I guess.
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
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.
Maybe
Empathy is the answer for
Right now.
Go try on someone
Else’s shoes for a spell.
Empathy is the answer for
Right now.
Go try on someone
Else’s shoes for a spell.
September 20, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Maybe
Empathy is the answer for
Right now.
Go try on someone
Else’s shoes for a spell.
Empathy is the answer for
Right now.
Go try on someone
Else’s shoes for a spell.
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 16, 2025 at 8:54 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.
Name me long. Give me
Old names, many names.
Baptize and bless me as your
Laureled leader. I am titled and
Entitled. You may eat cake.
Old names, many names.
Baptize and bless me as your
Laureled leader. I am titled and
Entitled. You may eat cake.
September 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Name me long. Give me
Old names, many names.
Baptize and bless me as your
Laureled leader. I am titled and
Entitled. You may eat cake.
Old names, many names.
Baptize and bless me as your
Laureled leader. I am titled and
Entitled. You may eat cake.
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.
August 30, 2025 at 12:53 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.
Sister, one day,
One of us will hold the
Office of the US Presidency.
Not yet. But it’s coming.
One of us will hold the
Office of the US Presidency.
Not yet. But it’s coming.
August 15, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Sister, one day,
One of us will hold the
Office of the US Presidency.
Not yet. But it’s coming.
One of us will hold the
Office of the US Presidency.
Not yet. But it’s coming.
Tantalizing lady fingers-
I want you, soaked—
Robust espresso filling
All my spongecake. Let
Mascarpone magic, dusted
In cocoa, dance. Light.
Soft. Savor with me.
Urges are for satiating.
I want you, soaked—
Robust espresso filling
All my spongecake. Let
Mascarpone magic, dusted
In cocoa, dance. Light.
Soft. Savor with me.
Urges are for satiating.
July 7, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Tantalizing lady fingers-
I want you, soaked—
Robust espresso filling
All my spongecake. Let
Mascarpone magic, dusted
In cocoa, dance. Light.
Soft. Savor with me.
Urges are for satiating.
I want you, soaked—
Robust espresso filling
All my spongecake. Let
Mascarpone magic, dusted
In cocoa, dance. Light.
Soft. Savor with me.
Urges are for satiating.
All Trans, Bisexual or Pan;
Lesbian, Gay, or Asexual;
Love who and how
You love. You’re safe here.
Lesbian, Gay, or Asexual;
Love who and how
You love. You’re safe here.
June 30, 2025 at 11:27 AM
All Trans, Bisexual or Pan;
Lesbian, Gay, or Asexual;
Love who and how
You love. You’re safe here.
Lesbian, Gay, or Asexual;
Love who and how
You love. You’re safe here.