Rita Hanner-Ward
@rhannerward.bsky.social
Writer-Poet. Colorado roots, desert light, and stories that linger. Recent poetry collection: Her Inconvenient Elegy: A Life in Fragments. Also writes as Kiva Wolfe—Red Flash and upcoming sequel, Tears of Iemanja, with a new mystery series in the works.
Pinned
A small bookshelf of my work, gathered for anyone new here.
Poetry:
• Her Inconvenient Elegy
• Her Song of Sorrows
Suspense‑Adventure (as Kiva Wolfe)
• Red Flash
• Tears of Iemanjá — Books 1 & 2 of The Gem Provenance Legacy
Writing the next chapter, always.
#AmWriting #Poetry #Fiction #IndieAuthor
Poetry:
• Her Inconvenient Elegy
• Her Song of Sorrows
Suspense‑Adventure (as Kiva Wolfe)
• Red Flash
• Tears of Iemanjá — Books 1 & 2 of The Gem Provenance Legacy
Writing the next chapter, always.
#AmWriting #Poetry #Fiction #IndieAuthor
I nearly spilled my coffee this morning — opened the paper and there I was in the Neighbors feature. Feeling honored and a little giddy.
#bookserieslaunch #newbookrelease #womenauthors
Sun City West author unveils new romantic-suspense-adventure series www.yourvalley.net/sun-city-wes...
#bookserieslaunch #newbookrelease #womenauthors
Sun City West author unveils new romantic-suspense-adventure series www.yourvalley.net/sun-city-wes...
Sun City West author unveils new romantic-suspense-adventure series - Sun City West Independent
With the re-publication of her debut novel, “Red Flash,” in 2025, followed by the newly released “Tears of Iemanjá,” author Rita Hanner-Ward, writing as Kiva Wolfe, officially launches the …
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January 21, 2026 at 4:24 PM
I nearly spilled my coffee this morning — opened the paper and there I was in the Neighbors feature. Feeling honored and a little giddy.
#bookserieslaunch #newbookrelease #womenauthors
Sun City West author unveils new romantic-suspense-adventure series www.yourvalley.net/sun-city-wes...
#bookserieslaunch #newbookrelease #womenauthors
Sun City West author unveils new romantic-suspense-adventure series www.yourvalley.net/sun-city-wes...
“Rita’s voice in each poem is brutally honest, personal, and filled with emotion… readers will time‑travel through the author’s life.”
This 5‑star Reader Views review means the world to me. Grateful.
Her Inconvenient Elegy — Rita Hanner-Ward
#PoetryCommunity #IndieAuthor #PoetryBook #AmReading
This 5‑star Reader Views review means the world to me. Grateful.
Her Inconvenient Elegy — Rita Hanner-Ward
#PoetryCommunity #IndieAuthor #PoetryBook #AmReading
January 13, 2026 at 11:16 AM
“Rita’s voice in each poem is brutally honest, personal, and filled with emotion… readers will time‑travel through the author’s life.”
This 5‑star Reader Views review means the world to me. Grateful.
Her Inconvenient Elegy — Rita Hanner-Ward
#PoetryCommunity #IndieAuthor #PoetryBook #AmReading
This 5‑star Reader Views review means the world to me. Grateful.
Her Inconvenient Elegy — Rita Hanner-Ward
#PoetryCommunity #IndieAuthor #PoetryBook #AmReading
Cold wind bites the rind.
The Mourning Dove’s nest lies bare.
The snake coils in warmth.
—Rita Hanner‑Ward © 2026
#haiku #poetry #naturepoetry #amwriting #writerscommunity
The Mourning Dove’s nest lies bare.
The snake coils in warmth.
—Rita Hanner‑Ward © 2026
#haiku #poetry #naturepoetry #amwriting #writerscommunity
January 11, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Cold wind bites the rind.
The Mourning Dove’s nest lies bare.
The snake coils in warmth.
—Rita Hanner‑Ward © 2026
#haiku #poetry #naturepoetry #amwriting #writerscommunity
The Mourning Dove’s nest lies bare.
The snake coils in warmth.
—Rita Hanner‑Ward © 2026
#haiku #poetry #naturepoetry #amwriting #writerscommunity
A small bookshelf of my work, gathered for anyone new here.
Poetry:
• Her Inconvenient Elegy
• Her Song of Sorrows
Suspense‑Adventure (as Kiva Wolfe)
• Red Flash
• Tears of Iemanjá — Books 1 & 2 of The Gem Provenance Legacy
Writing the next chapter, always.
#AmWriting #Poetry #Fiction #IndieAuthor
Poetry:
• Her Inconvenient Elegy
• Her Song of Sorrows
Suspense‑Adventure (as Kiva Wolfe)
• Red Flash
• Tears of Iemanjá — Books 1 & 2 of The Gem Provenance Legacy
Writing the next chapter, always.
#AmWriting #Poetry #Fiction #IndieAuthor
January 9, 2026 at 2:01 PM
A small bookshelf of my work, gathered for anyone new here.
Poetry:
• Her Inconvenient Elegy
• Her Song of Sorrows
Suspense‑Adventure (as Kiva Wolfe)
• Red Flash
• Tears of Iemanjá — Books 1 & 2 of The Gem Provenance Legacy
Writing the next chapter, always.
#AmWriting #Poetry #Fiction #IndieAuthor
Poetry:
• Her Inconvenient Elegy
• Her Song of Sorrows
Suspense‑Adventure (as Kiva Wolfe)
• Red Flash
• Tears of Iemanjá — Books 1 & 2 of The Gem Provenance Legacy
Writing the next chapter, always.
#AmWriting #Poetry #Fiction #IndieAuthor
Withered leaf clings
Winter’s fang sinks into bone
Cold tears at first light
—Rita Hanner-Ward © 2025
#originalpoem #haiku #poetrycommunity #writerscommunity #micropoetry #poetsofbluesky
Winter’s fang sinks into bone
Cold tears at first light
—Rita Hanner-Ward © 2025
#originalpoem #haiku #poetrycommunity #writerscommunity #micropoetry #poetsofbluesky
January 6, 2026 at 8:13 AM
Withered leaf clings
Winter’s fang sinks into bone
Cold tears at first light
—Rita Hanner-Ward © 2025
#originalpoem #haiku #poetrycommunity #writerscommunity #micropoetry #poetsofbluesky
Winter’s fang sinks into bone
Cold tears at first light
—Rita Hanner-Ward © 2025
#originalpoem #haiku #poetrycommunity #writerscommunity #micropoetry #poetsofbluesky
A wise teacher once said, “If Alan Ginsberg picked his nose, you would all think it was poetry.”
I pick my words, giving thought to the poem that settles on the page.
#Poetry #PoetryCommunity #WritingLife #Poet #PoeticWisdom
I pick my words, giving thought to the poem that settles on the page.
#Poetry #PoetryCommunity #WritingLife #Poet #PoeticWisdom
January 2, 2026 at 2:44 PM
A wise teacher once said, “If Alan Ginsberg picked his nose, you would all think it was poetry.”
I pick my words, giving thought to the poem that settles on the page.
#Poetry #PoetryCommunity #WritingLife #Poet #PoeticWisdom
I pick my words, giving thought to the poem that settles on the page.
#Poetry #PoetryCommunity #WritingLife #Poet #PoeticWisdom
✨ Today marks the release of my new novel, Tears of Iemanjá!
Grateful for the journey so far, and excited to dive into the next adventure—The Price of Fire.
#TearsOfIemanja #SuspenseAdventure #IndieAuthor #NewBookLaunch
Grateful for the journey so far, and excited to dive into the next adventure—The Price of Fire.
#TearsOfIemanja #SuspenseAdventure #IndieAuthor #NewBookLaunch
December 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
✨ Today marks the release of my new novel, Tears of Iemanjá!
Grateful for the journey so far, and excited to dive into the next adventure—The Price of Fire.
#TearsOfIemanja #SuspenseAdventure #IndieAuthor #NewBookLaunch
Grateful for the journey so far, and excited to dive into the next adventure—The Price of Fire.
#TearsOfIemanja #SuspenseAdventure #IndieAuthor #NewBookLaunch
A thought from the writing desk today:
My villain’s epitaph—
He gifted my hero a reason to rise.
RIP
#WritersLife #VillainArc #FictionWriting
My villain’s epitaph—
He gifted my hero a reason to rise.
RIP
#WritersLife #VillainArc #FictionWriting
December 14, 2025 at 8:51 AM
A thought from the writing desk today:
My villain’s epitaph—
He gifted my hero a reason to rise.
RIP
#WritersLife #VillainArc #FictionWriting
My villain’s epitaph—
He gifted my hero a reason to rise.
RIP
#WritersLife #VillainArc #FictionWriting
The re‑release of my suspense-adventure novel "Red Flash" is entering national distribution through multiple wholesale and retail channels — now easily orderable for bookstores across the country.
A quiet milestone. Grateful for this moment.
#BookNews #IndieAuthor #WritersOfBluesky #BookCommunity
A quiet milestone. Grateful for this moment.
#BookNews #IndieAuthor #WritersOfBluesky #BookCommunity
December 8, 2025 at 8:35 PM
The re‑release of my suspense-adventure novel "Red Flash" is entering national distribution through multiple wholesale and retail channels — now easily orderable for bookstores across the country.
A quiet milestone. Grateful for this moment.
#BookNews #IndieAuthor #WritersOfBluesky #BookCommunity
A quiet milestone. Grateful for this moment.
#BookNews #IndieAuthor #WritersOfBluesky #BookCommunity
A quick clarification for readers: I’ve written under the pen name Kiva Wolfe since 2002.
Any OnlyFans account—or any online profile—not linked directly from my official pages is not mine and is not authorized.
#KivaWolfe #AuthorLife #IndieAuthor
Any OnlyFans account—or any online profile—not linked directly from my official pages is not mine and is not authorized.
#KivaWolfe #AuthorLife #IndieAuthor
December 8, 2025 at 11:47 AM
A quick clarification for readers: I’ve written under the pen name Kiva Wolfe since 2002.
Any OnlyFans account—or any online profile—not linked directly from my official pages is not mine and is not authorized.
#KivaWolfe #AuthorLife #IndieAuthor
Any OnlyFans account—or any online profile—not linked directly from my official pages is not mine and is not authorized.
#KivaWolfe #AuthorLife #IndieAuthor
Just Published: Song of Sorrows
A lyrical exploration of mourning where emotion and creativity meet, giving solace to those who have loved, lost, or are learning to carry both.
Available now in Kindle & paperback:
www.amazon.com/dp/B0G59GFN2Q
#NewPoetryBook #WomenWhoWrite #IndieAuthor #PoemsOfGrief
A lyrical exploration of mourning where emotion and creativity meet, giving solace to those who have loved, lost, or are learning to carry both.
Available now in Kindle & paperback:
www.amazon.com/dp/B0G59GFN2Q
#NewPoetryBook #WomenWhoWrite #IndieAuthor #PoemsOfGrief
Her Song of Sorrows: A Quiet Mourning in Verse
Amazon.com: Her Song of Sorrows: A Quiet Mourning in Verse: 9798277312438: Hanner-Ward, Rita: Books
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December 5, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Just Published: Song of Sorrows
A lyrical exploration of mourning where emotion and creativity meet, giving solace to those who have loved, lost, or are learning to carry both.
Available now in Kindle & paperback:
www.amazon.com/dp/B0G59GFN2Q
#NewPoetryBook #WomenWhoWrite #IndieAuthor #PoemsOfGrief
A lyrical exploration of mourning where emotion and creativity meet, giving solace to those who have loved, lost, or are learning to carry both.
Available now in Kindle & paperback:
www.amazon.com/dp/B0G59GFN2Q
#NewPoetryBook #WomenWhoWrite #IndieAuthor #PoemsOfGrief
We don’t write for fame or fortune.
We write for the beauty of words, the love of characters, and the resonance of story.
#WritersCreed #LaborOfLove #Storytelling
We write for the beauty of words, the love of characters, and the resonance of story.
#WritersCreed #LaborOfLove #Storytelling
November 25, 2025 at 9:40 AM
We don’t write for fame or fortune.
We write for the beauty of words, the love of characters, and the resonance of story.
#WritersCreed #LaborOfLove #Storytelling
We write for the beauty of words, the love of characters, and the resonance of story.
#WritersCreed #LaborOfLove #Storytelling
You don’t need to be a little crazy to write—just self-possessed enough to do it.
(Exorcists need not apply)
#writinglife #ritawrites #creativecourage #dailycraft #poetictruth
(Exorcists need not apply)
#writinglife #ritawrites #creativecourage #dailycraft #poetictruth
November 21, 2025 at 7:01 AM
You don’t need to be a little crazy to write—just self-possessed enough to do it.
(Exorcists need not apply)
#writinglife #ritawrites #creativecourage #dailycraft #poetictruth
(Exorcists need not apply)
#writinglife #ritawrites #creativecourage #dailycraft #poetictruth
Writing is how memory moves through the body—mind to hand, past to page.
#writinglife #poeticprocess #memoryonpaper #dailycraft #ritawrites
#writinglife #poeticprocess #memoryonpaper #dailycraft #ritawrites
November 20, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Writing is how memory moves through the body—mind to hand, past to page.
#writinglife #poeticprocess #memoryonpaper #dailycraft #ritawrites
#writinglife #poeticprocess #memoryonpaper #dailycraft #ritawrites
Within every writer lies an elephant’s graveyard of character deaths. The elephant invariably returns to mourn not just their loss, but the end of the story.
#WritingLife #CharacterGrief #StorytellingTruths #WritersMournToo #ElephantInTheRoom #PoeticMusings #CreativeProcess #NarrativeEchoes
#WritingLife #CharacterGrief #StorytellingTruths #WritersMournToo #ElephantInTheRoom #PoeticMusings #CreativeProcess #NarrativeEchoes
November 18, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Within every writer lies an elephant’s graveyard of character deaths. The elephant invariably returns to mourn not just their loss, but the end of the story.
#WritingLife #CharacterGrief #StorytellingTruths #WritersMournToo #ElephantInTheRoom #PoeticMusings #CreativeProcess #NarrativeEchoes
#WritingLife #CharacterGrief #StorytellingTruths #WritersMournToo #ElephantInTheRoom #PoeticMusings #CreativeProcess #NarrativeEchoes
Write! Your characters' lives depend on it.
(Seriously. They’re pacing the plotline and whispering about mutiny.)
#WritersLife #AmWriting #WritingHumor #FictionFuel
(Seriously. They’re pacing the plotline and whispering about mutiny.)
#WritersLife #AmWriting #WritingHumor #FictionFuel
November 15, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Write! Your characters' lives depend on it.
(Seriously. They’re pacing the plotline and whispering about mutiny.)
#WritersLife #AmWriting #WritingHumor #FictionFuel
(Seriously. They’re pacing the plotline and whispering about mutiny.)
#WritersLife #AmWriting #WritingHumor #FictionFuel