A More Positive PerspectiveHolly Jahangiri, Author? Z to A, a Reverse Abecedarian: Day 26 of National Poetry MonthApr 26, 2026 | Poetry, WritingAnnnnnnnd…that’s a wrap. Well, almost. On the A to Z Challenge. There are still three more days of questionable poetry to go! You Are Here: Day 25 of National Poetry MonthApr 26, 2026 | Poetry, WritingWhere is the line between poetry and prose? Is there really any line at all? X: Day 24 of National Poetry MonthApr 25, 2026 | Poetry, WritingThey say that hate isn’t the opposite of love—indifference is. Waiting for the Chimes: Day 23 of National Poetry MonthApr 24, 2026 | Poetry, WritingStrange things that chime in the night. Odd, spooky, haunting? Not really. Unexplainable? Probably. Villainous Villanelle: Day 22 of National Poetry MonthApr 23, 2026 | Poetry, WritingSo, Holly, tell us how you really feel about the villanelle… Unruly: Day 21 of National Poetry MonthApr 23, 2026 | Poetry, WritingDown the rabbit hole in search of the origins of a few old expressions and an unruly poem presents itself. Tenacious: Day 20 of National Poetry MonthApr 20, 2026 | Poetry, WritingIn honor of Vinitha Dileep’s 300th week of Fiction Mondays! Congratulations for her persistent, tenacious, resolve. Secrets of the Terrarium: Day 19 of National Poetry MonthApr 20, 2026 | Poetry, WritingIs it cheating to combine days when I wrote two a day for other days? I say no. It’s not. Renewal: Day 18 of National Poetry MonthApr 20, 2026 | Poetry, WritingDoes “recreation” require destruction? Does “rebirth” require death? Do opposites attract or repel? Quintessential, Querulous Quintet: Day 16/17 of National Poetry MonthApr 20, 2026 | Poetry, WritingI could no longer count or recite the alphabet in order. Last time that happened was in college, when I briefly worked in the Library – after hours of shelving books by Library of Congress numbers… Pixellated People: Day 15 of National Poetry MonthApr 14, 2026 | Poetry, WritingDoes technology bridge the divide between us? Does it inspire creativity or resist it? You be the judge. Ode to Imagination: Day 14 of National Poetry MonthApr 14, 2026 | Poetry, WritingPerhaps conflict is a universal theme, not ony between humans but between the natural forces of the planet itself. « Older Entries
Z to A, a Reverse Abecedarian: Day 26 of National Poetry MonthApr 26, 2026 | Poetry, WritingAnnnnnnnd…that’s a wrap. Well, almost. On the A to Z Challenge. There are still three more days of questionable poetry to go!
You Are Here: Day 25 of National Poetry MonthApr 26, 2026 | Poetry, WritingWhere is the line between poetry and prose? Is there really any line at all?
X: Day 24 of National Poetry MonthApr 25, 2026 | Poetry, WritingThey say that hate isn’t the opposite of love—indifference is.
Waiting for the Chimes: Day 23 of National Poetry MonthApr 24, 2026 | Poetry, WritingStrange things that chime in the night. Odd, spooky, haunting? Not really. Unexplainable? Probably.
Villainous Villanelle: Day 22 of National Poetry MonthApr 23, 2026 | Poetry, WritingSo, Holly, tell us how you really feel about the villanelle…
Unruly: Day 21 of National Poetry MonthApr 23, 2026 | Poetry, WritingDown the rabbit hole in search of the origins of a few old expressions and an unruly poem presents itself.
Tenacious: Day 20 of National Poetry MonthApr 20, 2026 | Poetry, WritingIn honor of Vinitha Dileep’s 300th week of Fiction Mondays! Congratulations for her persistent, tenacious, resolve.
Secrets of the Terrarium: Day 19 of National Poetry MonthApr 20, 2026 | Poetry, WritingIs it cheating to combine days when I wrote two a day for other days? I say no. It’s not.
Renewal: Day 18 of National Poetry MonthApr 20, 2026 | Poetry, WritingDoes “recreation” require destruction? Does “rebirth” require death? Do opposites attract or repel?
Quintessential, Querulous Quintet: Day 16/17 of National Poetry MonthApr 20, 2026 | Poetry, WritingI could no longer count or recite the alphabet in order. Last time that happened was in college, when I briefly worked in the Library – after hours of shelving books by Library of Congress numbers…
Pixellated People: Day 15 of National Poetry MonthApr 14, 2026 | Poetry, WritingDoes technology bridge the divide between us? Does it inspire creativity or resist it? You be the judge.
Ode to Imagination: Day 14 of National Poetry MonthApr 14, 2026 | Poetry, WritingPerhaps conflict is a universal theme, not ony between humans but between the natural forces of the planet itself.