{"id":1010563,"date":"2021-06-24T20:24:42","date_gmt":"2021-06-25T01:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jahangiri.us\/2020\/?page_id=1914"},"modified":"2026-02-28T14:12:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T20:12:38","slug":"holly-jahangiri-2-3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jahangiri.us\/2020\/holly-jahangiri-2-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Holly Jahangiri"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\"><div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_block_row preset--module--divi-row--default\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>About the Author<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jahangiri.us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-href=\"https:\/\/jahangiri.us\/\">Holly Jahangiri<\/a> is the author of Trockle; A Puppy, Not a Guppy; and <a href=\"https:\/\/amazon.com\/author\/hollyjahangiri\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-href=\"https:\/\/amazon.com\/author\/hollyjahangiri\">A New Leaf for Lyle<\/a>. She draws inspiration from her family, from her own childhood adventures (some of which only happened in her overactive imagination), and from readers both young and young at heart. Holly is 2025-2026 President of the <a href=\"https:\/\/poetrysocietyoftexas.org\/join\/\">Poetry Society of Texas<\/a>, a member of the <a href=\"https:\/\/nfsps.net\">National Federation of State Poetry Societies<\/a>, and serves on the Board of <a href=\"http:\/\/poetsnw.com\">Poets Northwest<\/a>, a chapter of PST. She lives in Houston, Texas, with her husband, J.J., whose love and encouragement make writing books twice the fun.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_text_1 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><section class=\"section section--body\">\n<div class=\"section-content\">\n<div class=\"section-inner sectionLayout--insetColumn\">\n<p class=\"graf graf--p\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<h2>Where to Find Me<\/h2>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; valign: top; border: 1pt solid #a3a3a3; direction: ltr; border-style: solid;\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Website:<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/jahangiri.us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/jahangiri.us\/https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/poetrysocietyoftexas.org<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Personal Blog - A More Positive Perspective<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/jahangiri.us\/2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/jahangiri.us\/2020<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Amazon Author Page: Holly Jahangiri<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Holly-Jahangiri\/e\/B002BMEYUC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Holly-Jahangiri\/e\/B002BMEYUC<\/a>\u00a0or<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/amazon.com\/author\/hollyjahangiri\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/amazon.com\/author\/hollyjahangiri<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Amazon Author Page: Pen &amp; Keyboard Writers<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/stores\/Pen-Keyboard-Writers\/author\/B0BNLRHSFQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/stores\/Pen-Keyboard-Writers\/author\/B0BNLRHSFQ<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Amazon Author Page: Poets Northwest<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/stores\/Poets-Northwest\/author\/B0DHR13FRM\">https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/stores\/Poets-Northwest\/author\/B0DHR13FRM<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Books on 4RV Publishing<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.4rvpublishingcatalog.com\/jahangiri.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.4rvpublishingcatalog.com\/jahangiri.php<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Medium:<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@hollyjahangiri\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/medium.com\/@hollyjahangiri<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Bluesky (Personal):<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/jahangiri.us\">https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/jahangiri.us<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Bluesky (for Poets Northwest):<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/poetsnorthwest.bsky.social\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/poetsnorthwest.bsky.social<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Bluesky (for Poetry Society of Texas):<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/poetrysocietyoftexas.org\">Poetry Society of Texas (@poetrysocietyoftexas.org) \u2014 Bluesky<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mastodon:<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/me.dm\/@hollyjahangiri\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/me.dm\/@hollyjahangiri<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Diaspora:<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/diaspora.glasswings.com\/people\/6ce8b3f07d99013a5b2e448a5b29e257\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/diaspora.glasswings.com\/people\/6ce8b3f07d99013a5b2e448a5b29e257<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Muck Rack:<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/muckrack.com\/hollyjahangiri\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/muckrack.com\/hollyjahangiri<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Goodreads:<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/HollyJahangiri\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/HollyJahangiri<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Facebook:<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HollyJahangiri\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HollyJahangiri<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>YouTube:<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/HollyJahangiri\/featured\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/HollyJahangiri\/featured<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Instagram:<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/hjahangiri.author\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/instagram.com\/hjahangiri.author<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Because some days, even I forget where I put myself!<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_text_2 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Recent Posts<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_blog_0 et_pb_blog et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_posts et_pb_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_ajax_pagination_container\"><div class=\"et_pb_posts et_grid_module\"><article class=\"et_pb_post et_pb_post_id_137991064 clearfix et_pb_blog_item_0_0 post-137991064 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-poetry category-writing tag-a2zchallenge tag-atozchallenge tag-pad tag-poem-a-day tag-poems tag-poetry tag-poetry-prompts tag-poets-northwest tag-stafford-challenge\"><div class=\"et_pb_image_container\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jahangiri.us\/2020\/z-to-a-a-reverse-abecedarian-day-26-of-national-poetry-month\/\" class=\"entry-featured-image-url\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/jahangiri.us\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/z2a.png\" width=\"400\" height=\"284\" alt=\"Illustration (decorative) of the poem in this post.\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/jahangiri.us\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/z2a.png 479w, https:\/\/jahangiri.us\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/z2a-400x284.png 480w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width:479px) 479px, 100vw\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 400px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 400\/284;\" \/><span data-icon=\"\ue050\" class=\"et_overlay et_pb_inline_icon\"><\/span><\/a><\/div><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jahangiri.us\/2020\/z-to-a-a-reverse-abecedarian-day-26-of-national-poetry-month\/\">Z to A, a Reverse Abecedarian: Day 26 of National Poetry Month<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"post-meta\">by <span class=\"author vcard\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jahangiri.us\/2020\/author\/hollyj\/\" title=\"Posts by Holly Jahangiri\" rel=\"author\">Holly Jahangiri<\/a><\/span> | <span class=\"published\">Apr 26, 2026<\/span> | <span class=\"entry-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jahangiri.us\/2020\/category\/writing\/poetry\/\" rel=\"tag\">Poetry<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/jahangiri.us\/2020\/category\/writing\/\" rel=\"tag\">Writing<\/a><\/span><\/p><div class=\"post-content\"><div class=\"post-content-inner\"><p>Annnnnnnd&#8230;that&#8217;s a wrap. Well, almost. On the A to Z Challenge. There are still three more days of questionable poetry to go!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"et_pb_post et_pb_post_id_137991019 clearfix et_pb_blog_item_0_1 post-137991019 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-poetry category-writing tag-a2zchallenge tag-atozchallenge tag-pad tag-poem-a-day tag-poems tag-poetry tag-poetry-prompts tag-poets-northwest tag-stafford-challenge\"><div class=\"et_pb_image_container\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jahangiri.us\/2020\/you-are-here-day-25-of-national-poetry-month\/\" class=\"entry-featured-image-url\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/jahangiri.us\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/poet-afloat.png\" width=\"400\" height=\"284\" alt=\"Illustration (decorative) of a poet afloat on a translucent river of ink over smooth and colorful stones in a boat that looks like a fountain pen.\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/jahangiri.us\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/poet-afloat.png 479w, https:\/\/jahangiri.us\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/poet-afloat-400x284.png 480w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width:479px) 479px, 100vw\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 400px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 400\/284;\" \/><span data-icon=\"\ue050\" class=\"et_overlay et_pb_inline_icon\"><\/span><\/a><\/div><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jahangiri.us\/2020\/you-are-here-day-25-of-national-poetry-month\/\">You Are Here: Day 25 of National Poetry Month<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"post-meta\">by <span class=\"author vcard\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jahangiri.us\/2020\/author\/hollyj\/\" title=\"Posts by Holly Jahangiri\" rel=\"author\">Holly Jahangiri<\/a><\/span> | <span class=\"published\">Apr 26, 2026<\/span> | <span class=\"entry-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jahangiri.us\/2020\/category\/writing\/poetry\/\" rel=\"tag\">Poetry<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/jahangiri.us\/2020\/category\/writing\/\" rel=\"tag\">Writing<\/a><\/span><\/p><div class=\"post-content\"><div class=\"post-content-inner\"><p>Where is the line between poetry and prose? Is there really any line at all?<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"et_pb_post et_pb_post_id_137991047 clearfix et_pb_blog_item_0_2 post-137991047 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-poetry category-writing tag-a2zchallenge tag-atozchallenge tag-pad tag-poem-a-day tag-poems tag-poetry tag-poetry-prompts tag-poets-northwest tag-stafford-challenge\"><div class=\"et_pb_image_container\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jahangiri.us\/2020\/x-day-24-of-national-poetry-month\/\" class=\"entry-featured-image-url\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/jahangiri.us\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ecthroi.png\" width=\"400\" height=\"284\" alt=\"Illustration (decorative) for the post.\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/jahangiri.us\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ecthroi.png 479w, https:\/\/jahangiri.us\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ecthroi-400x284.png 480w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width:479px) 479px, 100vw\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 400px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 400\/284;\" \/><span data-icon=\"\ue050\" class=\"et_overlay et_pb_inline_icon\"><\/span><\/a><\/div><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jahangiri.us\/2020\/x-day-24-of-national-poetry-month\/\">X: Day 24 of National Poetry Month<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"post-meta\">by <span class=\"author vcard\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jahangiri.us\/2020\/author\/hollyj\/\" title=\"Posts by Holly Jahangiri\" rel=\"author\">Holly Jahangiri<\/a><\/span> | <span class=\"published\">Apr 25, 2026<\/span> | <span class=\"entry-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jahangiri.us\/2020\/category\/writing\/poetry\/\" rel=\"tag\">Poetry<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/jahangiri.us\/2020\/category\/writing\/\" rel=\"tag\">Writing<\/a><\/span><\/p><div class=\"post-content\"><div class=\"post-content-inner\"><p>They say that hate isn&#8217;t the opposite of love\u2014indifference is.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article><\/div><div class=\"pagination clearfix\">\n\t<div class=\"alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jahangiri.us\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1010563\/page\/2\/?et_blog\" >&laquo; Older Entries<\/a><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"alignright\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_section_1 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m not at all hard to find, online, but this is a handy list of links!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":137990205,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_has_post_settings":[],"footnotes":""},"hashtags":[],"class_list":["post-1010563","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-16 07:37:54","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"hashtags","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jahangiri.us\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1010563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jahangiri.us\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jahangiri.us\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jahangiri.us\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jahangiri.us\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1010563"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/jahangiri.us\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1010563\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":137990838,"href":"https:\/\/jahangiri.us\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1010563\/revisions\/137990838"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jahangiri.us\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137990205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jahangiri.us\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1010563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"hashtags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jahangiri.us\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtags?post=1010563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}