Dr. Janet Hoult
Fighting Fire with FireFighters
My husband Charley and I are concerned about the state's move to cut back on our firefighters and police. I hope this will remind folks and the state of California just how much we depend on them and that firefighters and police should be the last group facing budget cuts, if any.
A New Year at No Ruz
Previously, ‘Emotionally Connecting to a Heroine in Iran’
[The New Year, No Ruz, is celebrated in the spring in Iran.]
There was a Tehran that I knew some 50 years ago
Today with all the turmoil, there’s not much left to show
Of graciousness, of culture and very old tradition
[The New Year, No Ruz, is celebrated in the spring in Iran.]
There was a Tehran that I knew some 50 years ago
Today with all the turmoil, there’s not much left to show
Of graciousness, of culture and very old tradition
Emotionally Connecting to a Heroine in Tehran
[Editor’s Note: As fresh as this morning’s headlines: Our resident global poetess, Dr. Janet Hoult of Sunset Park, retrieves her earlier ties with Iran, and she makes a direct family connection with the martyred young woman Neda Agha-Soltan of Tehran, whom the world is mourning.
[In 1953, Dr. Hoult graduated from high school in Iran where her father was a foreign service officer. A member of a poetry group in Santa Monica, Dr. Hoult has a granddaughter named Neda. We present the first of her two tributes.]
[In 1953, Dr. Hoult graduated from high school in Iran where her father was a foreign service officer. A member of a poetry group in Santa Monica, Dr. Hoult has a granddaughter named Neda. We present the first of her two tributes.]
In Rhyme, Why Mediation Services in the City Should be Widened
[Editor’s Note: Dr. Hoult, a poetess of stature, has been keenly interested in the city’s Landlord-Tenant Mediation Board for years. She says: “Two weeks ago when a City Council agenda item dealt with the dismissal of two members of the board, I brought up the need to update the ordinance.” Returning to face the Council this past Monday night, Dr. Hoult opened her remarks by reciting her latest poem.]
Poetry, Politically in Motion
Inauguration Day 2009
In Washington, so cold and clear
He said the words we want to hear
That keep resounding in my ear
America must hope, not fear.
In Washington, so cold and clear
He said the words we want to hear
That keep resounding in my ear
America must hope, not fear.
Returning to the Rhythms of Our Favorite Poetess
On the way home from a visit to the doctor yesterday, I noticed an idle goose neck crane in Century City.
Charley and I saw 17 idle goose neck cranes along the Las Vegas Strip last month, and we had a construction worker-turned-cab driver pick us up his first day on the job. He had been laid off after 20 years.
Charley and I saw 17 idle goose neck cranes along the Las Vegas Strip last month, and we had a construction worker-turned-cab driver pick us up his first day on the job. He had been laid off after 20 years.
A Prayer to St. Catherine
[Editor’s Note: On the eve of the Thanksgiving holiday, the premier poetess of the Westside gracefully returns to our pages for the first time since June 12.]
Yesterday was St. Catherine’s feast day.
Yesterday was St. Catherine’s feast day.
Body Parts XV: Pesky Polyps Aside, I Hope a Grin Is...
[Editor’s Note: This is the 15th poem in a series from “Body Parts,” recently published in book form by Dr. Janet Hoult. For a copy of her collection of poetry about aging, see her email address below.]
Body Parts XIV: When Aging, Pills No Longer a Sticky Wicket,...
[Editor’s Note: This is the 14th poem in a series from “Body Parts,” recently published in book form by Dr. Janet Hoult. For a copy of her collection of poetry about aging, see her email address below.]
The Pills
With apologies to Edgar Allen Poe
The Pills
With apologies to Edgar Allen Poe
Body Parts XIII: Aging and Eating Have a Rocky Relationship
[Editor’s Note: This is the 13th in a series of poems from “Body Parts,” Dr. Janet Hoult’s collection of poetry about aging.]
Eating Well
The waitress comes, or is it server
I’m not too sure what one should call her
Eating Well
The waitress comes, or is it server
I’m not too sure what one should call her
