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Letter to Rani of Jhansi: NaPoWriMo 2021 Day 11

Dear Jhansi ki Rani,Thank you for inspiring me in my childhoodYou were the lone female hero in my textbookIt was comforting to know you’re realNot like Sleeping BeautyA presence in the absence of women...

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NaPoWriMo 2021 1

Psychedelic summers Tripping in time Lazing on the lawn Curious in College.

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First Poem Published Internationally!

Woo hoo! My poem Apollo and Dhanwantri Discuss Corona, was published in Wry Times! I wrote this poem after coming across one about Narcissus buying drugs at a pharmacy, in the Beloit Poetry Journal....

Won the Orange Flower Award for Poetry 2020

I’m overjoyed to share that I got the Orange Flower Award for Poetry 2020! I won it for my poem, Mrs. Pandava. This award is given by Women’s Web to women digital creators in...

NaPoWriMo 2020 Poems

A pogo stick Jumping from task to task Mask to mask. My childhood home Number 17 Theatre Road Or Shakespeare Sarani Spelt Sexspear sometimes on post. We were thespians My father ran away To...

NaPoWriMo 2020

I took part in the NaPoWriMo 2020 challenge to vent about Corona. Here are my responses to the prompts. The NaPoWriMo site has many interesting resources to fire your poetic imagination – from paintings...

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Protected: Noor: A Soldier in Akbar’s Army – Extract

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NaPoWriMo Day 17: Obsolete Tech

My floppy disks Held all I held dear My writing, recipe for beer I can’t read them anymore I don’t remember either what’s on them Makes me wonder Should we hold on to possessions?...

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NaPoWriMo Day 16: An Avalanche of Niceness

You rock Also avalanche Crush me with niceness Make me want to better You. Impossible. I like being flattened With your love. I’m all Warmed up. Here’s the prompt. Here’s another poem.

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NaPoWriMo 2020 Day 15: Inspired by Pink Floyd

As we adjust To the new normal Some pushing Some giving way All online though Weee Have become Uncomfortably numb We dare not think What will happen If our old normal Disappears. Survival of...

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