About

I’m a mother of a smart and energetic ten-year-old. I started expressing myself creatively since 2017. Since then I have been continuously inspired by events in my life which have helped me in penning my thoughts.

I’m an avid reader, loves to sing, an ardent lover of poetry, and sometimes can scribble a few lines too. I love to dance in the rain, have an undying love for nature, and can watch the beautiful sunset for hours.

I have worked in the IT field for almost a decade as a manager, worked crazy hours, and traveled around the world. In that busy schedule, I never got the time to creatively express my thoughts. Now every time I finish a poem, free verse anything it fills me with so much happiness and excitement and a feeling to have created something of my own.

Here is my listing as a poet in the Directory of Poets and Writers ( Pw.Org)

Roles and responsibilities

I’m a contributing member at Literary Journals Heretics, Lovers and Madmen, Sudden Denouement, GoDogGO Cafe, Candles Online, Whisper, and the Roar, Poets Corner, and Free Verse Revolution. Currently I’m an Assistant Poetry Editor at UK based Lit and Arts Journal MookyChick. I was also Contributing Poetry Editor at US based Literary Journal Ariel Chart.

I’m currently co-editing anthologies (“The Medusa Project” , MookyChick, UK ) and ( The Kali Project, Cross Tree Press,US).Also I’m acting as Literary Partner for the “Life in Quarantine” Project by Stanford University, Sponsored by CESTA ( Centre for Spatial and Textual Analysis) and The Poetic Lab, California, USA. You can read more about my role here.

The Medusa Project, A Feminist Anthology by MookyChick

First Chapbook “A Potpourri of Emotions” by Local Gems Press, Long Island,New York

Published Works

My 500+ works have been featured in Better than Starbucks,521 Magazine, KOAN ( Paragon Press), Dime Show Review, Little Rose Magazine, Visitant Lit, Quail Bell, American Writers Review, Pendemic, Dream Noir Magazine, The Writer’s Cafe Magazine, The Quiet Corner, Poets Corner, Modern poetry, Spill words, FVR Publishing, Sudden denouement Publishing, Indian periodicals, Literary heist, Ariel Chart, Modern Literature, Fourth and Sycamore, Life in 10 minutes, Piker Press, Poethead, Former People Magazine, Cavalcade of Stars, The Stray Branch, Poetic Diversity, Ofrendas Press, Mojave Heart Review, Nightingale and Sparrow, Treehouse Arts, Praxis Magazine, The Conclusion Magazine, Merak Magazine, Royal Rose Magazine, Night Music Journal, GoDogGoCafe, Whisper and the Roar, Duane Poetree, Visual Verse, Vita Brevis, Dream Noir, Mineral LitMag, Pendemic, Poetry Society of New York, WNYC, SONKU Collective, American Writers Review and many more.

Anthologies featuring my works have been mentioned in the Huffington Post and showcased in the Poets House, Manhatten as part of the summer reading 2019.

Social Impact

• War Cry from the Uterus, WideEyesPublishing
  20% of all proceeds went to The Yellow Hammer Fund and ACLU
• Screaming from the Silence, Vociferous Press donated to
  Joyful Heart Foundation and National Sexual resource Centre
• We Will not be silenced, Indie Blue Press, donated to RAINN
• RECLAIM Anthology
• “In her words”, a Mini Chapbook donated to the Outreach Education Program by Thinking in Full Color

To know more about my published works you can visit here

Anthology (Past and upcoming)

• “We will not be silenced”, Indie Blu(e) Publishing, Fall 2018, USA ( Mentioned in the Huffington Post as the Top 100 Poetry Anthologies to be read in 2019.)
• “All the lonely people”, Blank Paper Press, Feb 2019, Canada
• “Voices Carry”, Sudden Denouement Publishing, Feb 2020, USA
• Narwhal’s Lament, Madness Muse Press, Fall 2019, USA
• The Stray Branch, Fall 2019, USA
• Dime Show Review Vol 3 Issue 1, USA
• Poetica Vol 2, By Me Poetry Press, Australia, 2019
• RECLAIM Anthology, Philippines, 2019 ( Showcased in the Poets House, Manhatten)
• Flight Magazine, Nightingale and Sparrow, March 2019, USA
• HAIKU Journal, Prolific Press, Feb 2019, USA
• Poetry Quarterly Winter Issue, Prolific Press, March 2019, USA
• Adelaide Magazine Issue no 24, May 2019, USA and Lebanon
• Fevers of the Mind Digest, Volume 1, June 2019, USA
• Lift every Voice, Kissing Dynamite Anthology, Fall 2019, USA
• Stanzas from the silence, Vociperous Press, Winter 2020, USA
• War Crimes Against the Uterus, Wide Eyes Publishing, June 2019, USA
• Dual Coast Magazine Issue 7, Prolific Press, June 2019, USA
• Madness Muse Anthology, Madness Muse press, Fall 2019, USA
• Nightingale and Sparrow, Heat Edition, Fall 2019, USA
• Fevers of the Mind Digest Volume 2, June 2019, USA
• Smitten, Indie Blue Press, Fall 2019, USA
• Better than Starbucks, September 2019, USA
• America’s Emerging Poets Series New Jersey Edition, Z Publishing, Fall 2019
• Faery Anthology, Fae Corps Publishing, Jan 2020
• Jitter Press Issue no 8, Prolific Press, Oct 2019
• Crepe and Penn Issue no 4, Nov 2019
• Vita Brevis Anthology, Vite Brevis Press, Dec 2019
• Writing for Peace, Dove Tales Org., Dec 2020
• Fevers of Mind and Poetry Issue no 3: Darkness and Light, Nov 2019
• Door is a Jar, Issue 13, Winter 2020, Jan 2020
• In her words, Thinking in Full color, Jan 2020
• Three Lines Poetry, Prolific Press, Jan 2020
• Poetry Quarterly, Fall edition, Prolific Press
• Adelaide Literary Award Anthology, 2020, Adelaide Press
• Arcs Prose Antholgy 2020, Arcs Press, December 2020
• Desh Videsh Magazine,  Poetry Corner, Desh Videsh Media Group
• “Masques“, Culture Cult Anthology, Spring 2020
• The League of Poets – Sounds of Peace- World’s Biggest Anthology for Peace, TLOP Press, January 2020
• Memory House Magazine, University of Chicago, March 2020, USA
• Inwood Indiana, Winter 2020, Prolific Press, USA,
• “Your Poems from the isolation” Poetry Anthology, WNYC, New York, April 2020, USA
• “War and Battle Anthology”, The Poet, UK, April 2020
• “Poems from the Lockdown”, Willowdown Books, USA, April 2020
• Poetry Selected in the World’s biggest Poetry Anthology: Sounds of Peace by League of Poets., March 2020.
• “Striving for Survival”,OPA Anthology, Spring 2020, USA
• Pandemic Poems, A collaboration with Kate Belew, Editor of Milk Press, Poetry Society of New York
• “She Speaks Up” -An anthology featuring the winners of the Jessie Haver Butler Poetry Contest 2020
• American Writers Review ” Art in the time of COVID-19″ Issue, April 2020
• Pangolin Poetry Review , Special COVID Issue, March 2020
• Poets of the Pandemic Unite, Headline Poetry Press, March 2020, USA
• Poetry from the Lockdown, Willowdown Books, April 2020, USA
• “Family Legacies”, Spring Edition Vol 2, SONKU Collective, May 2020, USA
• “Melody”, Summer Edition, Nightingale and Sparrow Press, USA, June 2020
• Haiku Featured in the OCMA ( Orange County of Music and Arts) Sound Collage Project by Alan Nakagawa, California
• Otherwise Engaged Arts and Literary Journal,2020
• Poetry Diversified 2020, -An Anthology featuring the winners and finalist of the Spring Robinson Lit Prize 2020 by Poetry Matters Project
• The Woman Inc Anthology 2020, An Anthology featuring the winners and the finalist of the TWIBB Sakhi Awards 2020
• Alien Buddha Contracts Covid 19, Alien Buddha Press, June 2020
• “Poetry Section”,Desh Videsh Magazine, April 2020
• International Writers Journal, IWJ Magazine, July-September 2020
• Mundane and Musings, Tacenda Publication, September 2020
• Life in Quarantine– Historical Archive by Stanford University,California,USA
• Essay and Poetry accepted at the “Life in Quarantine” Project by Stanford University, USA
• Poetry and CNF published in Lumiere Review
• “On the Road”, The Poet Magazine, July 2020
• North of Oxford, Pandemic Issue, 2020
• Black Life Matters, Subterranean Blue Poetry,2021
• “Alien Buddha Press House of Horrors #3”, Alien Buddha Press, 2020
• Ofrendas Magazine Issue 1, Ofrendas Press, 2020
• National Beat Poetry Foundation Anthology , Local Gems Press,2020
• Walt Whitman Collaborative Project, Local Gems Press, 2020
• As the World Burns, Indie Blu(e) Press, Fall 2020
• Nursery Rhymes and Children Anthology, Anita Nahal and Dr Meenakshi Mohan, 2021
• Earth, Fire, Water and Wind Anthology , Anita Nahal, 2021

Book Reviews

• Book Review for “Anatomy of A Dress” by Juliette van der Molen published by Hedgehog Press, UK
• Book Review – “Bad Mommy Stay Mommy” by Elisabeth Horan published by Fly on the Wall Poetry Press, UK
• Book Review-Quit your Job and become a poet by Georgia Parks, Indie Blu Press, USA
• Blurb for “Composition of a woman” by Christine E Ray by Indie Blue Press

Prizes and Awards

• Won the 1st position state-level in NAMI NJ Dara Axelrod Mental Health Poetry contest 2018.
• Won the 3rd position state-level in NAMI NJ Dara Axelrod Mental Health Poetry contest 2019.
• Finalist in the National level poetry by the Poetry Matters Lit Prize 2019.
• Top 20 in the Pangolin Poetry Prize 2019 judged by Mellissa Studdard.
• Finalist in the Adelaide Literary Award 2019 for Best Poem category
• Nominated for the Arcs Prose Poetry Award 2020.
• Poetry featured on the Dineen Hull Arts Gallery, New Jersey in honor of the National Poetry Month 2020 in collaboration with Hudson County Community College (HCCC) and Department of Cultural Affairs (DOCA)
• Longlisted in the Erbacce Prize 2000.Top 140 amongst 9000 entries.
• Winner of the Jessie Haver Bulter Poetry Prize 2020
• State Level First Place Winner in the NAMI NJ Dara Axelrod Mental Health Poetry contest 2020
• Nominated in the Literature category for the iWomanGlobalAwards 2020
• National Level First Prize Winner in Spring Robinson/Mahogany Red Lit Prize 2020 by Poetry Matters Prize 2020
• Finalist for TWIBB ( The Woman Inc Beyond Black) Sakhi Annual Poetry Awards 2019
• Poetry selected in the Top 10 in the Poetry Super Highway Poetry Contest 2020

Interviews/Mentions

• Interview Published in the Vita Brevis Literature
• Interview Published in the GodogGO Cafe
• Interview Published in the Meet the Bloggers
• Mention at the Whisper and the Roar
• Interview in Spill words Press, NYC, USA
• Interview in Mumble Words,  Edinburgh, Scotland
• Interview in The Poetry Question TPQ5
• Upcoming interview by Ofrendas Press, PA, USA, Fall 2019
• Author of the Month by Pennsylvania based Bilingual Setu Magazine
• Featured in the Poetry Corner Section of the Desh Videsh Magazine in honor of the National Poetry Month 2020, Desh Videsh Media Group, USA, Spring 2020
• Author Spotlight in the Fae Corps Publishing, March 2020, USA
• Featured in “Backstory of a Poem Series, May 2020, USA
• Featured twice on WNYC #PausePoetry Challenge ( Week 2 and Week 3 Prompts) -Poems from the  isolation featured on the Brian Lehrer Show
• Interview with the NY based Poetry Group ” A Compendium of Literary Minds”, University of Albany, NY, USA
• Interview with Krizia Bruno of Ofrendas Press, USA
• Featured on the BlogTalkRadioShow Episode “Generating Awareness” by WOW of Women and Divas That Care Network
• Interview Published in UK based The Poet Magazine
• Featured on the “Assiduous Dust” Poetry Podcast by LA based Poet Joshua Corwin

Events

• Poetry selected for reading at the “Survival is Insufficient” series based on the National Endowment of Arts BigRead event.
• Poetry reading at the DOCA( Department of Cultural Affairs) Open Rooftop series by Jersey City Writers.
• Poetry selected for reading at the “Overcoming Limitation” series hosted by Jersey City Writers and Art Access Festival at the West Gallery, NJ
• Poetry reading at the MANA Contemporary Arts Center, Newark, NJ as part of 2nd Annual Jersey City Poetry Festival
• Poetry reading the NJ NAMI Annual Awards and Luncheon Banquet and 3rd state-level winner at NAMI NJ Dara Axelrod Expressive Arts Mental Health Poetry Contest 2019.
• Poetry reading in the West Gallery “Of Myths and Monster” series hosted by Jersey City Writers and Art Access Festival 2019
• Poetry reading at the Open Road Poetry 2020 Season Kickoff event hosted by Rescue Poetix and Crystal Davis
• Poetry reading at the Jersey City Genre reading night: Night of hidden Life hosted by Jersey City Writers Group featuring the Top 10 writers of the Hudson County
• Online Poetry Event conducted for three days for Black Bough Poetry, UK
• Headlining the poetry festival at the Franklin Township Arts and Council ( FTAC), Somerset, New Jersey, Spring 2020 — Event Canceled
• Featured in the Jersey City Theater Centre Series (JCTC Conversations)– Voices from around the World, Episode -Courage.
• Featured in the Jersey City Theater Centre Series– Voices from around the World, Episode -Strength
• Wednesday Night Poetry Hosted by Kai Coggin ( Longest running open mic in the Country featured on New York Times,PBS)
• Jersey City Community Poem curated by JC Poet Laureate Rashad Wright and in collaboration with Arts House Production
• Poetry reading at the “First Fridays” Event with The Soap Box Press, Canada
• Poetry Reading with EIC Glenn Lyvers Prolific Press, USA
• Poetry reading with NAMI Expressive Cafe with Jacquese Armstrong, New Jersey , USA
• Poetry featured in Nature Walk: A PhotoPoetry Zine, An Audio-Visual Experience
• Poetry Reading with Bilingual SETU Magazine, Pennsylvania,USA
• Poetry featured in the Heard/Word Audio Series of the Galleyway, NY
• Poetry reading at the open mic at the Elizabeth Youth Centre featuring the Jersey City Poet Laureate Rashad Wright and Patterson Poet Laureate, Talena Lachelle Queen

Lastly, a million thanks to all who visit, like, or follow my tiny bits of creation.
Every time you do that, I get to know one more beautiful person in my life and get the chance to see their creation too.

Thanks again!!
Happy Blogging