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Archita Mittra: writer, editor & artist

Archita Mittra: writer, editor & artist

I love to tell stories with words and images, often with a darkly magical twist. While speculative fiction & dissecting pop culture are my primary passions, I also work with clients & brands by assisting with content creation, editing, marketing & design.

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Category: poetry

Book Review: The Smallest of Bones by Holly Lyn Walrath

Scintillating and powerfully evocative, this is a strange and curious volume of speculative poetry that definitely deserves a space on your shelf.

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Poem: beauty & beast

a poetic retelling of an age-old faerytale, with a twist.

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Poem: for red

a short poem inspired by the video game Transistor

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Seasonal Poems: winter

the snow queen’s jewelled sledge /sparkles/ in the faraway dark snow.

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Seasonal Poems: autumn

The sun hangs low /Like a ripe pomegranate/ We play in the dust/Among the maple/ Till the moon swallows us up

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Seasonal Poems: monsoon

season of rain a world of stuttering streetlamps, sinking paper- boats & swirling water, you were born into. shadows possessed … More

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Seasonal Poems: summer

birds and hearts have fallen silent;

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Seasonal Poems: spring

i. and spring came tumbling from a hope-shaped crack in the sky, a naked falling icarus melting, the ancient snow … More

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Book Review: Raindrops Chasing Raindrops by Paresh Tiwari

Paresh Tiwari’s latest collection of haibun and hybrid poems is evocative, exquisite and melancholic.

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Poetry: beginning as a second person

1.  beginnings are quiet things, hastily wrapped & orphaned at your doorstep in the dreamy light of midnight. they come … More

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