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Aneesha Roy

Aneesha Roy is an avid reader and writer of poetry. Her poems have been published in Haiku Journal, The Literary Yard, Contraposition, and New Asian Writing. She has a degree in English literature. Apart from literature, she is interested in … Continue reading

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The Lost Aeon

A rain-soaked afternoon in late September Brought back memories galore, Drenched to the skin, every wet pore Exasperates, enervates, suffusing A heightened sense of liquid agitation to my core. The tumultuous wind gnawing and ravishing The rabid landscape like a … Continue reading

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Only if it were a Trifle

She was begging by the roadside… begging for alms… for small change, if you had some to spare. A torn, ragged sari draped around her feeble, emaciated body. She had worn those six yards for eternity, it was the only … Continue reading

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Kitsch under the Marmosa

Crimson pontiff. Inoculated grizzlies. A charred poster with serrated edge, bargained for at the crossroads. Tainted smear of gray at the wizened temples; Threadbare negligee of gold and green, gaudy like some ill-formed daguerreotype of old. Armorial trophies, once brazen … Continue reading

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Aneesha Roy

Aneesha Roy is an avid reader and writer and editor of poetry. She is currently pursuing an undergraduate degree in English. She is interested in literature, classical mythology, feminist criticism and philosophy. She currently lives in Kolkata, India. Read her … Continue reading

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The dwindling wonder in her eyes

It was easy to evoke her awe and wonder when she was a girl of eight, young and tender. Her brilliant, opal eyes glowing with the phosphorescent gleam of a storm-tossed sea – turbulent, tremulous, achingly beautiful, full of the … Continue reading

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Bon Appetit

I The whiff of morning coffee brings a smile to her lips. She admires the outline of Adam’s silhouetted form against the curtain. 8.00 a.m. All’s quiet in the scaly coruscating avenue out front. The first trucker trudges in, gruffly … Continue reading

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Welcome another New Editor!

Ijagun Poetry Journal welcomes Aneesha Roy on its editorial board. Aneesha Roy was born in the city of Kolkata, in West Bengal, India. She is a poet, a critic and a fledgling short story writer. She has been educated in St.Teresa’s … Continue reading

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Aneesha Roy

Aneesha Roy is an avid reader and writer of poetry. She is currently pursuing an undergraduate degree in English. She is interested in literature, classical mythology, feminist criticism and philosophy. She currently lives in Kolkata, India. Read her poems: Insurrection … Continue reading

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Insurrection

They categorically stated: ‘It is your lot to be subservient; Accept it without struggle.’ The following diktats were Emphatically articulated: ‘Embrace the limitations of Your kind, be content (with Whatever crumbs we Dole out to you) or, The fate of … Continue reading

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