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Anuja Ghimire was born and raised in Kathmandu, Nepal. A Pushcart-and Best of the Net nominee, she's published in the U.S., Canada, and Nepal. She lives in Dallas, TX with her husband and two little girls and writes poetry. In the day, she works as an editor/publisher in the e-learning industry. Contact the author for editing services for $10 a page.

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Shaili coughed by the wood fire until her ribs ached, but her aunt didn’t excuse her from the kitchen. Nima, who had trained many girls in the day but loved Shaili the most, asked, “Child, just cover your mouth with the shawl. Besides, who will cook for your husband?” “I will check the stove before …

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IVF

Flash fiction 

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Noteworthy Poet Winter Issue

UCity Review 6 poems

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Poem: My American Child

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A humanitarian walks into a village in Nepal, May 2018

Glass: A journal of poetry 

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Every day, I am in transit to America

The Brown Orient

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She is six

New Verse News

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River 2049

Eco Theo Review

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Boy, East Texas, 2017

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Snow angels in the ether

Again the earth faces the sun with the same scars

While she turns, the children float farther in the air

Like kites in a vacuum,

butterflies in the bell jar

they are

still snow

angels in the ether

hands and legs forever apart

Again we have swept away gun powder

with an iron broom and its callous straws

but the tip of the handle pokes holes in the sky

and the children slip through

we fill each space with a face and a name

and drop them off near cemented places

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This lockdown may be real

I ask my daughter, eight, about her day She says a boy shouted “Florida” the teacher whispered “hush” but unlocked all the doors of their lips

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The Summer of Endless Rain

Glass: A Journal of Poetry

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For Winter, For Spring

Mothers Always Write

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Semolina Pudding

Sunlight Press

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Going Back to Where I came From

Riksha Magazine

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My Baby Starts Kindergarten on Solar Eclipse

Mothers Always Write

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America

Social Justice Poetry