About Nikita Gill
Nikita Gill is a bestselling Irish-Indian poet and author of eight volumes of poetry including “Your Soul Is A River” (2016), “Great Goddesses: Life lessons from Myths and Monsters” (2019), “Your Heart Is The Sea” (2019), “Where Hope Comes From: Poems of Resilience, Healing, and Light” (2021), the collection that includes the phenomenal poem “Love in the Time of Coronavirus,” which was shared across social media over 20,000 times, as well as Gill's poems of strength and hope, “How to Be Strong” and “Silver Linings.” Her last poetry collection, “These Are the Words: fearless verse to find your voice”, was published in 2022 by Macmillan.She has been described as one of the most successful Instapoets and one of the most exciting young writers working today. Gill's work was first published when she was 12 years old. Even though her work was rejected 137 times for publication, Nikita Gill's vivid poetry and beautiful illustrations have captured hearts and imaginations—but in The Girl and the Goddess, she offers us her most personal and deeply felt writing to date: an intimate coming-of-age story told in linked poems that offers a look into the Hindu mythology and rich cultural influences that helped her become the woman she is today. Her work offers reflections on love and feminist retellings of fairy tales and Greek myths. She has been inspired by the works of Sylvia Plath, Maya Angelou, and Robert Frost. She is also an ambassador for National Poetry Day.
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We have calcium in our bones, iron in our veins, carbon in our souls, and nitrogen in our brains. 93 percent stardust, with souls made of flames, we are all just stars that have people names.
