Pinpricks: poems

Ankit has quiet humor. His lines flirt with the mirthful, but behind his jocular moorings lies a mind searching for soothers. His poetic gaze permeates the textures of his milieu: this ensues fine observations. — SANJEEV SETHI (Recipient of the Ethos Literary Award 2022) Ankit Raj Ojha is an assistant professor of English with the Department of Higher Education, Haryana, and is a Ph.D. candidate at IIT Roorkee. His poems appear in the US and UK-based magazines, and he has research articles in Routledge and Johns Hopkins University Press journals. Ankit has formerly been a software engineer at Infosys and has performed as a vocalist with his bands in Delhi NCR, Mysore and Bhubaneswar. He hails from Chapra, Bihar. Twitter: @ankit_raj01