you wrote anyway by Abhilasha Ghosh

One Poem Only · Nov 6, 2025 · 4m

you wrote anyway Abhilasha Ghosh july 25th, 2025 you were told writing was a man’s terrain— ink too heavy, thought too sharp for your soft hands. so you wrote anyway. you became george eliot when mary ann wouldn’t be taken seriously. they admired your mind but never called it yours. you were the brontë sisters, signing as currer, ellis, and acton bell— three pens dipped in restraint, writing women with thunder in their hearts. you were ismat chughtai, on trial for obscenity because you dared to speak of women as if we had bodies and stories and agency. you were christine de pizan, arguing…