Divisha Sharma is a student and emerging writer whose work fuses Greek mythology, pop culture, psychology, and the lyrical influence of Taylor Swift. Known for her thoughtful introspection and occasional emotional attachment to punctuation, she views overthinking as both a creative tool and a poetic curse.
She is currently completing her schooling while developing a microfilm poetry series and contributing to community-based projects focused on empathy and expression. This publication marks her print debut, alongside her upcoming anthology. She hopes her words resonate enough for you to fold a corner of the page and return to them.
Q:You mentioned that you are working on a microfilm poetry series, how did the idea take shape?
In an age where attention is traded like currency, poetry often risks being scrolled past. But what if it wasn’t read? What if it was felt like cinema? The idea of microfilm poetry emerged when I began thinking in frames instead of stanzas. It’s my attempt to rewire how people experience poetry: not as passive readers, but as momentary witnesses.
Q: Since you have interest in Greek mythology, What about it influences your writing?
It’s the inevitability of Greek tragedies that attracts me, as well as their relevancy today. You know your fate is defined, but you still try. That tension between agency and doom, glory and grief, shapes much of my work. Inspired by Donna Tartt's love for greek, my writing, too, doesn’t seek resolution. They seek meaning in collapse. I’m drawn to the poetic violence of myth, to stories that don’t end when they should but linger — similar to how I do — in the reader’s mind.
Q: What made you choose the pieces you submitted for publication?
I chose those particular pieces because they lie at the intersection of resistance and reflection. ‘May the odds ever be in your favour’ borrows its irony from dystopian fiction, but it reads like our reality: where survival is a system, not a right. As a psychology student, I’m obsessed with the architecture of the mind: how fear, shame, or longing are shaped by power. These conflicts are reflected in most of my pieces, especially in "I want to be" which takes a humorous take at the teenage mind.
THE BOOK
Divisha has been published in the anthology 'Hear Me First'. Curated by Delhi Poetry Slam as part of The Writer's Launchpad, an online workshop series for a select group of contemporary Indian poets. Get your copy!
Connect with the poet on Instagram: @makhfi.ki.mehfil