A Gift by Neetu

December 26, 2018 by in category Poet's Day by Neetu Malik tagged as , , , with 5 and 0
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A Gift

I will not count the seconds
I will not check the clock

I will listen only to the sound of
my own inhale and exhale and
the tapping of keys

watch my breath stir the strands
of my hair
as it falls below my chin
over this keyboard
          my fingers
typing this note
to myself, this moment
a gift I give


to me

© Neetu Malik 


Author Bio
Author Bio
Born in India, Neetu has lived in Austria, England, and Canada before settling in the Eastern USA in 1994. Neetu’s eclectic work reflects her diverse background as she explores the joy and darkness of the human condition in poems and stories noteworthy for their intensity in brief span. Her poetry is published in journals and Anthologies from Australia, USA, UK, and India. Her poem, “Soaring Flames”, was awarded First-Place by the NY Literary Magazine (2017). She has also been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, 2019 for her poem “Sacred Figs” published by Kallisto Gaia Press in their Ocotillo Review in May, 2018.
  • Mother’s Mantle by Neetu

    She wraps her child
    in the old, soft mantle

  • Daylight Truth by Neetu

    soft murmurs in the dark
    don’t enlighten me
    they leave me fumbling
    for something real to grasp

  • Rolling Luck

    The marbles roll
    on a patch of dirt–
    colored transparencies
    shine in the afternoon sun.

  • Resilience

    I carve a piece of blue sky
    for the dark days ahead

  • Shadows

    ong      shadows

    the afternoon    s t r e t c h e s   us

    on the sidewalks

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Born in India, Neetu has lived in Austria, England, and Canada before settling in the Eastern USA in 1994. Neetu’s eclectic work reflects her diverse background as she explores the joy and darkness of the human condition in poems and stories noteworthy for their intensity in brief span. Her poetry is published in journals and Anthologies from Australia, USA, UK, and India. Her poem, “Soaring Flames”, was awarded First-Place by the NY Literary Magazine (2017). She has also been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, 2019 for her poem “Sacred Figs” published by Kallisto Gaia Press in their Ocotillo Review in May, 2018.
  • Denise says:

    I love this vignette, Neetu! Provocative. Reminds me of what we all need to do at time–write for our own enjoyment.

  • Neetu Malik says:

    Thank you for coming by to read this, Denise. Glad you enjoyed it!

  • moonfroth says:

    This kind of captured moment–almost an instant–is your greatest strength as a poet. Thru the seized instant of time, expressed in concrete, vivid, simple images, you jolt the reader into treasuring THEIR ‘moments’ that in the flurry of our days so often flash by and away. . .before we’ve savored them at all.

  • Neetu Malik says:

    Thank you, moonfroth, for the constant encouragement and support you give me. Sometimes, all we have are the moments and they are rare…..

  • Neetu Malik says:

    Thank you to all the bloggers who have liked and/or shared this poem. Much appreciated!

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