A Mother Learns – 4 Haiku by Neetu

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A Mother Learns

4 Haiku

gossamer touch,
mother strokes her newborn–
feathered beginnings

young buds awaken
sleepy petals shake off dew
silver mist of dawn

roots grow deep
where we plant seeds of love
becoming evergreens

each arm a strong branch
holds up against mighty storms–
a mother’s instinct

Some of Neetu’s Books

Pennsylvania Bards’ Eastern PA Poetry Review 2023

THE OCOTILLO REVIEW SUMMER 2018 VOL 2.2

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.

https://www.asliceoforange.net/authors/neetu/

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