All Over Again
(Palindrome Poem)

life spills . . .
forming red rivulets in sand
in the vast desert
man’s fury against man
reasons I do not understand
why or how this came to be
who knows the rationality
in the circle of history
with unending repeats
I see blood . . . I see man
a glinting rifle
in his hand . . .
for a broken piece of land

Some of Neetu’s Books

Pennsylvania Bards’ Eastern PA Poetry Review 2023

THE POETIC BOND X

THE OCOTILLO REVIEW SUMMER 2018 VOL 2.2

THE POETIC BOND V

THE POETIC BOND VI

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Life Cycle by Neetu

June 26, 2026 by Neetu Malik in category Poet's Day by Neetu Malik tagged as forest, Life cycle, Neetu, Spring, Summer

Life Cycle

spring has come
and gone
summer breeze nudges
dense foliage to dance

as before, splendor will
last for a while
this fertile forest
will thrive
change when it’s time

we will grow old
like the trees
our span shorter than most

what have we done
with the seed we once were–
what have we become?

Some of Neetu’s Books

Pennsylvania Bards’ Eastern PA Poetry Review 2023

THE POETIC BOND X

THE OCOTILLO REVIEW SUMMER 2018 VOL 2.2

THE POETIC BOND V

THE POETIC BOND VI

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Backwater Song by Neetu

May 26, 2026 by Neetu Malik in category Poet's Day by Neetu Malik tagged as backwater, forest, Neetu, night, the crawdads' song

Backwater Song

they said to remember crawdads
asked me to listen for their song
when my heart was heavy
and my sorrow dark

but I was young, too young
and memories clung to
bark and thistle left behind

now it’s time I know
to retrace my steps
into that forest
slowly, cautiously, though

eyes closed, feeling only
with my hands the way
I’ve walked before

my senses know better
than my eyes

travelled roads

I reach the backwater
past the labyrinthine path
pain and anguish in my heart

and hear at dusk
the crawdads’ song.

© Neetu Malik

Some of Neetu’s Books

Pennsylvania Bards’ Eastern PA Poetry Review 2023

THE POETIC BOND X

THE OCOTILLO REVIEW SUMMER 2018 VOL 2.2

THE POETIC BOND V

THE POETIC BOND VI

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Neetu Malik: Featured Author

April 28, 2026 by Neetu Malik in category Featured Author of the Month tagged as Featured Author of the Month, Neetu Malik, Poet's Day, poetry

Neetu Malik’s poetry is an expression of life’s rhythms and the beat of the human spirit. She draws upon diverse multicultural experiences and observations across three continents in which she has lived. She has contributed to The Australia Times Poetry Magazine, October Hill Magazine, Prachya Review, among others. Her poems have appeared in The Poetic Bond Anthology V and VI published by Willowdown Books, UK, NY Literary Magazine’s Tears Anthology and Poetic Imagination Anthology (Canada).

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. She had a monthly column, Poet’s Day, here on A Slice of Orange.

Neetu lives in Pennsylvania, USA.