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Backwater Song by Neetu

May 26, 2026 by in category Poet's Day by Neetu Malik tagged as , , , ,

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


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Neetu Malik: Featured Author

April 28, 2026 by in category Featured Author of the Month tagged as , , ,

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.


You can find Neetu’s poetry in these volumes.

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Thunder  by Neetu

April 26, 2026 by in category Poet's Day by Neetu Malik tagged as , , , ,

Thunder

the wolves are quiet tonight 

deep silence 
before that burst 
of lightning 
strikes again 

illuminates 
a desperately darkened 
horizon that 
holds its breath 

like the wolves, 
I know 

it is better to keep 
the howls 

for nights when 
thunder does not compete 

© Neetu Malik 


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Neetu Malik: Featured Author

April 14, 2026 by in category Featured Author of the Month tagged as , , ,

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.


You can find Neetu’s poetry in these volumes.

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Neetu Malik: Featured Author

April 1, 2026 by in category Featured Author of the Month tagged as , , ,

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.


You can find Neetu’s poetry in these volumes.

Hover on the cover for buy links. Click on the cover for more information.


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