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A Gift by Neetu

December 26, 2018 by Neetu Malik in category Poet's Day by Neetu Malik tagged as A Gift, moments, Neetu Malik, poetry

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

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Perspective by Neetu

November 26, 2018 by Neetu Malik in category Poet's Day by Neetu Malik tagged as Neetu Malik, poems, Poet's Day

Perspective

You say life is not a poem

or a story—

I ask, “What is it then?”

“Real life”, you say.

Of course, you know best.

You spend your days

averaging

life’s losses, its gains,

calculating

how much time is left,

working out

logistics while you lie in bed.

Real life gives you pain,

brings a scowl to your face—

you add and subtract,

make no mistakes,

and I,

I just watch

the shadows twitch and yawn

on that wall

across the window

through which the moon

winks at me, sly-faced—

“I’ll be fine”, I say.

© Neetu Malik

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Introducing Poet’s Day by Neetu

September 26, 2018 by Neetu Malik in category Poet's Day by Neetu Malik tagged as Neetu, Poet's Day, poetry, words

Poet’s Day

A Slice of Orange is delighted to welcome poet, Neetu to our rotation of authors.

Neetu’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).

Neetu lives in Pennsylvania, USA and will be publishing a poem on the 26th of each month here on A Slice of Orange. Her column will be titled Poet’s Day.

Enjoy!