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A Divine Bargain  by Neetu

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

A Divine Bargain 

I see you will haggle over your wares 
sell them to me for the price I ask 
I know you have many gods 
little and large, in stock 
 
so I make my offer 
much to your outrage— 
how dare I belittle the deity  
I hold in my outstretched hand? 
So precious I should fall at its feet 
not negotiate over its head— 
hush, you say, such sacrilege you 
cannot tolerate 
I must be reasonable, not violate 
your sacred space 
 
I stand resolute in your face 
my offer is no disgrace to sanctity 
only a question of profit, I buy 
you sell 
as God is my witness 
it is truth I speak 
perhaps, you the keeper of such value 
alone know what it is 
the sticker on the figure 
is a matter of trade 
 
I retreat, leave the idol on your shelf 
but hear you call me back, 
pull a wrapper and roll it around 
the little figurehead, 
for a nickel more than 
I offered,  
both accept. 
 
© Neetu Malik 


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Haiku by Neetu

January 26, 2026 by in category Poet's Day by Neetu Malik

Haiku

first snow
flakes of a poem
fall on my page

in bitter cold
time freezes
waiting for a thaw

unburdened
the tree branches stretch out
toward the infinite

buried deep
the long slumber in darkness
of next spring’s seeds

© Neetu Malik


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Reverie by Neetu

December 26, 2025 by in category Poet's Day by Neetu Malik tagged as , , , , ,

Reverie 

Shall we dip our brush 
in the deep blue dusk 
so we may paint joy 
we stole from  
the passing day 
before it grows dark? 
 
No, I think I would rather 
wait for the red sun 
to draw bright rays 
across our canvas 
and let them dry 
into permanence.  
 

© Neetu Malik 


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Symphony by Neetu

November 25, 2025 by in category Poet's Day by Neetu Malik tagged as , , , ,

Symphony

all I hear is this song…

carried to my ears upon waves
as they ebb and return
a symphony of love
played on instruments
of the heart—


those harps that pull
me into the ocean
teach me 

to ride the waves

© Neetu Malik


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Four Ghosts and Fashion Week by Kidd Wadsworth

October 31, 2025 by in category Poet's Day by Neetu Malik tagged as , , , ,

Four Ghosts and Fashion Week

I love runways and bangles and color and clothes.
With a sheet and two holes, I was ghastly not Vogue.
Is that Angel and Adalyn, Ava and Mags?
All in sheets and translucent, how stunning, how Fab!

One in front, on the left, on the right, one behind,
I am grabbed. Then we fly. This is blowing my mind.
Far below, Mom is handing out chocolate-nut bars
fruity Skittles and Twix, while I’m destined for Mars.

I must think really fast. With a loud mournful sigh,
I say, “Certainly fashion has bid you goodbye.
Your pale hue needs some blue, and your aura is plain.
Don’t despair. I can help. With my skills you will reign.”

To the first, I accessorize adding a hat,
then a glimmering belt, padded bra, she’s so flat.
To the second, a skirt, and a jacket with frills.
Would it be too cliché, can I say that she kills?

With a trench, and a pout, number three is Sam Spade.
With the fourth, I go goth, a black sheet, she’s decayed.
Transformations complete. I go home. My dad’s mad.
I’m so grounded. But hey, that’s okay, cause I’m rad.

©Kidd Wadsworth

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