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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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Haiga by Neetu

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

Haiga by Neetu

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Unwanted Companion by Neetu

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

Unwanted Companion

I wait eagerly
for absolute darkness
to lose my shadow

it troubles me to
feel its presence
grow, then diminish,
but not disappear

I grow weary of its company
walking close
beside me, before me,
behind me

an appendage that
speaks its own
language 

formidable in
eloquence,
eerily chained to
my heels.

© Neetu Malik


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