Drifting into Autumn: Micro Poems by Neetu

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Drifting into Autumn
(6 Micro Poems including Haiku)

a nip in the air
swirling to my feet
one blushing leaf

~

Autumn tiptoes
nudging Summer
out the door

~

flowers and dreams
the earth churns and mulches
I, a falling leaf

~

ablaze in autumn
the yellow leaves know
how to burn

~

blast of wind
the last leaves blow away
leave me barren

~

tell me when
leaves fall and
your heart grieves

I will crush them
under my feet and
turn them into mulch

© Neetu Malik

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Author Bio
Neetu Malik
Author Bio
Born in India, Neetu has lived in Austria, England, and Canada before settling in the Eastern USA in 1994. Neetu’s eclectic work reflects her diverse background as she explores the joy and darkness of the human condition in poems and stories noteworthy for their intensity in brief span. Her poetry is published in journals and Anthologies from Australia, USA, UK, and India. 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.
https://www.asliceoforange.net/authors/neetu/
Neetu Malik
  • Haiku by Neetu
    January 26, 2026

    first snow
    flakes of a poem
    fall on my page

  • Reverie by Neetu
    December 26, 2025

    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? 

  • Symphony by Neetu
    November 25, 2025

    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—

  • Haiga by Neetu
    October 26, 2025

    sultry afternoon
    in the vast cornfields
    reaping gold

  • Unwanted Companion by Neetu
    September 26, 2025

    I wait eagerly
    for absolute darkness
    to lose my shadow

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Neetu Malik
Born in India, Neetu has lived in Austria, England, and Canada before settling in the Eastern USA in 1994. Neetu’s eclectic work reflects her diverse background as she explores the joy and darkness of the human condition in poems and stories noteworthy for their intensity in brief span. Her poetry is published in journals and Anthologies from Australia, USA, UK, and India. 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.
https://www.asliceoforange.net/authors/neetu/
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