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

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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
  • Unwanted Companion by Neetu
    September 26, 2025

    I wait eagerly
    for absolute darkness
    to lose my shadow

  • Stagnant by Neetu
    August 26, 2025

    I drop pebbles slowly
    watch them fall
    in a shallow stream

  • Foreboding by Neetu
    July 26, 2025

    she reaches out
    touches fog
    she had hoped
    for the sun

  • In the Flickering by Neetu
    June 26, 2025

    Walk me through
    your cave

    show me the petroglyphs
    the stories
    you have laboriously pecked on the walls
    with your hammer stone,
    carved in the light of a lantern
    where shadows cast gloom.

  • Traveler by Neetu
    April 26, 2025

    I am but dust
    a grain of sand
    blowing whichever way
    the wind blows
    in the universe

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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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