Drifting into Autumn: Micro Poems by Neetu

September 26, 2023 by Neetu Malik in category Poet's Day by Neetu Malik tagged as autumn, fall, nature, Neetu, season change with 0 and 0

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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

Some of Neetu’s Books

Pennsylvania Bards’ Eastern PA Poetry Review 2023

THE OCOTILLO REVIEW SUMMER 2018 VOL 2.2

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

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
Fish Bones by Neetu

March 26, 2025

You were the guest at my table picking on the corners of the table cloth, fingers nervously folding and unfolding mutilated pride.
Neetu Malik: Featured Author

February 28, 2025

Neetu Malik’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.