Fences by Neetu

July 26, 2020 by in category Poet's Day by Neetu Malik tagged as , , with 2 and 0
Home > Columns > Poet's Day by Neetu Malik > Fences by Neetu

Fences

 

now
as then

we draw lines
build and rebuild
fences
with new wire
cut of the same steel
forged in
new factories

still owned and run
by warped minds  

© Neetu Malik

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
  • 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

  • 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.

×
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/
Latest Posts
< Newer Article
Older Article >
  • Veronica Jorge says:
    July 27, 2020 at 3:17 PM

    Hi Neetu,

    I admire your skill with words. Each one selected and joined to the next for a most powerful effect. Wow!

    • Copyright ©2017 A Slice of Orange. All Rights Reserved. ~PROUDLY POWERED BY WORDPRESS ~ CREATED BY ISHYOBOY.COM

    >