Growing Feathers by Neetu

February 26, 2024 by Neetu Malik in category Poet's Day by Neetu Malik tagged as growing, Loving, Neetu, wings with 3 and 1

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Growing Feathers

we were wingless
until we knew love

our breathless breath
lifted us
into rainbows

eagle-like we soared
fearless and bold

flapping newfound wings
feathers soft as gossamer

and it was then
we understood
the lightness of being

©Neetu Malik

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

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she bends
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allows it to twist her bones
shape her arms
to shade and protect

Veronica Jorge says:

February 26, 2024 at 9:13 AM

Oh, Neetu, how beautiful! I love the imagery, and all of the sentiments it evokes.

Neetu Malik says:

February 26, 2024 at 11:01 AM

So glad you like it, Veronica. Your comments always mean a lot. Thank you!
- Veronica Jorge says:
  
  February 28, 2024 at 9:59 AM
  
  You are most welcome!