Haiku by Neetu

January 26, 2026 by in category Poet's Day by Neetu Malik with 0 and 1
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Haiku

first snow
flakes of a poem
fall on my page

in bitter cold
time freezes
waiting for a thaw

unburdened
the tree branches stretch out
toward the infinite

buried deep
the long slumber in darkness
of next spring’s seeds

© 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
  • Untold Things by Neetu
    September 25, 2026

    Enveloped in twilight mist
    they are known only to him

  • Until I Can Fly by Neetu
    August 26, 2026

    Until I can fly . . . as the sun goes down
    and waves come closer
    with the rising tide

  • All Over Again (Palindrome Poem) by Neetu
    July 26, 2026

    life spills . . .
    forming red rivulets in sand
    in the vast desert
    man’s fury against man
    reasons I do not understand

  • Life Cycle by Neetu
    June 26, 2026

    spring has come
    and gone
    summer breeze nudges
    dense foliage to dance

  • Backwater Song by Neetu
    May 26, 2026

    they said to remember crawdads
    asked me to listen for their song
    when my heart was heavy
    and my sorrow dark

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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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