In My Twilight Zone

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In My Twilight Zone

Between sunset’s fiery streaks
slipping into the sea, and
the rising of the silver moon
is my twilight zone.

This is where I feel you–
in the crevices of my soul;
you fill the darkening hollows
in my twilight zone.

I feel your breath upon
my slowly crinkling skin–
balmy, tender caresses
in my twilight zone.

Your arms encircle,
wrap me in your warmth,
shield me from chills
in my twilight zone.


© Neetu Malik 2015—First Published in The Australia Times Poetry Magazine, Issue 321, October 2015.


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Author Bio
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.
  • Resilience

    I carve a piece of blue sky
    for the dark days ahead

  • Shadows

    ong      shadows

    the afternoon    s t r e t c h e s   us

    on the sidewalks

  • In My Twilight Zone

    Between sunset’s fiery streaks
    slipping into the sea, and
    the rising of the silver moon
    is my twilight zone.

  • The Cobwebs

    I was leaning
    by the window
    standing outside
    looking in—

  • Wanderer

    by the river
    he looks lost
    his face appears ancient
    in rumination
    under the sycamores’
    embracing shade
    thinks he might see
    God

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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.
  • Jann says:

    Neetu, I really enjoyed reading your poem.

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