Rolling Luck

June 26, 2023 by Neetu Malik in category Poet's Day by Neetu Malik tagged as Hope, marbles, Neetu Malik with 0 and 0

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Rolling Luck

The marbles roll
on a patch of dirt–
colored transparencies
shine in the afternoon sun.

She watches carefully;
her big brown eyes
roll with the little marbles

deft fingers on small brown hands
shoot each marble toward the hole

in the center of a circle–

there is hope
of winning

whereas
in the square room
that sits unevenly
under a metal roof—her home
built to stand
but sure to fall
under the monsoon rain dance–

one can only lose,
without a chance.

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/

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