Silence
between you and me
and the crashing
of the sea
no sound is heard
but that of seagulls
circling in the sky
drop by drop
silence trickles
lengthening each
moment
before it runs dry
© Neetu Malik
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.
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Silence between you and meand the crashingof the sea no sound is heardbut that of seagullscircling in the sky drop by drop silence trickles lengthening each moment before it runs dry © Neetu Malik
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Silence between you and meand the crashingof the sea no sound is heardbut that of seagullscircling in the sky drop by drop silence trickles lengthening each moment before it runs dry © Neetu Malik
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Silence between you and meand the crashingof the sea no sound is heardbut that of seagullscircling in the sky drop by drop silence trickles lengthening each moment before it runs dry © Neetu Malik
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Silence between you and meand the crashingof the sea no sound is heardbut that of seagullscircling in the sky drop by drop silence trickles lengthening each moment before it runs dry © Neetu Malik
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Silence between you and meand the crashingof the sea no sound is heardbut that of seagullscircling in the sky drop by drop silence trickles lengthening each moment before it runs dry © Neetu Malik
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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.
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