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Backwater Song by Neetu

May 26, 2026 by Neetu Malik in category Poet's Day by Neetu Malik tagged as backwater, forest, Neetu, night, the crawdads' song

Backwater Song

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

but I was young, too young
and memories clung to
bark and thistle left behind

now it’s time I know
to retrace my steps
into that forest
slowly, cautiously, though

eyes closed, feeling only
with my hands the way
I’ve walked before

my senses know better
than my eyes

travelled roads

I reach the backwater
past the labyrinthine path
pain and anguish in my heart

and hear at dusk
the crawdads’ song.

© Neetu Malik

Some of Neetu’s Books

Pennsylvania Bards’ Eastern PA Poetry Review 2023

THE OCOTILLO REVIEW SUMMER 2018 VOL 2.2

Thunder by Neetu

April 26, 2026 by Neetu Malik in category Poet's Day by Neetu Malik tagged as Neetu, night, quiet, thunder, Wolves

Thunder

the wolves are quiet tonight

deep silence
before that burst
of lightning
strikes again

illuminates
a desperately darkened
horizon that
holds its breath

like the wolves,
I know

it is better to keep
the howls

for nights when
thunder does not compete

Some of Neetu’s Books

Pennsylvania Bards’ Eastern PA Poetry Review 2023

THE OCOTILLO REVIEW SUMMER 2018 VOL 2.2

In the Mist by Neetu

December 26, 2021 by Neetu Malik in category Poet's Day by Neetu Malik tagged as ghosts, mist, Neetu, night, secrets

In the Mist

mist fills the night—
there are no ghosts, just my self
and me in mellow light

I pause only to listen
to rustling in the trees, where
secrets like my own
might be guarded mystery

it’s not for me to know what
theirs might be,
but a comfort to feel
a kindred familiarity