Yearning
I glisten in tears
like an April dawn,
covered in dew
like blades of grass,
whispering notes
like softly falling raindrops,
I call your name
like one who is lost –
listen achingly for the sound
of your answering call.
© 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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Yearning I glisten in tears like an April dawn, covered in dew like blades of grass, whispering notes like softly falling raindrops, I call your name like one who is lost – listen achingly for the sound of your answering call. © Neetu Malik
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Yearning I glisten in tears like an April dawn, covered in dew like blades of grass, whispering notes like softly falling raindrops, I call your name like one who is lost – listen achingly for the sound of your answering call. © Neetu Malik
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Yearning I glisten in tears like an April dawn, covered in dew like blades of grass, whispering notes like softly falling raindrops, I call your name like one who is lost – listen achingly for the sound of your answering call. © Neetu Malik
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Yearning I glisten in tears like an April dawn, covered in dew like blades of grass, whispering notes like softly falling raindrops, I call your name like one who is lost – listen achingly for the sound of your answering call. © Neetu Malik
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Yearning I glisten in tears like an April dawn, covered in dew like blades of grass, whispering notes like softly falling raindrops, I call your name like one who is lost – listen achingly for the sound of your answering call. © 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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