Growing Feathers by Neetu

February 26, 2024 by in category Poet's Day by Neetu Malik tagged as , , , with 3 and 1
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Growing Feathers

we were wingless
until we knew love

our breathless breath
lifted us
into rainbows

eagle-like we soared
fearless and bold

flapping newfound wings
feathers soft as gossamer

and        it was then
we understood
the lightness of being

©Neetu Malik

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Neetu Malik
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.
https://www.asliceoforange.net/authors/neetu/
Neetu Malik
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    crow flies overhead
    I hear pandemonium

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    last night’s hurricane  blew the roof off
    pieces of felt lay on the street like bits of rubber tires

  • Roots by Neetu
    August 26, 2024

    She needs to dig deep
    to pull the roots
    that grow under her feet
    to do so requires strength

  • Sanctuary by Neetu
    July 26, 2024

    my room
    a sanctuary
    at the end of the day

  • Molting Bird by Neetu
    June 26, 2024

    It must have been 
    a stormy night
    when love flew out the window
    of my vacant room 

    like a feather 

    from a molting bird.

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Neetu Malik
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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  • Veronica Jorge says:
    February 26, 2024 at 9:13 AM

    Oh, Neetu, how beautiful! I love the imagery, and all of the sentiments it evokes.

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