Shy of the subtext echoing my emotions
I mumble and meander without realizing
that itself is a lead to the load. Scared of
reaching the residue, I disinvite myself
from another session.
There is no need to be a maven to muster
a spread. Kindliness and know-how are
ingredients of an appetizing meal. Like-wise
there is no requirement for a Rosetta stone,
but to coze with the self, mindless of stress.
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Sanjeev Sethi
Picture Nick Victor
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Sanjeev Sethi is an award-winning poet who has authored eight poetry collections. His poems have been published in forty countries and appear in over 600 journals and anthologies. Some credits: London Magazine, The Fortnightly Review, Stand Magazine, Erbacce Journal, 3:AM Magazine, London Grip, Morphrog, North Dakota Quarterly, Hamilton Stone Review, NOON | journal of the short poem, Postcolonial Text, and Indian Literature.
Sethi curated Dreich Planet India, an anthology for Hybriddreich, Scotland, in December 2022. In October 2025, he edited Fictile Feelings, a poetry special for The Hooghly Review. He is the joint winner of the Full Fat Collection Competition-Deux, organized by the Hedgehog Poetry Press, UK. He is the recipient of the 2022 Ethos Literary Award. In 2023, he won the First Prize in a Poetry Competition by the National Defence Academy, Pune. He was conferred the 2023 Setu Award, USA, for poetic excellence. He lives in Mumbai, India.
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