(1)
In the nearness of breath
I corral
I am a cadaver
to sophism and snow jobs.
Vendors of treachery
belong to another troupe.
Here’s my music: For me.
(2)
Your quiet ways and words
pepper our prompts.
A sieve of sentiments bonds us.
Furtherance of sense and sanity,
you’re in a fine place.
Ours will be unflawed, too.
Unfinishedness is in the bud.
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Sanjeev Sethi
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Sanjeev Sethi has authored seven books of poetry. Published in over thirty-five countries, he is the joint winner of the Full Fat Collection Competition-Deux, organized by Hedgehog Poetry Press, UK. Highly commended in erbacce-prize 2024 for poetry, UK, with over 9000 submissions worldwide; Sethi lives in Mumbai, India.
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