Flowerbeds are difficult.
They demand response
like poets who publish
a book or two.
The axis of the Earth belongs
to where the wind
carries your weight.
Air that emits
from the footprints
of the gone-by
settles on the staircase
of diction. My baton
rejoins the orchestration.
It turns me into a circumstellar.
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Sanjeev Sethi
Picture Nick Victor
Sanjeev Sethi has authored eight books of poetry, his latest being Legato without a Lisp (CLASSIX, an imprint of Hawakal, New Delhi, September 2024). His poetry has been published in over thirty-five countries and has appeared in more than 500 journals, anthologies, and online literary venues. He lives in Mumbai, India.
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Nice poem. Great image. Thanks …..
A SEASON OF FILMS
From what I can gather from cinema
Japan would periodically invade Korea
and do terrible things to people. The
Japanese poet, Tatsuji Miyoshi writes
approvingly of ants
dragging the wing of a butterfly
See! He says, almost
classically. It is like a yacht
The Korean poet, Han Yongwun
who signed the 1919 document
declaring independence from Japan
describes you walking
the twenty steps to his bed
If we are to live together, harmoniously
Comment by Steven Taylor on 23 October, 2024 at 6:57 amthese differences must be surmountable