As a solivagant, I found a fount
offering me fruition.
In my spirit,
there is sunlight.
Moon and I clashed like a couple
gone kaput.
The Sun with its ebullient smile
made its way to my wounds.
As rectitude began its rounds
the fallout emerged.
Lesions lost
their license to rack me.
Lucubrations possess curative
properties.
They lock up the lure
of the finishing line.
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Sanjeev Sethi
Picture Nick Victor
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Sanjeev Sethi has authored eight poetry collections. His poems have been published in over thirty-five countries and appear in more than 500 journals and anthologies. He is the joint winner of the Full Fat Collection Competition-Deux, organized by the Hedgehog Poetry Press. Sethi is among the top 10 finalists for the 2021 Erbacce Prize. 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 for poetic excellence. He lives in Mumbai, India.
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