1
From our slant, any revision
to the norm initially
seems bizarre,
but in reality
the suitors of change
maybe ahead of the curve.
The handshake
of hindsight
records the most informed mise.
2
The leniency of large-heartedness
can sometimes harm
those not ready to be pampered.
Even as participation in a process
uncurtains us;
there is no fulguration.
When unschooled in musical traditions
the toccata
is a trauma, like love, with its intricacies.
Sanjeev Sethi
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Sanjeev Sethi has authored seven books of poetry and been published in over thirty-five countries. He is the joint winner of the Full Fat Collection Competition-Deux, organized by the Hedgehog Poetry Press, UK. Highly commended in the erbacce-prize 2024 for poetry with over 9000 submissions worldwide, Sethi lives in Mumbai, India.
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