When existence is an escalator in reverse
perforce, the pate ingests somatic arrears.
Habituated to homing and hoarding,
swinishness is our default setting.
Even when the gelded moves
of the mind goad us to grab
the body seems bridled by agencies
one shudders to have a showdown with.
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Sanjeev Sethi
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Sanjeev Sethi has authored eight books of poetry. 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 2202 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 is from India.
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