Articles by Sanjeev Sethi

Poem

"...Seeking meaning in meaninglessness..."

"...erasing magic of marigolds..."

"... how do I set asunder yours and mine?.."

"...follow your feather..."

"...itemize flats on my floor..."

Sanjeev Sethi is the author of three books of poetry. His most recent collection is "This Summer and That Summer" (Bloomsbury, 2015). His poems are in venues around the world.

"...Each has to whittle his or her way..."

"...some get to glim others slip away..."

"...It was as clean as this..."

"...Nullities define our design..."

"...The deluge took us in its thralldom..."

"...Shanty towns require no concert pitch..."

"...yes, craft as we were conscious of treacheries ..."

"...Crushproof heart: all you need..."

"... This benign act hurts no one except..."

"...the essence of expression..."

"...Benignancy clothed in cravings is precarious..."

"...Lies have no layers..."

"...From this seam emerges melic tunes..."

"...Frame of mind determines the vocabulary..."

"...as opaque as the face...."

"...Let it be said we have split up..."

"...curious for credible anthems..."

"Poems of my prelapsarian phase..."

"...at times words bruise us..."

"Everyone is sometimes out of gas on grammar..."

"...Is the feeder more famished than the fed?..."

"...the sledge that will be heaved at you..."

"...It signaled a failing mind..."

"... frames are filled with closeups of film stars..."

"...Loneliness is not about absences..."

"...Love, this is, connection..."

"...as a tenant of this revolving tableau..."

"...an invisible you joins me in my study..."

"...Mentoring is akin to an invocation...."

"...No-one knows the full story...."

"...Closeness is a curse..."

"...The ambient air re-echoes its rage..."

"...We have altered vocabulary beyond repair..."

"...Divinity willy-nilly has vested on them..."

"...whenever emotions conquered the wall of reason..."

"...Maybe I'm a troglodyte..."

"...unseen wounds leap from snuggery of my skin..."

"...If the search is only for fault lines..."

"...Without a rap or reason allies jink to other journeys..."

"...The familiarity of promise is like an earworm..."

"...why do we thrive in thought?"

"Google and other griefs chase my working hours..."

"...Others own the sky and sulk..."

"...Like statutes, it was open to interpretations..."

"...In the scriptorium of mind, I seal our story..."

"... To cry is to converse..."

"...Previously I was supportive of poetry sourced from our rent..."

"...spark of nuanced nothingness --"

"...When lawbreakers turn into lawmakers..."

"...my aloneness leaves me unfurled..."

"...Each sunrise-to-sunset, I test myself..."

Sanjeev Sethi is published in over thirty countries. He has more than 1900 poems printed or posted in literary venues around the world.

"...Cadavers, too, come with a sell-by date...."

"...Is it right to supplicate God with a roll call?..."

"...does the universe allot us karmic cookies?.."

"...During the small hours of darkness, memory unbuttons herself ..."

"...scrubbing takes care of the sogginess..."

"...Your playing possum concluded our connection..."

"...should I be mournful or mollified..."

"...you ignored the ignition our breath issued..."

"...White heat and the ensuing calenture have lapsed..."

"...I move on and on without motive..."

"...as if you’re running away from ruin..."

"...When I read you, I read myself..."

"...Paradox and plurality are a part of our processes..."

"...Low-rent experiences are allotted to most of us..."

"...some portions require redrafting..."

"...Fail to face me in any real way..."

"...Planning is a holophrase for hiatus..."

"...Are these fluctuations or the fallout of love?..."

"...We hurt others with burns that bruised us..."

"...In a bout of boyish zeal, I bought you a book..."

"...Love needs restraint..."

"Honeyed words take you nowhere..."

"... I imbibe your nosh-like confessions..."

"...I enjoy the interrogation..."

"...In your yawn, oscitancy meets its end..."

"A commoner never becomes king..."