May 23, 2022

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?"