Poetry by Sanjeev Sethi 

Literary Revelations is thrilled to bring you the poetry of Sanjeev Sethi. We hope you enjoy it. Have a great week ahead.

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BIO

Sanjeev Sethi has authored seven books of poetry. His latest is Wrappings in Bespoke (The Hedgehog Poetry Press, UK, August 2022). He has been published in over thirty countries. His poems have found a home in more than 400 journals, anthologies, and online literary venues. He edited Dreich Planet #1, an anthology for Hybriddreich, Scotland, in December 2022. He is the joint winner of the Full Fat Collection Competition-Deux, organized by Hedgehog Poetry Press, UK. In 2023, he won the first prize in a poetry competition at the prestigious National Defence Academy, Pune. He was recently conferred the 2023 Setu Award for Excellence. He lives in Mumbai, India.

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Poetry

Skinflint

Oblivious of zeitgeber,
spread of sunlight
you usher into my winter tide,
fill it with spunk.

You erase footmarks of fuzziness.
But I can’t keep pace
with your transmogrification.
The old you is the only jewel in my vault.

I picked up early; giving is better 
than being a gowpen.
With you,
I fail to follow it.

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Manege

Altering metaphors
of existence are
the wanderer’s primer
for survival.
Joy of journeying
doesn’t lie in witnessing
what’s lighted upon,
which larder is laid bare
but where it’s taken to.
Some distances
are worth stalking,
as they oust us
from ourselves.

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Please do not forget that Literary Revelations will release in March a fabulous poetry collection entitled Echoes Lost in Stars and authored by PS Conway.

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