Adherent Exaggerated emotions like in the Big Boss house are kosher for capturing eyeballs but the meatspace has other exigencies. The unfalsifiable often belong to faith and its fasteners. Those on the circuit do not wish to validate it. From the cut of his jib, I know that co-traveler also, a seeker and I share a dialect— the dialect of disciples. Our paradigm isn’t to question the ways of the cosmic; we are in a lilt with lauds. Our pursuit caps at His presence—intrinsic or imagined.
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 of Indian poets for Hybriddreich, Scotland, in December 2022. He is the recipient of the Ethos Literary Award 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 by the prestigious National Defence Academy, Pune, during its 75th anniversary in the “family members category.” He lives in Mumbai, India.
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