{"id":8551,"date":"2024-03-07T20:42:33","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T20:42:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/?p=8551"},"modified":"2024-03-07T20:50:39","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T20:50:39","slug":"excerpts-from-strokes-of-solace-collected-poems-by-sanjeev-sethi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/excerpts-from-strokes-of-solace-collected-poems-by-sanjeev-sethi\/","title":{"rendered":"Excerpts from Strokes of Solace Collected Poems by Sanjeev Sethi"},"content":{"rendered":"
\r\nDecathexis <\/strong>\r\n\r\nIn long-established fasteners\r\nof familial zippers, \r\nmy aloneness leaves me unfurled. \r\nWe are so easily robbed \r\nwhen we give ourselves to others. \r\nWho will want to be a professional boxer \r\nif epistaxis is the only reward? \r\nWhen kindness is home, \r\nno-one eyes the egress.\r\n\r\n\r\nPeccavi<\/strong>\r\n\r\nThuribles of trust coax me to be myself.\r\nIn the calm of auroral currents, I inhale \r\nwithout worry. In the noise of many \r\ntruths, I choose my assailants.\r\n\r\nOne\u2019s moral compass is as good as guilt \r\npermits it. Whetted by His workbook, \r\noutcomes are unwemmed, though our \r\ndaemon is lame as our lapses.\r\n\r\n\r\nPersonalia<\/strong>\r\n\r\nI negate the truths they tell me \r\nabout myself, \r\na trick I learned early in\r\ngame of one-upmanship. \r\nWhigmaleeries twist on\r\nthe dance floor of inclinations, \r\nI pli\u00e9 myself out of them, \r\nan exercise practitioners \r\nof the deadpan imbibe.\r\nThe closeness of tanzanite beads \r\ncrumble at the shrine of surmises.\r\n\r\n\r\nChef-d'oeuvre<\/strong>\r\n\r\nRaked on coals \r\nby an unseen powerhouse\r\nit seems I am always \r\nin a sedulous cauldron. \r\nChefs of caliber \r\nadd merit and material \r\nto create a masterpiece. \r\nWhen visitants drop by\r\nI garnish the viands,\r\nwith poise \r\nand accept the praise.\r\n<\/pre>\n
 
\nEditor’s Note<\/strong>: A month before the release of Wrappings in Bespoke, Strokes of Solace(Strokes of Solace, CLASSIX, an imprint of Hawakal, New Delhi, July 2022) was published.<\/em>
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\nSanjeev Sethi<\/strong> has authored seven books of poetry. His latest is Wrappings in Bespoke<\/em> (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,<\/em> an anthology for Hybriddreich, Scotland, in December 2022. He is the joint winner of the Full Fat Collection<\/em> 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<\/em>, Pune. He was recently conferred the 2023 Setu Award<\/em> for Excellence. He lives in Mumbai, India. X\/ Twitter @sanjeevpoems3 || Instagram sanjeevsethipoems<\/p>\n
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