Holdup by Sanjeev Sethi

Frowsty recall

akin an unattended cadaver

freights me to the edge

of our ending when

wretchedness spread its wings

on runway of reactions:

Like the last breath

in an ailing body

sometimes takes too long

to conclude its cycle,

we waited full of weltschmerz

for the by-blow

to our flight.

About the Poet:

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 by 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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