In Lieu of Love

February 12, 2016 | 1 min read

A poem about attachments in the physical world.
Broad strokes of generosity
abet composition of this canvas

Because there is little of it, I have
to weave arras in alluring woofs.
Images are an ally in inducing the illusion.
Sometime, the sturdy require a cane.
Blubbers achieve more than Bordeaux
or Balsams ever can.

When one’s emotional chords
are in other countries or continents,
how does one convey one’s feelings?

Broad strokes of generosity
abet composition of this canvas.

Pic courtesy: Pixabay

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The recently released, This Summer and That Summer, (Bloomsbury) is Sanjeev Sethi’s third book of poems. His work includes well-received volumes, Nine Summers Later and Suddenly For Someone. He has, at various phases of his career, written for newspapers, magazines, and journals. He has produced radio and television programs.His poems have found a home in The London Magazine, The Fortnightly Review, Allegro Poetry Magazine, Solstice Literary Magazine, Off the Coast Literary Journal, Oddball Magazine, Hamilton Stone Review, Literary Orphans, Crack the Spine Literary Magazine, The Peregrine Muse, Otoliths, Kitaab, Café Dissensus Everyday, The Bitchin’ Kitsch, Muse India, and elsewhere. Poems are forthcoming in Sentinel Literary Quarterly, Ink Sweat & Tears, First Literary Review-East, Meniscus, Futures Trading and The Jawline Review. He lives in Mumbai, India.

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