{"id":5308,"date":"2017-07-11T09:59:18","date_gmt":"2017-07-11T14:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faithhopeandfiction.com\/content\/?p=5308"},"modified":"2020-09-04T05:24:52","modified_gmt":"2020-09-04T10:24:52","slug":"meditations-poems-by-sanjeev-sethi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faithhopeandfiction.com\/content\/meditations-poems-by-sanjeev-sethi\/","title":{"rendered":"Meditations"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/div>\n

Sanjeev Sethi<\/a><\/h2>\n

Two Poems
\n<\/p>\n
\n

Schematic<\/p>\n

There were no songs
\nlike in the movies
\nbut my heart sang and surged.
\nWithout definitions
\nwe defined each other.
\nHours turned to days,
\ndays to months\u2014
\nthe pace bounced to our beat:
\nwe were wide of mark.
\nHappiness screeched to a halt
\nwhen it was meant to\u2014
\nwe tried making
\namends: it never
\naltered a hill of beans.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\"Poems<\/p>\n

\n

Mcguffin<\/p>\n

Backwash of devotion
\nmay not be beneficial
\nin its most ordinary meaning.
\nThus and thus\u2014
\nswings dirigible of worship.
\nIn the midst of messiness
\ngleanings needn\u2019t be gainful.
\nThere may be paucity in
\npickings. If superfluities
\npush the devoutness,
\nit\u2019s a wasted catalyst.
\nWhen there is sanctity
\nin service, it is for you.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

<\/div>\n
\n

Sanjeev Sethi<\/strong>\u00a0is the author of three well-received books of poetry. His most recent collection is This Summer and That Summer<\/em><\/a> (Bloomsbury, 2015). Poems by Sanjeev Sethi are in venues around the world: Mad Swirl, Indefinite Space<\/em>, Yellow Mama, Soul-Lit, Spirit Fire Review, The Penwood Review, London Grip, 3: AM Magazine, Morphrog 14, <\/em>and elsewhere.<\/em> Sanjeev lives in Mumbai, India.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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