“Impressions”

By Sanjeev Sethi

Heart learned early about issues
of entanglement. Player of my
pitfall indited on the quicksand
between us. When awkwardness
of first love entered, inly I knew
cruelty of contours but I swam
with the blues. Second time I was
champing at the bit. It happened
quicker than I could control it. In its
sway I saw charm and crookedness.

Sanjeev Sethi is the author of three books of poetry. His most recent collection is This Summer and That Summer (Bloomsbury, 2015). A Best of the Net nominee (2017 & 2018), his poems are in venues around the world: Poydras Review, Mojave He[art] Review, Miller’s Pond, Litbreak, Red Savina Review, Blognostics, Formercactus, The Five-Two, Ink Pantry, and otherwhere. He lives in Mumbai, India.