Sanjeev Sethi

MOTHER

Casualness of your craft negates
many other notions. There are
no awkward moments, churlish
lapses in comprehension. The lilt
of integrity rings in, its riff more
luminous than all the light there
is. But I have to believe in your
qualities as gemologist to accept
your son is a gem.


Gerald So reads "Mother":



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Sanjeev confesses: "More often than not, the mother of a criminal believes in the virtues of her boy. I find this 'conflict of interest' engaging. It explains the birth of the poem."

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, The Rye Whiskey Review, Miller’s Pond, Litbreak, Red Savina Review, Persian Sugar in English Tea Vol. 111, The Best of Mad Swirl: v2017!, Ink Pantry, Amethyst Review, and elsewhere. He lives in Mumbai, India.