"In Seth Jani's poems, the sun sometimes travels backwards, weather hovers somewhere between snow and rain, and the divine borders almost on drunkenness. This is a world outside the cartographer's eye, with shifting boundaries and uncertain horizons, where even the central characters sometimes disappear. Jani possesses the unusual ability to see the forest from eight different angles, to notice the glow of unlit lanterns. And yet his work is full of hidden fire and strange blossoming creatures, images of ghosts and angels and even demons. He hears music in the wind, feels the light of desire on his skin, becomes transfigured by incantations while walking nearly deserted streets, delighting in the small flights of swallows, intimate among themselves. This world seems a shimmering uncatchable scene, and yet he draws more than its outlines and shadows, catches something of its essence, with skillful structure and resonant syntax."

       - W.F. Lantry, Peacock Journal