Rakesh Patel graduated with a  Masters degree in English literature from The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, India in 2004. He is a visiting lecturer in English  at Govt. Arts & Commerce College Khergam, Gujarat, India.  Short stories, poems, opinions of Rakesh can be found in a repertoire of  e-journals and websites including neopoet.com, gotpoetry.com, asianamericanpoetry.com, poetbay.com, ablemuse.com, your-poetry.com, creative-poems.com, voicesnet.org, authorsden.com, museindia.com (your space section), poemhunter.com, originalpoetry.com, moontowncafe.com, writeclique.net, poetrypublisher.com, and sulekha.com. Rakesh is an active blogger and his page can be visited at http://englishliterature99.wordpress.com/.

Poems by Rakesh have been published in two collections below.

                 

 Open Up Your Heart

Awake and arise
To see the celebration of tranquil peace and
Behold the universe dancing
To the tune of Heavenly Light

Open up your heart
And be receptive to the grace of rain falling
From the sky

Fill up your mind with the soggy odor of the soil
And let your soul getting intoxicated
In the music of harmony played
By the mild breeze and the chirping of birds

Make your eyes calm bathing
In the milk-white mist of your past memories

Look the shy evening in a coral-garb
Waiting to greet you!

 Daylight

In a fair daylight
I could see the shadow of tomorrow to come
When I will cherish the fulfillment of my untold desires
In a fresh rays of hope

The bitter breeze of despair has no power to stumble me down
As I can see through the veil of dark
The arrival of frolic shower to wet my spirit!

I forget for a moment of my desperate condition
In the face of optimism
Because, the morning of my woven dreams will come
Like a newly-wedded bride!