Born on 2 May 1979 in Valsad (Gujarat), India, Rakesh Patel, after his Masters Degree (M. A.) in English Literature from The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, India, served as a visiting/part-time lecturer in English at Govt. Arts and Commerce College Khergam, Gujarat, India. From his schooling, he took interest in creative writing which later on became a driving force for his poetry. Born in a small village in Gujarat, he feels intimacy with nature and much influenced by Romanticists as well as Modernists. He is a budding poet, writer and teacher. There was keen writerly instinct in him which compelled him trying his hands on writing. His creative writing corpus consists of several poetry, short stories and articles published at leading online websites and e-zines like literaryindia.com, allpoetry.com, asianamericanpoetry.com, neopoet.com, gotpoetry.com, voices.net, authorsden.com, poetrycircle.com, your-poetry.com, creative-poems.com, moontowncafe.com, poetbay.com, writing.com, Poemhunter.com, postpoetryonline.com, originalpoetry.com. He has authored two poetry books titled “Reflections”, and “Green Moments”.