Moon Moments is the sixth collection of poetry by Dr. Saroj K. Padhiwho is an Associate Professor of English in the Govt. of Odisha and is at present working at Sailabala Women’s College, Cuttack. Born in 1962, he has been writing poems in English and Odia since his school days. Till date he has published innumerable poems in most of the leading magazines of the country. He has published two books of criticism: (1)Jayanta Mahapatra’s‘Relationship’: A Critical Study, (2) English Essayists : A Critical Study and about 12 research articles in different journals and five anthologies of poems in English namely Pearls Of Dew, Shattered I Sing, Rhyming Ripples, Petals in Prayerand Silent Sight. He has done his Doctorate on Indian English Poetry from Berhampur University,Odisha under the guidance of eminent poet and Prof. Dr. Niranjan Mohanty. He is also an active member of various poetry communities on the website where he regularly posts his poems. He also has his poetry blog www.sarojpadhi.blogspot.in and his poetry page ‘Saroj Poetry’where he regularly posts his poems.

He can be reached at skpadhi407@gmail.com