The short story has become very popular in recent times as people are living in a world of speed, hastiness and fast moving objects. Along with this craving for quick results comes a lessening of the feeling for culture, for morality and for traditional values. My attempts at writing are prompted by the desire to hold up these values and to make reading more of a family inclusion.

Nature! Does she observe? Does she learn? Does she correct her faults? - an indeterminate process, imbued in her differing shades, yet discernible in her transparent actions. Her methods unknown, her movements unseen by generations, she continues to sail unassailable - the primordial advocate of peace, carrying forth a lifeline unscathed across eons! A struggle for power - unrealized by the contenders and non-existent in the material essence of perceiving eyes continues, with Nature as the spectator eclipsing the contestants and emerging victorious in every encounter!

I am a Sister of the Holy Child Jesus for 54 years. I was born in a small town in Illinois where we owned and worked a small farm of twenty-five acres. I entered my religious community when I was eighteen and taught school for twenty-five years. Since then I have worked in various capacities, as a chaplain in a mental hospital, as director of religious education in several parishes and with mentally handicapped adults. Now I am retired but still active. This is my second book of poetry published.

Vishwa Srivastava, a postgraduate in English Literature is an educator by profession and passion. He teaches English language and literature in an elite school in Ahmedabad. He also works for the education of underprivileged children and welfare of slum dwelling communities of Ahmedabad under his own banner of Chaalo Neeshaad. He believes that the power of words can change the world. His poems are not just an expression of self, but also an application of his understanding and study of Poetry.