Doors to Paradise

Doors to Paradise: Poems for the Soul is Ajit Sripad Rao Nalkur's fourth book of poetry, and it follows his previously published trilogy on love. His poems are an invitation for our souls to discover what lies behind each door we encounter in life. The author experienced intense joy, peace, and freedom as he wrote these poems-emotions he hopes to share with all.

The poems in this collection are arranged in chronological order and written in various rhyming styles. The poems were created as spontaneous outbursts of the soul, and in the reading of them, the author hopes that the reader's heart will similarly open and receive the emotions they convey.

Like doorways into the author's soul, Doors to Paradise: Poems for the Soul reflects the peace and contentment in his life now.

The Muse


Forever poised

on the brink

of a poem,

patiently waiting

for the Muse

to rise

or fall

from the skies,

the poet's eye

looks out

onto the fields


of paradise

left vacant

of her presence.

He looks

for her

in his heart

and sees

that she indeed


is the one thing

he needs

and wants;

a window

is flung open,

a door beckons,

the house of the soul

welcomes him

home ...