POETRY IS THE NOBLEST FORM OF LITERATURE, AND A POET IS AN ARTIST WHO PRESENTS ALL SORTS MOODS AND THOUGHTS IN A LYRICAL FORM THAT HAS AN INSTANT APPEAL TO THE HEART. HE IS AN ARTIST WHO PRESENTS A CHAPTER IN A LINE AND A BOOK IN A VERSE. SO HAS BEEN DR DIKSHA SHARMA. SHE HAS BEEN WRITING POEMS SINCE HER STUDENT DAYS AT ST BEDE'S COLLEGE SHIMLA. SOME OF THESE POEMS HAVE FOUND A PLACE IN THE PRESENT VOLUME, 'BLOSSOMS' TOO. TRUE TO ITS NAME 'BLOSSOMS' HAS BRILLIANTLY SUCCEEDED IN BRINGING ALL SORTS OF FLOWERS, BRINGING VARIOUS HUES AND SCENTS TO ITS READERS.HAVING AN INTENSE FAITH IS GOD, AND BEING A DEVOTEE OF SHRI SATYA SAI BABA OF PUTTAPARTHI, DIKSHA'S 'BLOSSOMS' STARTS WITH POEM 'AVE BABA' AN INVOCATION TO SATHYA SAI BABA. SHE WRITES: NOW EYES YEARN TO SEE YOUAND NEED YOUR GRACIOUS PRESENCETO MAKE US STANDFIRM ON OUR FEET.IN HER POEM 'ADDICTION - THE VILLAIN" CONDEMNING THE EVIL OF GAMBLING SHE THE MAHABHARATA: IF ONLY DHARAMPUTRA COULD RESTRAIN HIS LUSTWOULD HAVE SAVEDHIS EMPIRE, HIS LOUDERAND THOUSANDS OF LIVESLOST IN WAR.CRITICISING THE MODERN URGE, OF GOING ABROAD TO EARN MILLIONS, SHE WRITES IN HER POEM 'EAST OR WEST - HOME IS THE BEST': HARDLY SOME SUCCEEDOTHERS GET JAIL OR GRAVEAT THE HAND OF LAW OR TERRORTEARS, FAMILIAR AT HOME.DR DIKSHA HAS VERY EMINENTLY SUCCEEDED IN TOUCHING ON VARIOUS SOCIAL PROBLEMS THROUGH HER POEMS.DR DIKSHA SHARMA, A PHD IN ENGLISH LITERATURE HAS BEEN A UNIVERSITY TEACHER FOR THE LAST ABOUT A DECADE. SHE HAS ALSO AUTHORED A BOOK 'SHASHI THAROOR'S NOVELS: A POSTCOLONIAL AND A POSTMODERN PERSPECTIVE
