Samarendra Patra is a highly gifted and talented poet. The poems included in MY MUSINGS-THE POETRY WITHIN reveal diversity in excellence. Due to so much variety in these poems, this collection is without monotony. The poems have a characteristic gift of expression. They have profundity and spontaneity. All the moods of the poems reveal the various aspects of the poet’s personality. The most remarkable thing is their energy, passion and power of vivid description.