Kendrapada: Poet Sarat Nayak (70) passed away at his residence in Damarapur village in Kendrapada district’s Pattamundai block on Sunday night. Also a retired schoolteacher and lyricist, Nayak’s published poetry collections include ‘Jaraue, dimiri fulara ratna’, ‘Papa pratima’, ‘Rakta nadi’, and around 50 books.