Bio

Leonard Dabydeen is a Guyanese-born Canadian freelance writer. He was a teacher in Guyana and holds a Bachelor of Education degree from the University of Guyana. He is a Licensed Paralegal under the L.S.U.C., and a Commissioner of Oaths and Affidavits in Ontario. He is a poetry contributor to social media web, Facebook, and PoemHunter.com. He is also a contributing writer in the Triveni, India's Literary and Cultural Quarterly. Book reviews include: Finding the Mother by Mydavolu V. Sathyanarayana, Nomadic Nights by Indira Babbellapati, Biography of an Unknown Woman by Indira Babbellapati, Echo by Indira Babbellapati, Vignettes of the Sea (Foreword) by Indira Babbellapati, M.K. Gandhi, by Ram Sahadeo, and GROANS FROM OLD BONES by Wm F.E. Morley. His WordPress blog is titled: Poems Jogging in the Mind. Author of Watching You, A Collection of Tetractys Poems (2012); Searching for You, A Collection of Tetractys & Fibonacci Poems (2015).

Leaves
fall
slowly
to the ground
weeping without tears
wind is cold through the naked trees
a new season gives birth like a secret in the dark.