Bio

Leonard Dabydeen is a Guyanese-born Canadian freelance writer. He is a graduate from the Univ. of Guyana and a Licensed Paralegal under the L.S.U.C., and a Commissioner of Oaths and Affidavits in Ontario. He is a prolific poetry contributor to social media, including Facebook, and PoemHunter.com. Other contributions include the Triveni Journal (India), Muse India, and Musepie Press. His book reviews include, Into A Crowded Aloneness by Indira Babbelapati (translation), Finding the Mother by Mydavolu V. Sathyanarayana, Nomadic Nights by Indira Babbellapati, Biography of an Unknown Woman 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 Word Press blog is Poems Jogging in the Mind. Published author of Watching You, A Collection of Tetractys Poems (2012), and Searching For You, A Collection of Tetractys & Fibonacci Poems (2015).

How
so
they must
hide shadows
of their dignity
and sculpt themselves anonymous
their freedom blurred without documentation to live.