Bio

Leonard Dabydeen is a Guyanese-born Canadian freelance writer and literary book reviewer (fiction and poetry). He is a graduate from the Univ. of Guyana and a Licensed Paralegal (retired) under the L.S.O., 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, Muse-Pie Press, Setu Journal (USA), Confluence (UK), Gandhi Way (UK), Commonwealth Writers Group, VOICES.Net and PoetrySoup.com. His Word Press blog is ldabydeen.wordpress.com. Published author of Watching You, A Collection of Tetractys Poems (2012), and Searching For You, A Collection of Tetractys & Fibonacci Poems (2015).

Man
can
only
beat his drum
to enthrall the mood
of a gathering audience
knowing spectators are game to the tune he's playing.
Little he doubts that his audience may be suspect
of machinations for career
listening to shouts
promises
without
much
truth.