Happy New Year!

Happy New Year from Poets of the Caribbean.


Thanks for your feedback and support throughout 2012. I am especially grateful to all the poets who took time out to grant interviews, share a guest post or granted permission to reprint their poetry on this blog.

I look forward to sharing the work of more Caribbean poets in 2013.


Best wishes,

Yasmin

The Island Review

In case you missed it on the Caribbean Book Blog, check out the call for submissions from a new online literary magazine, The Island Review.

By the way, a big shout out to the Caribbean Book Blog for linking to Poets of the Caribbean. Now that's what I call Caribbean synergy!

So, dust off those manuscripts that you have set aside and submit a poem or two. Best wishes.

 

Leonard Dabydeen

Glad to be back with you after a month-long break to take on the NaNoWriMo challenge, which I was happy to complete.

This month, I would like to highlight the work of poet, Leonard Dabydeen. Leonard has been a faithful supporter of my blog, especially with his thoughtful comments and encouragement. I hope that you will take some time to explore Leonard's poetry, and I am sure he would appreciate your feedback.

Leonard Dabydeen was born in Canje in Berbice County, Guyana, and now resides in Canada. He is a graduate of the University of Guyana, and contributed extensively to the teaching profession in Guyana as teacher, headmaster and lecturer. Leonard won the Freedom House Poetry Prize in Guyana for his early writings.

Watching You: A Collection of Tetractys Poems is his first collection. Here is a review of Leonard's book by Sathya Narayana.