Cyril Dabydeen: "Anaconda's Doubt"

The Poem of the Week is “Anaconda’s Doubt” by Cyril Dabydeen, which appeared in the Spring/Summer 2003 issue (Volume IV, Number 2) of Valparaiso Poetry Review.

Cyril Dabydeen was born in Guyana in 1945 and migrated to Canada in 1970. He is the author of over fifteen books, including eight collections of poetry, five volumes of short stories, and three novels. He also has edited two anthologies. His work has appeared widely in literary magazines and anthologies in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Asia, and the Caribbean. He is a former Poet Laureate of Ottawa, where he teaches at the University of Ottawa.

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