From the former Poet Laureate of Ottawa, his ninth collection of poetry "Hemispere of Love" reflrects the author's passion and honesty as he delves into the mystery of love and strives to bring order to human experience. In this collection a range of scenes and sitations is carefully carved in words and couched in meaphor. Geographical and spiritual boundaries, shifting tonalities, and moods carry the reader into Dabydeen's complex universe. Janus-faces, he continually looks forward and backward. "A fine craftsman and a wonderful weaver of images and rhythms." - Kwame Dawes, "World Literature Today" .". skilled, crafted, layered, full of contrasts.

" - "Books in Canada," of "Stoning the Wind" "A gifted Canadian poet." - " The Toronto Star" "His work reflects a unique sense of history and consciousness, making him distinctive . he bends both outsider and insider perspectives of Canada in a compelling vision." - Joy Kogawa.