“Poems are a wondrous abstraction where the heart, soul and mind can sing and dance, rejoice and lament together.”

I spilled a cup of words on paper down
And watched them creep across from line to line,

Still marveling how they made no single sound

Until my pen soft stirred them into rhyme;

And then at once they did begin to sing

Creating so dear sweet symphonic tunes

And to my fancied vision thus did bring

A cabaret of cheer, my soul to swoon;

There pleasured musings in my mind did play,

Awed heart now joined the chorus of their song,

Wide eyes by dancing phrases were amazed,

Enthralled in wonder, there I swayed along.

From time to time I grasp a lonely pen,

There splash some words and make them sing again.

– Loubert S. Suddaby, MD

Loubert Steven Suddaby grew up on a small rustic farm near where he was born in Edson, Alberta. It was there on the farm where he learned about animal husbandry, developed a love of nature, and came to appreciate the value of hard work.

Without a television or even a telephone during these formative years, Suddaby turned to books to pass the time. He was a voracious reader, consuming books from all different literary genres. It wasn’t long before he discovered poetry, which became a great passion for him.

Suddaby excelled in academics, receiving a medical degree with distinction in 1982 before completing neurosurgical training at the University of Alberta. During his professional training and his impressive career, he has written both surgical patents and poems, but it is poetry that has remained his touchstone and passion that he holds most dear.