Israfil Sahibdeen) was born in Thick Village, Siparia OldRoad, Fyzabad, South Trinidad.Presently Israfil lives at Recreation Ground Road, D'Adadie,,Trinidad. His early childhood days he attended the KPA Hinduschool, CM school and then went on to Southern PolytechnicCollege. Israfil left college in Form 2 and went on to learn tradeat San- Fernando Technical Institute and J.S. DonaldsonTechnical Institute and was employed in many disciplines such asa senior mechanic, instrument technician, electrician, etc..Israfil also holds a Certificate in Poetry, extra studies from theUWI, Trinidad &Tobago. Israfil, who always have a love for poetryfrom a very early age and wrote his first poem in 1963- "PutSomething Away" since then, Israfil never stops and continued towrite many more poems which you will find in book 1 and book.2at the public library, Port- of-Spain.Israfil who loves reading poems by Rudyard Kipling, RabindranathTagore, Joy Harjo, Toris Okotie and Phillis Wheatley.Vickey Flavney, Avid Reader