John W. Leys is an indie-poet who lives in Albany, Oregon with his dog, Cosmo. He's been writing poetry since he was 14 and has been fascinated with mythology for even longer. He has a BA in Religious Studies from the University of South Florida and studied for his MA in Judaic Studies at the Graduate School of the Jewish Theological Seminary. He has had poetry published in Omnibus, Byronmania, Nicholas Gagnier's All the Lonely People, and Avalanches in Poetry: Poetry, Stories, and Art Inspired by Leonard Cohen (Edited by David L. O'Nan), and As the World Burns: Writers and Artists Reflect on a World Gone Mad (edited by Kindra M. Austin, Candice Louisa Daquin, Rachel Finch, and Christine E. Ray). He has also contributed to a variety of poetry-blogs, including Blood Into Ink, GoDogGo Café, and Free Verse Revolution. His first collection of poetry, The Darkness of His Dreams, was published in July 2019 by Broken Wing Publishing. When not writing poetry John is usually playing one of his many ukuleles or reading ancient Hellenistic philosophy for fun.