▁a ▁song ▁once " ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁newspaper ▁Ja un at nes ▁dz ive ▁( Life ▁of ▁Youth ), ▁later ▁claimed ▁to ▁be ▁his ▁first ▁commission ed ▁publication . ▁ ▁Cont inu ing ▁his ▁studies ▁at ▁R iga ▁State ▁Gram mar ▁school ▁No . ▁ 1 , ▁his ▁fellow ▁students ▁include ▁Arn olds ▁L ū s is , ▁latter ly ▁the ▁arch bishop ▁of ▁the ▁Lat v ian ▁Evangel ical ▁Luther an ▁church , ▁who ▁was ▁ex iled ▁from ▁ 1 9 6 6 . ▁Aleks and rs ▁D au ge , ▁editor ▁of ▁magazine ▁Lat v ju ▁Ja un at ne ▁( Lat v ian ▁Youth ), ▁began ▁to ▁feature ▁his ▁po ems . ▁D au ge ▁also ▁acts ▁as ▁a ▁ment or , ▁encourag ing ▁Leon ids ▁to ▁develop ▁his ▁poetry ▁using ▁the ▁natural ▁wild life ▁and ▁ge ography ▁of ▁Lat via ▁to ▁express ▁his ▁poetry . ▁Bre ik š s ▁returned ▁the ▁compl iment ▁by ▁featuring ▁D au ge ▁in ▁his ▁poetry ▁during ▁this ▁period . ▁ ▁After ▁gradu ating ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 7 ▁from ▁the ▁grammar ▁school , ▁with ▁his ▁father ▁in ▁a ▁secure ▁well - pay ing ▁position ▁with ▁Lat v ian ▁Rail ways , ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 8 ▁having ▁spent ▁the ▁year ▁writing , ▁Bre ik š s ▁en rolled ▁on ▁a ▁legal ▁course ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Lat via . ▁The ▁following ▁year ▁he ▁joined ▁the ▁student ▁frat ern ity ▁F rat ern itas ▁Lat vi ensis , ▁which ▁helps ▁develop ▁his