October Book Launch of "Stick, Hook, and a Pile of Yarn"
Mervyn R. Seivwright writes to balance social consciousness & poetry craft for humane growth. He is from a Jamaican family and was born in Dulwich, a south suburb of London, England. His childhood started in Ipswich, Suffolk in England and at age 10 he moved to the United States. He later joined the United States Air Force for 22 years leading to his traveling the globe. During this time Mervyn took part in performance poetry and wrote 7 self-published collections of poetry while in these other countries or on deployed service.
Highlights from performance poetry events included an opening for Def Jam's Comedian Bruce Bruce in Florida and Tommy Davison while deployed. He finished in the top 5 in the German American Institute Germany National Invitation Slam in Heidelberg Germany. He was a featured artist in the Paris Connection, an ethnic art collective that holds dinner functions in Paris France. He took first place at Cafe Kraaij & Balder Poetry Slam in Eindhoven Netherlands allowing him to finish in the top 4 at the Netherlands national level for Eindhoven. In England, he featured in Peterborough, Cambridge, and at Oxford’s Hammer and Tongue events. In London, he featured at the Bloomsbury Theatre, Brixton Arts Gallery, The Jazz Café, and placed 5th in England’s first National Poetry Slam.
Since returning to the United States, Mervyn completed an MFA at Spalding University’s School of Writing, Louisville, Kentucky. He has provided guest lectures to the University of Maryland Global Campus, Webster University, Broward College, Wright Patterson Education Center, and Jefferson Community and Technical College.
In addition, Mervyn has appeared or has forthcoming published works in AGNI Literary Magazine, The American Journal of Poetry, Salamander Literary Magazine, Pembroke Magazine, I-70 Review Literary Magazine, Ligeia Magazine, Poetry Online, Constellations Literaray Journal, Cosmonauts Avenue Literary Journal (Canada), The Trinity Review (Canada), African American Review, Voices Israel Anthology, River Heron Review, filling Station Magazine (Canada), Saranac Review, Allium A Journal of Poetry & Prose, Santa Fe Literary Review, The Fourth River, Griffel Literature Review (Norway), Cape Cod Poetry Review, Burningword Literary Journal, The Nonconformist Magazine, Seaside Gothic Magazine, Pangyrus Lit Review, The Lumiere Review, Sixfold Poetry 2022, Mount Island Literature Review, INNSÆI Journal (India), Montana Mouthful Literary Magazine, iō Literary Journal, The Stirling Spoon, Flying Ketchup Press, Arlington Literary Journal, Transom Journal, Flora Fiction Literature Journal, Westward Quarterly, Auroras & Blossoms Poetry Journal, Cry of the Poor 2021 Anthology (Culture Matters Ltd - England), The Bread and Roses Poetry 2021 Anthology (Culture Matters Ltd - England), Black Sunflower Poetry Press (England), Military Experience & the Arts' (M.E.A.) literary journal "As You Were," Willow Wept Review, Z Publishing's Kentucky's Best Emerging Poets 2019, Briefly Zine, Round Table Literary Journal, Common Threads Literary Journal, The Write Launch Literary Journal, Line Breaks Literary Journal, The Black Experience Anthology, The Scribe Literary Journal, Flights Literary Journal, Rigorous Magazine, Prometheus Dreaming Cultural Journal, Wingless Dreamer, and Toho Journal.
He has received recognition in 7 countries as Santa Fe Literary Review 2021 Pushcart Nominee, Second Runner-Up for Mount Island’s Lucy Terry Prince poetry contest 2020, Honorable Mention for Voices Israel's 31st Rose Ruben Annual Poetry Competition, Third Place for the Black in White Poetry Competition, a Finalist for Cutbank Literary Journal Annual Poetry Competition 2021, a Semi-Finalist for the Midwest Review's Poetry Contest 2020, Z Publishing's Kentucky's Best Emerging Poets 2019, listed in Hopkins Press National Poetry Month Collection 2022, and has a poem commissioned by the British Museum, Ipswich, United Kingdom. Mervyn currently lives in Schopp, Germany.
Short Bio:
Mervyn Seivwright writes to balance social consciousness & poetry craft for humane growth. He is a nomad from a Jamaican family, born in London-England, and left for America at age 10, now residing in Schopp-Germany. His performance poetry highlights include events in 9 countries, with features at The Jazz Café, & a finalist at the UK’s Word-for-Word National Poetry Slam. Mervyn completed a writing MFA at Spalding University and has appeared in AGNI, American Journal of Poetry, Salamander Magazine, African American Review, and 57 other journals across 7 countries, receiving recognition as a 2021 Pushcart Nominee & Voices Israel's Rose Ruben Poetry Competition Honorable-Mention. He has a pending collection, "Stick, Hook, and a Pile of Yarn, due in September 2023 through Broken Sleep Books.
October Book Launch of "Stick, Hook, and a Pile of Yarn"
Journal Publications
Mervyn Seivwright's work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Santa Fe Literary Review, AGNI, The Trinity Review, Montana Mouthful Literary Magazine, iō Literary Journal, Toho Journal, and Rigorous Journal, as well as in Z Publishing's anthology 2019 Emerging Poets in Kentucky. His work has also been commissioned by the British Museum in Ipswich, England.
Mervyn Seivwright's "The Weight He Carried," in Pushcart Prize 69th ranked journal in 2020, The American Journal of Poetry.
Poem "I See Signs of Autumn" in Salamander Magazine Issue 53
I give thanks to Canisia Lubrin, the guest editor and the staff of filling Station 76 for selecting my Sestina poem, “Stick, Hook, and a Pile of Yarn.”
I write words of wisdom for my son worried the ink written will vanishI tell him he's beautiful I tell him he's beautiful to strengthen him arising from fearI share with him my wisdom contemplating my life painted out of fear I surrender my wisdom say yes sir keep your
2nd Runner Up Poem in Mount Island Literature Review
Saranac Review for publishing my poems, “Balancing Bottles,” and “I Almost Hit a Deer This Morning.”
Mervyn Seivwright writes to balance social consciousness and poetry craft for humane growth. Born in London to a Jamaican family, leaving for America at age 10, Seivwright is a nomad residing in Schopp-Germany. Seivwright is a 2021 Pushcart Prize Nominee and a Spalding MFA graduate. His work appears
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Mervyn Seivwright: "In the Neues Museum" - The Lumiere Review
“This Morning I Walked Under a Wide Oak,” I-70 Review Literary Magazine, Print, Volume 14, Summer/Fall
My poem in the top 100 of 2021 Perpetual Folly Literary Magazine Rankings of Poetry. Ligeia Magazine selecting my poem, “I Believe These Magpies Followed Me.”
NEW POEMS! She Was Called Plansee and By the North Sea Poems published in The Bloom Review, Issue 1.
Mervyn Seivwright's Poem "A Man's Demons" in Burningword Literary Journal
She Showers in the Clouds in Spalding University's Good River Review.
Volume 131 of the The Trinity Review published by University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Poems "A rose and a hot key card," and "Submitted for the Page" in Willows Wept Review
Seasons Have Reshaped Me | Seaside Gothic - Mervyn Seivwright Editor's Letter by Seb Reilly 'The Dream Catcher's Island' by Ejiro Elizabeth Edward 'A Home by the Sea' by Alison Ozawa Sanders 'How to Grow Up' by Elizabeth Guilt 'Hythe' by Sarah Wallis 'The Lifeboat' by Dannye Chase 'Oddkin' by Marisca Pichette 'Seaglass' by Quen Took 'Seasons Have Reshaped Me' by Mervyn Seivwright 'The Sea Will Swallow Me' by Catherine Law 'Some Belong to the Ocean' by Rita Ciresi 'The Source' by Cheryl...
Thank you to the River Heron Review editing staff for selecting and publishing my poem “Memorial for Those of Darker Skin.”
Poem "Duality in Mountain Memory" in Transom Journal Issue 15 - Paradox
Mervyn R. Seivwright 2 poems “Each Time I Was Pulled Over” and ” First Time in Jamaica,” Arlington Literary Journal, America, Print, Issue 159, Winter 2022 (Mar 2022)
Coming Home From the Cold published in Black Sunflower Poetry Press
Driving in America passing palm trees, Florida's grassy green marshlands, counting mile-markers in the rear seat of a gray station wagon with my brother. He and I navigating a map longer than our arms, playing magnetic checkers and chess, reading, counting red cars and navigating again.
Mervyn R. Seivwright has appeared in AGNI Literary Magazine, The Trinity Review (Canada), African American Review, Griffel Literature Review (Norway), Cape Cod Poetry Review, Burningword Literary Journal, INNSÆI Journal (India), Mount Island's Lucy Terry Prince poetry contest 2nd Runner-Up, and San
4 poems published in Six Fold
My poem "Back Roads of a Country" in Briefly Write.
Issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. Easily share your publications and get them in front of Issuu's millions of monthly readers. My Poem "Dangling is on page 29.
Printed publication of my poem "Three Winters" in Cape Cod Poetry Review
"The Distance Away, Crumble" behind the closets shivers creaks the wind carries, neither sleeps. Note: A "CHU" is a Containerized Housing Unit-a form of expedient modular housing made from stacked shipping containers. Mervyn R. Seivwright is from a Jamaican family and was born in Dulwich, London, England.
Mervyn Seivwright's poem "I Remember When We Danced" by Westward Quarterly
Night Forest: Folk Poems and Stories is the 2021 anthology from Flying Ketchup Press illustrated by Parisian artist, Elka Trittel and featuring poets Katharyn Howd Machan and Gary Baumier, this collection of fractured tales and lyrical verse fights for forgotten wonder and reaches into colorful truths with new bite.
My Poem "The Voice of Her Work" in Culture Matters' The Cry of the Poor
Auroras & Blossoms Creative Literary Journal - Volume 2 with poem "There are instants when photos are clicked"
Mervyn R. Seivwright was born in London, England, and is currently studying for an MFA in Poetry at Spalding University, Louisville, KY. You can find out more about Mervyn at: https://t.co/tdb2EICvPk; Facebook: Mervyn "DeepCobra" Seivwright; and @DeepCobra.
Stains of His Memory in iO literary Journal
Line Breaks Literature Anthology sponsored under Coverstory Books for publishing my poem, “The Way Pierre Brunet Sculptured.“
Flora Fiction is a collective of creative muses and inspiration. From original writing to reviews in music and entertainment, there's always something to be discovered. This forth and final issue of Volume 1, "Stillness & Solitude" has works of over 40+ poets, writers, photographers, and artists. Take a moment to enjoy.
Mervyn Seivwright's poem "Elegy of Verdun" in INNSÆI
An Assault Rifle Ode 1077 innocent Americans found blooded end in mass collection. Assault rifles held by people with uncontrolled emotions triggering projectiles. An assault rifle, merely a composition of wood, steel, plastic or iron forged into a projector to thrust projectiles in rapid force.
My mother always said tomorrow will never come, stressing my unclean room, unraked leaves could not wait on time. My teenage spirit had truckloads of time, putting off today for tomorrow. Her tomorrow was today-paying my loafing with sore arms, sore behind, restricted with more chores in kind-my ears echo her voice, tomorrow will never come.
Mervyn Seivwright's Poem "My Peace in Scheveningen," Page39, in the 2020 Edition of Common Threads by the Ohio Poetry Association.
Ignorance Still Inherits Attention my 3-stripe shoes-no name, not Filas, Chuck Taylors, Shell Top Adidas, nor matching Adidas sweats, Puma sweats, Nike windbreaker, bubble vest. Humbled in my plain jeans and t-shirt, generated their jokes-Yo moma so slow, fat, ugly, dumb.
Volume Three, Issue 1 Mervyn R. Seivwright: "I was born in London, England. I have appeared in Park University's The Scribe publication, Dayton's Flights Literary Journal and have been commissioned by the British Museum, Ipswich, United Kingdom. I am currently studying for an MFA in Poetry at Spalding University, Louisville, Kentucky and residing in Tipp City Ohio."
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News and Interviews
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR POETRY COMPETITION WINNERS! From the almost 80 poems we received this year, the judges awarded four main prizes. After choosing the 1st and 2nd place prizes winners, we ended up selecting two 3rd place prize winners since we felt both poems warranted the position. We awarded highly commended places.
EXCITING NEWS & UPDATES FROM SPALDING SCHOOL OF WRITING STUDENTS, ALUMNI, FACULTY & STAFF-ENJOY! STUDENTS Theresa Anne Carey's (SW) screenplay, Swine Heart, polished under mentors Charlie Schulman and Larry Brenner, is a semifinalist in Table Read My Screenplay Austin, a quarterfinalist in ISA Horror Screenplay Competition, and a Top-25 finalist in NOLA Horror Film Festival.
39;Whoever has will be given more; whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them.' - Matthew 25:29 We need to change the system. We need to overthrow, not the government [...] but this rotten, decadent, putrid industrial capitalist system which breeds such suffering - Doro...
Mervyn R. Seivwright is from a Jamaican family and was born in Dulwich, London, England.
Mervyn Seivwright listed as Pushcart Nominee for Santa Fe Literary Review
During times such as these, poetry is often one of the vehicles that reminds us of the importance of bearing witness. Mount Island's Lucy Terry Prince Prize has come to a close and we are excited to announce our grand prize winner, Brittny Ray Crowell's "Blood Petition: A Prayer of Reckoning."
2021 Patricia Goedicke Prize in Poetry, judged by William Jolliff, Finalists: Rebecca Carson Cindy Juyoung Ok Mervyn Seivwright Haley Winans
Judges: - Kay Kim Richards of California, USA - award-winning poet: our overseas judge - Miriam Webber of Israel, last year's Reuben Rose second prize winner. - David Silverman of Illinois, USA, one of last year's Reuben Rose Honorable Mention winners. Honorable Mentions (in alphabetical order of poem title) Acceptance Speech - by Anne McCrady, USA Babushkas - by Johnmichael Simon, Israel Blind - by Haya Onallah, Israel Gates - by Susan B. Olsburgh, Israel Now that...
Theresa Carey's (SW) creative thesis screenplay Mestengo (written under the tutelage of mentor Sam Zalutsky and polished under mentor Larry Brenner) is on a roll these days!
Exciting news & updates from students, alumni, faculty and staff. Enjoy! STUDENTS Theresa Anne Carey's (SW) first-semester screenplay, The Lady Pirates, is a Winner in the 2020 Moondance International Film Festival Screenwriting Competition. She wrote The Lady Pirates under the tutelage of mentor Gabriel Jason Dean.
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EXCITING NEWS & UPDATES FROM STUDENTS, ALUMNI, FACULTY & STAFF - ENJOY! STUDENTS Theresa Anne Carey's (SW) first semester screenplay, THE LADY PIRATES, written under the tutelage of Gabriel Jason Dean, and her horror/sci-fi screenplay SWINE HEART, which underwent a rewrite last semester with guidance from her mentor Larry Brenner and remote workshop mates, are...
International poet, a nomad constantly traveling to touch and inspire hearts. Mervyn R. Seivwright (Deep Cobra), is an English born Jamaican, that has grown up in the United States. He has lived and traveled between Asia, North America , Europe. This being the foundation of experiences that inspired his poetry while still in school.
Hi Mervyn, can you tell us a little bit about yourself? Hi Nicola. I am a poet that believes in social change one person at a time. My writing has developed along those lines influenced in travels and living in different countries around the globe such as England, Japan, Germany, and America; travels to more than 40 countries.
EXCITING NEWS & UPDATES FROM STUDENTS, ALUMNI, FACULTY & STAFF! STUDENTS Jason Cooper (PW) launched his new theatre company, The Chicken Coop, on September 27th here in Louisville, Kentucky. More than just a theatre company, The Chicken Coop strives to provide a variety of entertainment offerings and to create a place for artists and audiences...
RAF MILDENHALL - Tech. Sgt. Mervyn Seivwright doesn't consider himself a love poet, but in his new book "As Her Eyez Kiss," that's all he writes about. The 100th Mission Support Squadron airman plans to recite his new work Sunday during a book launch at London's Departure Bar.
Under a blazing midday sun servicemen on the front line of the US war on terror today found hope in the horror of 9/11. Under a blazing midday sun servicemen on the front line of the US war on terror today found hope in the horror of 9/11.
Mervyn Seivwright, retired Air Force Master Sergeant, is an accomplished and published poet and Haiku master. He will present a poetry reading at the Black History Month luncheon at the Wright Patterson Club, Feb. 23, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.,
Spoken Word History
The following poem was recited at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Remembrance Luncheon Jan. 17.4-5-0-5 4,505 days... 4,505 days from leading the bus boycott in the community To the bullet on the Memphis balcony 4,505 days... From sit-ins to marches Jail and,
Lesung als Anforderung an Darstellungskunst: "Dichter Dran" im Oval Office Von Jamal Tuschick Sie ist kapriziös, zärtlich und so großzügig, dass man "umsonst in ihren Büschen pennen kann". Das behauptet Bud Rose von seiner Stadt, der er nahe kommt wie einer Geliebten. Als zur Minne entschlossener Galan tritt der eingefleischte Hamburger mit statuarischem Ernst auf.
Brixtongue is an established performance poetry night which takes place at Brixton Art Gallery every other month on the second Saturday. The next Brixtongue takes place on Saturday 8th October. Doors open at 8 pm, performance begins at 8.30 pm, and admission is £6/5. Some of our regular performers: Anjan Saha London based 'tablapoet'.
The Memorial lecture is a time for us to reflect on the heritage, contributions and achievements of Africans and descendants of the African Diaspora. To celebrate the collective journey, 'to speak' as W.E.DuBois stated 'of ourselves to a world that yielded us no true semblance or self- consciousness' / To honour those humanitarians whose vision and optimism enabled our society to embrace cultural diversity.
Zum letzten Mal vor der langen Sommerpause kommen erfahrene Bühnenprofis und ambitionierte Amateure beim 8. Landsberger Poetry Slam zusammen, dem letzten Poetry Slam in dieser Saison. Sie alle stellen sich mit selbstverfassten Texten und ohne Hilfsmittel dem Publikum, das mit seinem Applaus über den Sieger der Veranstaltung entscheidet.Der Landsberger Poetry Slam ist mittlerweile in der deutschsprachigen Poetry-Slam-Landschaft bekannt für sein erlesenes Teilnehmerfeld.
We arrived at LEONARDS EC1 for sound check at 5:35. Everything was supposed to be in place for a 5:30 sound check start. I was panicking because Mark the sound guy had not arrived. I got a call 10 minutes later; he's stuck somewhere (I was too annoyed to ask where exactly).
Verbalized Mindz presents... RE-ENLISTED The night will begin with a special screening of BBC Three's Slam Poets 2004 followed by Open Mic and guest performances from special US guest poet & 2004 Nuyorican Slam Champion-Daniel Beaty ~ International performance poet-Deep Cobra and Dynamic spoken word recording artist-Phenzwaan + other specially invited guests.
A few hours before the semifinals of the United Kingdom's national poetry slam championship in London, the poet known as "Deep Cobra" was pretty serene for a man about to perform in front of a large group of peers and judges.
Self-Published Publications
Trials Of A Stranger [Seivwright, Mervyn R.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Trials Of A Stranger
Through their eyez [Seivwright, Mervyn R.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Through their eyez
As Her Eyez Kiss [Seivwright, Mervyn R.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. As Her Eyez Kiss
Kaleidoscope Paintbrush - Kindle edition by Seivwright, Mervyn. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Kaleidoscope Paintbrush.
‘Blood, Tears & Hope: Poetic Expressions of the Human Condition’ looks at the day to day issues that make major changes in our lives. Items of painful hurt to family members or ourselves that drive us to change the course for others following the same path. Through poetry this brings awareness and shares thoughts of hope with an outlook to move on. Not waiting for the awareness to be the moment instead of the months we have to live, or the things around us that we pass each day. An awakening...
Amazon.com: Prism Butterfly Odes (9781492987963): Seivwright, Mervyn R.: Books
Spiritual Tearfall: A Godly Poetic Storehouse for Life - Kindle edition by Seivwright, Mervyn. Religion & Spirituality Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.