Mervyn Seivwright

I give praise to those who have supported me. My new poetry collection is concretely in my hands. Get yours today and share the experience with me. brokensleepbooks.com/product-page/m… #poetry #amwriting #brokensleepbooks

Issue #102 out now! Featured Poet Royal Rhodes; supported by @cailin_sm, Kathleen Serocki, William Ross, @sarpsozdinler, @Deepcobra, Aranka Somogyi (translated by Ágnes Megyeri), Maudie Bryant, and @sagebrushpoet. neologismpoetry.com/November-2025/

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I am thankful to the editors of Loud Coffee Press for publishing this poem, “If We Remember,” about one of our elders, age 97. Link: (Page 8) loudcoffeepress.com/lcp-issue-20 #loudcoffeepress #brokensleepbooks #spaldingmfa #amwriting #poetrylife #poetry #poet #StickHookandaPileofYarn

@BethanyJarmul I like 15% or less selection rate which is tough, but I like going global, and I will align a poem to a niche. Right now I am on a 100 journal goal. Email me at deepcobra13@gmail.com and I will share my strategy guide.

@Deepcobra I teach a submission strategies webinar myself. I just like to get new ideas for particular lit mags from the community too. 😃

I have a client who is starting to submit poems for the first time. Which lit mags do you recommend?

@BethanyJarmul That is cool. I taught a workshop this week end. For me it is hard to send you journals, the thousands of them if I don't know your goals. Are you a niche poet, achieving for top tier, or you just align to the journals mission statement. I always start with, who is your audience.

@CauveryMadhavan @EEACTA Congratulations 👏 🎊 💐

With my bestest lads last night at the @EEACTA Awards in London. I won the Fiction Prize 2025 for #TheInheritance!

See this Instagram post by @americasriverroots instagram.com/p/DJCJGSCtVv4/…

Workshop for Poetry Submission Strategy. #Poetry #Poet #amwriting #SpaldingMFA #poetrylife #writerslife #Blacktwitter #published #writer #poetryislife #poetlife #poetrycommunity #poetsofinstagram #spilledink #poetryisnotdead #poetsandwriters peepaltreepress.com/blog/inscribe/…

@JennyMitchellGo I was questioned by family about poems in my collection

Poets, have you ever written a poem you knew your family wouldn't like? If it was published, were there repercussions? #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity

Hello Fam! I can finally share my poem, “Presently Me,” which was one of two finalists for the 2023 C.P. Cavafy Poetry Prize. #poetryinternationalonline #poetryintl #amwriting #poetrylife #poetry #poet #StickHookandaPileofYarn @followers poetryinternationalonline.com/presently-me/

Blessings, Peeples! Today, I share my first publication of the year from the editors of The Basilisk Tree. #Basilisktree #brokensleepbooks #spaldingmfa #amwriting #poetrylife #poetry #poet #StickHookandaPileofYarn #poetrylife basilisktree.com/-v3i1-mervyn-s…

Three Newly Published Poems Released Today!!!. #Acrossthemargin #brokensleepbooks #spaldingmfa #amwriting #poetrylife #poetry #poem #poet #amwriting #poetrycommunity acrossthemargin.com/three-poems-by…

@MizGolightly I am blessed to have met her, when I attended a 2 day workshop. I should have taken a selfie. I have a lot of her work. I even have a copy of her CV, looking at her formal life work. I will miss her present on this earth.

@Deepcobra Thank you so much for sharing this, Mervyn. It is hard to believe that she’s gone…

In honor of Nikki Giovanni, I am sending this video conversation she had with James Baldwin. I have watched so many times picking up different nuggets each time. Rest in Power Nikki. youtu.be/y4OPYp4s0tc?si…

@JennyMitchellGo I would say, half of my trauma poetry would fall is this. From driving through Katrina 2005 damage helping directly during the 2011 Japan Earthquake/Tsunami to processing the 35k Afganistan travelers through Germany a couple of years ago. I know I am a poet for these reasons.

#Poetry and vicarious trauma - how do you think they go together?

@JennyMitchellGo Blue Sky is a warm place for poetry. Bit by bit i am building my community there.

I just went to the Blue place and found all these great poets and poetry lovers ready to engage! I'm late to the party but glad to be there! If you follow me on @JennyMitchellGo, I'll follow back. 🦋