Mervyn R. Seivwright, MFA, Poet
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In Stick, Hook, and a Pile of Yarn, Mervyn Seivwright takes readers on a profound journey through his first encounters with America, crafting a poetry collection that is both captivating and thought-provoking. Seivwright’s powerful verses vividly depict his experiences as a Black boy and man in the heart of the Midwest, offering a poignant exploration of identity, cultural assimilation, and the complexities of family dynamics.
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 poetry collections while in these other countries or on deployed service.
Enter a brief excerpt from a news article or review about your business. Or consider including customer testimonials from some of your best customers.Stick, Hook, and a Pile of Yarn is a collection of poems centred around a coming-of-age nomad-story that was conceived and weaved into place far from the speaker’s family and the world he has previously known. Mervyn Seivwright shares his seasons of growth into adolescence navigating his new country and blended family from England to America in the 1980s, deftly presenting a tapestry of poems and scenes into a single narrative, and a rich journey.
— Crystal Wilkinson, Perfect Black, NAACP Image Award Winner in Poetry
Seivwright has written an absorbing bildungsroman that meditates on what it means to be male and Black with cultural and spiritual homes in America, Europe, and Jamaica. These poems address familial relationships, personal challenges, and triumphs, but they also expand into something greater than the self, allowing us to see power, race, and resilience, in surprising ways.
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He has received recognition as 2024 Winner of The Marvin E. Williams Literary Prize, The Caribbean Writer, University of Virgin Islands, Finalist, The Poetry International Online, 2023 C. P. Cavafy Prize, and 2023 Pushcart Nomination.
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