Love of Reading
I reach for the volume she
loaned me, bending corners
each time I pause.
Mervyn Taylor, originally from Trinidad, has been a Brooklyn resident for many years. He has taught at Bronx Community College, The New School, and in the NYC public school system. Retired from teaching, he’s the author of seven full-length books of poetry, including No Back Door, and the recent Country of Warm Snow, (Shearsman Books, 2020), a Poetry Book Society Recommendation. A chapbook, News of the Living: Corona Poems, was published by Broadstone Books in the same year. Taylor can be heard reciting his poetry on the CD Road Clear, accompanied by renowned bassist David Williams. Currently, he serves on the advisory board of Slapering Hol Press, Hudson Valley, NY.