Mervyn Taylor

Mervyn Taylor is a Trinidad-born poet currently residing in Brooklyn. A retired teacher, his most recent collection of poetry is Voices Carry (Shearsman Books, 2017).

Two Poems

Only babies slept through the howling winds.
Morning finds the madman absent from his post,
though his bicycle bell keeps ringing.

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