[5] Her first full-length collection, Conjuring My Leafy Muse (2015), was warmly praised by Naomi Replansky, David Bergman, Willis Barnstone, and others; it was nominated for the 2015 Poets' Prize.
[7][9] A new collection, My Girl's Green Jacket (2018), was favorably reviewed by several advance readers, including Rhina Espaillat, Rachel Hadas, and Stu Watson.
[10] Meriam founded Lavender Review, an e-zine of lesbian poetry and art, on Gay Pride Day, June 27, 2010.
[2] Her poetry, reviews, and essays have been published widely in literary journals, including Poetry,[12] The Cimarron Review,[13] The Evansville Review,[14] The Gay & Lesbian Review,[15] The Journal of Lesbian Studies, Literary Imagination, Measure, Mezzo Cammin,[13] Rattle,[16] Sinister Wisdom,[17] and The Women's Review of Books;[18] in anthologies, such as Nasty Women Poets: An Unapologetic Anthology of Subversive Verse,[19] Measure for Measure: An Anthology of Poetic Meters,[20] and Obsession: Sestinas in the 21st Century;[21] and on websites such as the Poetry Foundation,[1] Ms. magazine,[22] and The New York Times.
She invented an original form called "Basic Me" which has been used by other poets, including Catherine Tufariello and Marly Youmans.