Mervyn Eustace Morris OM (born 21 February 1937)[1] is a poet, writer, editor and professor emeritus at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica.
[2] Mervyn Morris was born in Kingston, Jamaica, and studied at the University College of the West Indies (UWI) and as a Rhodes Scholar at St Edmund Hall, Oxford.
He lives in Kingston, Jamaica, where he is Professor Emeritus of Creative Writing & West Indian Literature.
[7][8] In March 2021, Morris was announced as the co-recipient, together with Edward Baugh, of the 2021 Bocas Henry Swanzy Award.
[10][11] The best known poems by Morris include: "Little Boy Crying", "Family Pictures", "Love Is", "One, Two", "Home", "The Roaches", "The Pond" and "Critic".