Meggie Royer

""Say girl now and we see ourselves in kitchens. See ourselves in graves. But still we read our horoscopes."" Survival Songs is a rerelease of Meggie Royer's first collection of poems, which was a finalist in the GoodReads Choice Awards for the Best Poetry Book of 2013. This edition includes new work, including Royer's most popular poem, ""The Morning After I Killed Myself.""

Survival Songs

"It's a strange thing when the highest praise you can offer for someone's work is, "I wish this didn't exist," but that was the refrain that echoed in my head after I read Meggie Royer's third book. As fans of her work know, Meggie takes the universal and makes it personal. With The No You Never Listened To, she takes the personal and makes it universal. As a sexual assault survivor, Meggie is well-acquainted with trauma: the aftermath, the guilt, the anger. She has never shied away from taking Hemingway's advice - write hard and clear about what hurts - and that strength has never been more of an asset than with this body of work. The No You Never Listened To is the book you will wish you'd had when trauma climbed into your bed. It is the book you will give to friends who are dragged from their "before" into a dark and terrifying "after". And yes, it is the book you will wish didn't exist. But it is also the one that will remind you, in your darkest moments, where the blame really belongs. It will remind you that your memory will not always be an enemy. And it will remind you that none of us have ever been alone in this." - Claire Biggs, To Write Love on Her Arms Editor / Writer -------- "Nietzsche once warned us to be careful gazing into the abyss, that we run the risk of staring so long that the void consumes us. The poems in this book were born of the abyss, of conflict & trauma & survival. And through these poems, Meggie Royer stares - hard, unflinching, courageous - and instead of gazing back, the abyss looks away." - William James, Drunk In A Midnight Choir editor & author of rebel hearts & restless ghosts -------- "The No You Never Listened To educates those who don't understand the aftermath of sexual assault, encourages survivors of similar trauma, and empowers everyone who reads it. This collection of poetry is absolutely breathtaking due to Meggie Royer's beautiful, rhythmic writing style combined with the powerful messages conveyed through each of her poems. The categories in which the poems are organized take the reader through her different stages of emotions - beginning with her initial shock, denial, and anger and ending with her journey toward healing and forgiveness - and I was completely swept away from the start. In a culture where "victim-blaming" is far too common, Royer's articulation of passion and brutal honesty is exactly what society needs to wake up and improve how it views survivors of sexual assault." - Briana Bailey, Literary & Managing Editor at Germ Magazine -------- "Meggie Royer's poetry is a bittersweet reading of pain shared. Royer vividly paints on the page what we as a culture often give up on as unspeakable. Her poetry comforts and disturbs as all great art should." - Luis Silva, Editor of Electric Cereal

The No You Never Listened to

This is the second book of poems by Meggie Royer, widely known for her blog writingsforwinter. Healing Old Wounds With New Stitches is split into two categories: grief and recovery. These are poems about love, loss, and healing from within. Meggie Royer is a writer and photographer from the Midwest who is currently majoring in Psychology at Macalester College. Her poems have previously appeared in Words Dance Magazine, Winter Tangerine Review, Chanter Literary Magazine, Literary Sexts Volume 1, Hooligan Magazine, and Rib Cage Chicago Literary Magazine. In March 2013 she won a National Gold Medal for her poetry collection and a National Silver Medal for her writing portfolio in the 2013 National Scholastic Art & Writing Awards.

Healing Old Wounds With New Stitches

Poems about unrequited love. What to do when they come back. What to do when they don't.

Unrequited

The lessons your mother never gave you. About how to fight back, about men who are more salt than honey, about loving yourself, about watching someone else love the one you love.

missed connection.

Jane Chance

Michael Ashby

Lynn White

Weasel Press

David Pointer

Scott Outlar

Richard Perkins

Boston

Gary Beck

Cathy Bryant

Robin Dunn

Jessica Budge

R. Gold

Ce Jac

Strider Jones

Kevin Heaton

P. Levy

John Goslee

Neil Reddy

Abigail Wyatt

Degenerates: Voices for Peace is an anthology of poetry made to spark the tough conversations; made to open up ideas about reoccurring and troubling issues going on among us all. We feature works of several topics such as Bullying, Domestic Violence, War, Sexuality, Free Speech and much more. These artists have come together to share and shed some insight on the current state of the world and where we all may be headed. We present ourselves to you, illustrious readers, and hope that our words leave something with you. Degenerates: Voices for Peace is published through Weasel Press, an indie publisher seeking to publish the best literature in an already hectic world. The anthology features several amazing and enthusiatic poets and artists. They are: Martin Appleby, Michael Garrett Ashby II, Gary Beck, Bruce Boston, Cathy Bryant, Jane Chance, Nicole Deardorff, Szabo Eduard Dragomir, M.J. Duggan, Robin Wyatt Dunn, R.K. Gold, John Grey, Azreil Hayes, Kevin Heaton, Sarah Henry, Ce Jac, Mathias Jansson, Sonia Karen, P.A. Levy, Vimeesh Maniyur, Strider Marcus Jones, J.W. Mark, Stephen McQuiggan, Kai Neidhardt, Scott Thomas Outlar, Kristin Perkins, Richard King Perkins II, Dustin Pickering, David S. Pointer, Neil S. Reddy, Lavinia Roberts, Meggie Royer, Jessica Therese, William S. Tribell, Jane "The Rev" Wenninger, Lynn White, Dr. Ernest Williamson III, Abigail Wyatt

2015 Issue

Degenerates: Voices for Peace

Meggie Royer

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