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A Violet Stretch of Sky, 2025. Published by akinoga press.
A Violet Stretch of Sky is inspired by poet Meggie Royer’s fascination with folklore, mythology, and the experience of processing traumatic memories. In this collection, Royer imagines beloved artistic and literary figures such as Virginia Woolf and van Gogh in conversation with women of myth, examines the complex nature of relationships marred by love and violence, and attempts to reconcile her teenage self with her adult self.
If the Darkness is Lacking, 2023. Published by Kelsay Books.
If the Darkness is Lacking is inspired by Royer’s fear of mortality, her fascination with memory and true crime, and her personal, near decade-long involvement with the field of domestic violence, an endeavor that often encompasses all of the above. If the Darkness is Lacking is a culmination of the life-altering assault Royer experienced as a teenager, a desire to pay homage to all the women taken far too soon, and the inseparable, agonizing task of realizing that one can never return to childhood.
Survival Songs, 2013. Originally published by Where Are You Press.
“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.”
Healing Old Wounds With New Stitches, 2013. Originally published by Where Are You Press.
Healing Old Wounds With New Stitches is the second book of poetry by Meggie Royer, poet behind the blog “WritingsforWinter.” This book is broken into two parts, the first about grief, loss, and pain, the second about recovery and survival.
The No You Never Listened To, 2015. Originally published by Words Dance Publishing.
“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, Editor and Author at To Write Love On Her Arms
Meggie Royer 