Gut Punched with Survival Poetry

“It depends on you, no matter how weary and filthy you feel after a week of straggling across the highway of recovery.” --- Meggie Royer, 12 Months of Self-Creation Instead of Self-Destruction (Depression Survival Guide).

I have been following Royer’s work for quite some time, and I’m thrilled to say that I’ve featured a couple of her poems in a literary magazine called Degenerates: Voices for Peace. Meggie Royer’s work has always been a pleasure to read and I was thrilled when I received my copy of her second poetry collection “Healing Old Wounds With New Stitches.” The book itself is something I would highly recommend for anyone and everyone going through some rough times. The book itself covers a wide range of topics from Suicide to Depression, there is a poem in here for you.

The collection is split up into two parts. The first one is titled Grief. Reading through each poem, it really plunges you into grief and the process of grief. Royer uses some really great images to get her point across in each poem, and it really forces you to feel. It is immersion at its best! Poetry has a healing factor for people; it can be therapeutic, especially to those who need to be lead through some emotionally stressful times. Grief starts them on the process and slowly leads them to the path of recover, which is the second part of this collection. It’s a part that says it is okay to make mistakes and have scars. It means you are living! The quote up top I feel sums up this whole collection rather nicely. It’s here to help people, to awaken them. I couldn’t think of a better way for a collection of poetry to be read! Royer uses her intense style of writing and pushes the reader to go through one hell of an experience. It is simply something you must read!

To read some of Meggie Royer's work, find her at her Tumblr! You can also order a copy of her book through Where are You Press at their Etsy Shop!