In your poem "Things My Mother Didn't Tell Me But Should Have" I noticed "Let...
This is a beautiful message, and I am keeping it.I do love Bob Hicok and his work so incredibly much. He’s always an inspiration.
View Articlegiving thanks is not a crime.
In the airport after the flight delay the Jewish woman next to meoffers me two latkes wrapped in an oil-soaked napkin and rests her headon my shoulder. She wants to visit her granddaughters for the...
View ArticleWhat would you say if someone wanted to get your words tattooed on them?
I would tell them I am absolutely honored that they would even consider getting my writing inked into their skin, and I would tell them I am glad my writing is so meaningful to them that they want it...
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writingsforwinter: My second poetry book, Healing Old Wounds...
writingsforwinter:My second poetry book, Healing Old Wounds With New Stitches, is now officially for sale!You can buy it here through the Where Are You Press shop. :)
View ArticleHello dearie, congratulations on your new book! :) I'd like to ask you about...
Thank you! :)That phrase basically just means that even beautiful things grow from darkness and ugly decay or brokenness. It’s basically just another version of the common “in darkness it’s still...
View Article"I was your insomnia, I was your grief."
“I was your insomnia, I was your grief.” - Anna Akhmatova (via larmoyante)
View Articlei’m sorry too? what the fuck? i apologized but i didn’t have...
i’m sorry too? what the fuck? i apologized but i didn’t have anything to be sorry for, right, because you were the one who hurt me? jesus.
View ArticleThe Dressmaker
In the twilit pools of childhood stories that I used to drink fromlike a horse at waterbreak, my grandfather rested my headagainst his sternum and spoke of the time he swallowed a goldfinchand it...
View ArticleI want to drown in your words. I want to sink into every poem and breathe it...
You’ve got quite the talent with writing yourself. ;)And thank you so much for your kind words.
View ArticleHi Meggie! I ordered Healing Old Wounds with New Stitches last Sunday and I...
Hello! Thank you for ordering my new book; I hope you enjoy the read! :)I honestly do not know the answer to your question, so perhaps you could either contact my publisher Clementine von Radics here,...
View ArticleResuscitating the Dead
It was my grandfather who taught my brother how to kiss.Palms against her face, he said, not too much tongue,keep digging until teeth clack against bone.In the kitchen my grandmother peeled mangosuntil...
View Article"That old feeling is still in my leaking heart."
“That old feeling is still in my leaking heart.” - William S. Burroughs, Last Words: The Final Journals of William S. Burroughs (via poetrist)
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:) This is one of the best messages I could have received; thank you so much. It honestly made my day. And I’m very happy that my writing has changed you for the better.Also, your English is wonderful!
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kevinjamesofficial: :) :) :) :) Thank you again :D My book is...
kevinjamesofficial::) :) :) :)Thank you again :DMy book is officially available at Barnes & Noble.http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/survival-songs-meggie-c-royer/1116825386?ean=9780615871592(But you...
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Hi, Meggie!! I don't mean to be a bother, I just have a super duper quick...
Hello! :) Don’t worry; you’re not being a bother at all!Well, each and every poem in Survival Songs is centered around the general theme of survival, and there is a poem in that book about a boy with...
View Articlelessons for thriving, not just surviving
1. Love so hard it feels like anchors opening up your skin from the inside out.2. Don’t practice knife-throwing unless the target is your ex’s heart.3. Self-immolation is useless unless you’re able to...
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