Diving for Pearls by Sarah B. Royal is a 188-page anthology that gathers her most cherished poetic works, reflecting over four decades of emotional depth, creative constraint, and lyrical storytelling. Published on May 21, 2024 by WoPoLi.PS, this paperback collection stands as a testament to Royal’s mastery of language and her lifelong devotion to poetic form. Thematically, the book traverses love and loss, friendship and adventure, fear and despair—delving into the complexities of romantic and familial relationships with vulnerability, curiosity, and emotional resilience. Royal does not shy away from the darker corners of human experience, confronting them with poetic precision and grace. Her signature style incorporates creative constraints such as palindrome structures, modular stanzas, and title-based scaffolding, each poem crafted with narrative precision that balances immediacy with structural elegance. The collection reads like a poetic memoir, with each piece contributing to a larger arc of self-discovery and artistic evolution. Royal, who describes herself as “an eternally young woman known by many names and many roles,” infuses the anthology with a sense of multiplicity and layered identity. More than a book of poems, Diving for Pearls is a portrait of a life lived through language, inviting readers to immerse themselves in a world where every word carries meaning.

ISBN: 9798324038731