Sarah B. Royal’s poetry is a labyrinth of symbols, often inviting readers into nonlinear emotional landscapes. It’s cerebral, spiritual, and sometimes cryptic. Close one book in her collection and open another, and her poetry becomes passionate and defiant. Her voice is intimate yet universal—her feminism and emotional candor are revolutionary. Turn another page and her work is moral and melodic, often offering comfort and clarity in times of national grief or personal loss. Sarah B. Royal is not a successor to the poets of the past—she’s a countercurrent. Where they built bridges to the public through lyricism and narrative, she does this and more by tunneling inward, crafting poetic architecture that challenges, refracts, and reimagines meaning itself.

Philosophically, Royal’s work is deeply reflective. Her sonnet collection 35 Sonnets for the 21st Century reimagines Fernando Pessoa’s existential meditations, introducing a modern, female voice that probes meaning, mortality, and selfhood. In o x ∞ = ♥: The Poet and The Mathematician, she fuses poetic intuition with mathematical logic, suggesting that emotional truths can be expressed through abstract systems. Her collection Celestial Conversations and Stellar Musings transforms celestial bodies into archetypes of desire and power, asking what it means to be seen, loved, and understood in a vast universe. Her philosophical lens is often nonlinear, embracing mirrored structures—as in her palindrome play 777: A Story of Idol Worship and Murder—and fusion poetry that defies traditional boundaries.

Emotionally, Royal’s landscape is layered and intimate. In Poems on a Tea Napkin, she offers over 100 short-form poems—haiku, tanka, senryu—that celebrate quiet moments and emotional resonance in daily life. Her work often reflects the complexity of neurodivergent experience, using poetic form to navigate sensory depth, emotional intensity, and nonlinear thought. Many of her pieces blend personal memory with dreamlike imagery, creating a texture that feels both grounded and ethereal.

Form and feeling are inseparable in Royal’s writing. She uses unconventional structures—palindromes, irregular sonnets, and experimental formats—to mirror emotional states. Her poetry often critiques or reimagines societal norms, especially around gender, identity, and artistic legacy. Whether she’s crafting surreal autobiography or cosmic myth, Royal’s work invites readers to engage with poetry not just as language, but as architecture—designed to provoke, comfort, and transform.