Trista Mateer is an absolute must read for people with hearts that resemble gaping wounds. If you've ever hopelessly, desperately longed for someone, then her work will strum you like a guitar and turn you into the song you've been looking for. It's a messy song. But when you're missing someone, God knows there's no clean way to go about getting over that feeling. The mess is all we have left of them. Mateer does not shy away from shedding a light on her hunger, and that light makes us feel less alone with ours. She's also a poet who sprung to popularity from the internet. Her poems echo through the Tumblr-sphere for readers all across the world.
She has written two full-length collections of poetry (Honeybee and The Dogs I Have Kissed), as well as the chapbook [redacted]. Her work is known for discussing heartbreak, love, sex, and misogyny.
I miss you in some wild way.
Some rain smell on the earth kind of way.
Some scratching your name into trees kind of way.
Some scratching my name into you kind of way.
Even this poem is me marking my territory.
Tell me this counts for something.
— excerpt from "Coffee Cups and Fruit Poems" by Trista Mateer
