The consequence of my three year exorcism is this: I have over three hundred common meter poems. This book was my companion; through aging and timing, luck and loss, hope and rage- all the happy tragedies of life and love.

It is my guide through darker nights, and I hope it will encourage you to write your own. Merry Meet and Merry Part is a guide through times of transition, following a philosophical thread; reuniting hardship with stoicism, without losing care and joy.

The author uses poetry to make sense of a traumatic ten year relationship, the divorce, banishment from shattered communities, isolation borne from broken friendships, horrible injuries, disability, surgeries- and then, recovery. The slow growing seed of a new, different life; armed with the will and wisdom to mend hope, protect herself, and love again.

'Be still. A heart cannot heal fast.

Observe mine shifting hands. A changing mind whose growth will last,Must swim a tide of sands.

'My poems await, perched in the trees,Foul-feathered, patience gone. They roost on branches, brave the breeze,But dare not fly til dawn.

Here are all nine themed chapbooks all at once, a poetry avalanche, bound into a single volume, to help you wind your way through your own dark woods. if merry meet and merry part,I'll sing our song till then.

if we can linger in these woods,I'll never leave again. Without further ado, welcome to my little book of poems.

Merry meet! ︎To learn more about the author and view special editions, please visit: www. aimeewoodworks.

com. .