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In Fare-Thee-Well, Joan Meyers gathers her collection of poems, her personal testimonies, on the very difficult subject of spousal abuse and domestic violence. Through her works written over a six-year period, the poet shares her journey from bondage to freedom. Putting pen to paper was an essential part of the healing process, as she careened her way through a dark tunnel filled with evil, creating poems such as: ""House of Silence,"" ""Winding Sheet,"" and ""Interrogation Scene."" She concludes with poems of her eventual liberation from the nightmare world of abuse. This is an adventure in disbelief. Women who are brave enough to look beyond the cover and ask, ""Is this me?"" ""Could this be me?"" are the target audience for these poems. Reading them may well be the first step to their acknowledgment, escape, and rescue. Mental health professionals, therapists, counselors, and clergy will gain unique insight into the damaging experiences that threaten the life of the abused. The poems are bound together with the unique addition of Ron Huffman's art, primarily pen-and-ink, which connect intimately with the poetry.

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Joan has been writing poetry since childhood. A number of her poems have been published in ""The Cliffs - Soundings,"" Miskwabik Press. She has created a trilogy of chapbooks, tales of having grown up in an old copper mining community along Lake Superior's shores: ""Lake Superior Legacy"", ""Shadows"", and ""AllThat Remains"".Her chapbooks also include: ""The Andy Wyeth Series: Andy's Windows"" (a collection of poems with reference to the paintings of Andrew Wyeth), and ""Transcendence"" (poems offering hope and encouragement for troubled minds and spirits). These chapbooks are published privately by her personal press, Feather Press.Joan feels there is a special connection between the worlds of writing and art, and she enjoys pairing her poems with Ron Huffman's art. She also enjoys hand-crafting poetry books, including ""GRIEF POEMS"" and, more recently, ""CAPTURING TRUTHS - A Collection of Favorite Poems"" by Joan Meyers."" Her educational background is in literatureand mental health. She has worked as a teacher and counselor helping children and their families deal with a wide variety of problems from raising severely handicapped children to facing death. Joan lives in Traverse City, Michigan. Ron Ladd Huffman was the creator and editor of Feather Press. He was born in Marlette, Michigan, where he spent much of his life.Ron studied art at Michigan State University and briefly at Ohio University. His paintings focus for the most part on the natural world, with a hint of abstraction. Ron's work (paintings, drawings, lithographs, photography) are represented in Joan Meyers' poetry chapbooks. He also wrote poems published in ""The Cliffs - Soundings,"" Miskwabik Press. Ron published two collections of his poetry: ""Nickels In The Grass"" and ""raison d'etre"" (Feather Press). He also enjoyed working with his hands, crafting boxes from exotic woods and creating primitive furniture.Ron passed away in Traverse City, Michigan, in 2014.

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