poet and writer
"What emerged, in the honesty of the dark, was light, a light which showed itself without pretense or strain."​
Prelude, For the Wounded
Elegies for the Wounded Heart
with paintings by Darcy Lee Saxton
"...poems of spacious and unflinching compassion, insight and invitation"
---Susan Hinckley, author and co-creator of At Last She Said It
"These elegies invite me to slow down, to sip loss like honeyed tea, letting each line linger before it slips inward toward the heart."
—Laura Martin Bovard, Founder and Creative Director, LMB Interiors
"Mer's poetry resonates in some deeper, truer part of myself."
—Reid Harris, principal Viola, retired, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
A personal glimpse
into wellbeing untouched by illness
"Cancer shoved me off the ledge of my own sense of control and into the freedom of surrender"
Reality Bathed in Hope
"As I watched my bald head come into the light, I thought, "Hey, this isn't so bad. I might even be cute under here."
Reality Bathed in Hope
Anthology of Muses
14 authors write from the Archetypes
"I have found the secret. Nothing can unwoman me."
Mer, Seductress Muse, Stories from the Muses
"I cannot untangle the hunger from the hurt. They are both obstinate. They both beat through my body like a drum. They both call me out beyond the domesticated women I have become and into the wild."
Mer, Huntress Muse, Stories from the Muses
"...a compendium of shimmering internal portraits."
Richard C. Skidmore, Writer, Filmmaker
"Powerful, thought provoking. Important."
Nancy Aronie, NPR commentator