Sweet Measure of Despair

About the Book

"Remember the innocence,
shameless confidence of my existence"
"We met life on its own terms
We washed our wounds with salt water"
"Under the judgmental eyes of strangers
Darkness throttles me"
"came to life, death, love and faith
Had to face all of it "

About the Author

Born and raised in Istanbul, Hande Yeltekin Meissner came to California in 1996. She published 100 poems in her first Turkish book Well of Dreams. 1000 copies sold and the profits were donated to a homeless children charity.

With over 500 poems written since the age of 12, this is the first English translation of her published and unpublished poetry.

Hande lives with her husband Ken in Costa Mesa, California. They someday plan to retire and move to a Beach Town in Turkey.