Sheri-D Wilson
Sheri-D Wilson Canadian Poet, Speaker & Podcaster splits her time between Vancouver, BC & Calgary, AB. SHERI-D WILSON is the prolific author of 14 books, 4 short films and 3 word & music albums. Her work has received many awards and honours, including the Order of Canada, an honorary Doctor of Letters – Honoris Causa from Kwantlen University, Poet Laureate Emeritus of Calgary, the Stephan G. Stephansson Award for Poetry, and the Women of Vision Award.
This inventive artist has now set her sights on the speculative poetry genre and has spent the last seven years writing this opus work: The ONEIRONAUT.
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Quotes
editSwerve (1993)
editOn Being a Poet
"Relationships are good
for at least two poems—
One at the beginning
and one at the end."
Re:Zoom (2005)
edit"I want to love the daylights out of you."
Goddess Gone Fishing for a Map of the Universe (2012)
editAphrodite's Aphrodisiac
"The world is my oyster
and now I’ll take a shower of stars."
Gypsy Madonna from Florence on the Opening Night of Lorca
"I would crush a priceless pearl and drink it,
to stay in this moment
for all time."
In Search of a Metaphysical Rock Star
"It was as though the lifeline on her palm
had fallen between the cracks
of the impossible and the arbitrary".
- Inverted heart,
becomes the testicles
of a man.
- "Heart"
- How do I love thee?
Let me count the days.
If there are 50 ways to leave your lover
then there are 50 ways to be left.
- "Heart"
- Did you know orchids
employ trickery to attract insects?
They spray a deceptive scent
resembling insect pheromones.
Bad flower! Bad flower!
Liar! Liar! Petals on fire!
- "Heart"
Open Letter: Woman Against Violence Against Women (2014)
edit- Trigger Warning!
Rape is a rape is a rape.
- "Exhibit G - Hidden in Plain Sight"
