Sheri-D Wilson



Sheri-D Wilson (born 3 March 1958) is a Canadian Poet, Educator, Speaker, Producer and Activist who lives in Calgary, Alberta.

Swerve (1993)
"On Being a Poet"

Relationships are good for at least two poems— One at the beginning and one at the end.

Re:Zoom (2005)

 * I want to love the daylights out of you.
 * "Re:Zoom"

Autopsy of a Turvy World (2008)

 * I scrawled Song Birds across the blue stuck the sticky note to my wall. Needed to remember there was a time people cut out the tongues of Song Birds to eat them as delicacies. That afternoon I went outside and thousands of Song Birds filled the Rosscarrock sky. I cried a song of remorse.
 * "Autopsy of a Turvy World"

Goddess Gone Fishing for a Map of the Universe (2012)

 * The world is my oyster and now I’ll take a shower of stars.
 * "Aphrodite's Aphrodisiac"


 * I would crush a priceless pearl and drink it, to stay in this moment for all time.
 * "Gypsy Madonna from Florence on the Opening Night of Lorca"


 * It was as though the lifeline on her palm had fallen between the cracks of the impossible and the arbitrary.
 * "In Search of a Metaphysical Rock Star"


 * 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"


 * There is an afterlife to love and there is love in the afterlife.
 * "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)

 * Trigger Warning! Rape is a rape is a rape.
 * "Exhibit G - Hidden in Plain Sight"