Cheryl'S Poems

Cheryls Poems range from the autobiographical with a touch of Southern gothic to the unknown future and a little bit of everything in between (aliens animals coaches crazy aunts and uncles brothers and sisters drugs drunks Elvis the famous and infamous geniuses grandparents hackers heroes hunters hypocrites judges lawyers lovers players preachers presidents prisoners prostitutes refugees robots royals scientists singers soldiers teachers and so on). Have you ever been infatuated in love and/or in lust? Might you be interested in life in the rural South during segregation? And the deaths of President Kennedy Martin Luther King Jr. Robert Kennedy or Che Guevara? Has anyone in your family ever been involved in conflict or divorce? Are you interested in adventure family history any history -isms literature mythology nature peace politics pollution religion science sports or war? Have you wondered about the supernatural? Are you concerned with justice and rights? With the environment? With the future of the earth? Have you ever felt abused bullied depressed discriminated against sexually harassed or insecure? (Who hasnt?) Every emotion and something for everyone are in this collection of poems. Cheryl was a ridge runner as a girl growing up in the mountains of North Carolina but has since been around the block. She has lived in seven US states and on the island of St. Lucia. For a year she crossed the border from El Paso Texas to work in a hospital in Juarez in Mexico. She called Atlanta home for fifteen years when she saw and met several famous people she tells about. She lives back in her small North Carolina hometown which has never been like Mayberry (and her daddy wasnt like Andy). She is a committed activist for the environment and justice and is interested in history literature people and sciencethe past present and futurewhich are all reflected in her poetry.