Sherlianne

Summer Heads South

    Another summer ends as autumn begins today. The leaves remind us that fall is about letting go of that which no longer serves us. In a guided meditation as part of a ritual yesterday, I discovered I’m ready to let go of rejecting myself, feeling inadequate for success, and my attachment to results from my efforts.
    John and I are available to create and record personal guided visualizations with music for life’s passages and to help you attain your goals. E-mail for information: poetrysher@gmail.com.
    I encourage you to use the energy of seasonal change to create your own ritual of letting go.  Then you can more easily embrace that which is manifesting in your life as we enter this time of harvest, the beauty of soft light and golden colors. In honor of autumn, I release summer.

Summer Heads South

Feeling like a clock wound tightly,
I stop to unwind.
Shoulder and belly muscles relax
as I respond to the spiraling down
of letting go.
Mind slows to drink in the moment.
The after buzz of being on the run
competes with refrigerator hum.
Hummingbird chatter and tree’s graceful sway
remind me to surrender like butter to sun,
as August slips into September.
Grasses dried by blazing heat
Roll under wind’s fondling touch.
Brittle leaves tumble and crackle
along the dirt driveway.
A gust works hard at clothes on the line,
making shirts flap as if waving goodbye
to summer’s warmth.
Leaves fall into fields of golden flowers,
like fall coming down too soon,
always too soon,
no matter how I long
for cool reprieve from sweltering days.
Summer is almost gone
and my heart aches at the loss
of silky water swims, warm sand on bare legs,
bouncing inner tubes
and balmy cricket nights,
sleeping under the stars
and picnics by the creek.
I say goodbye as summer packs her bags
and heads south.
“Don’t forget the mosquitoes
and meat bees,” I call after her,
then add, “I’ll look for you in June!”
She turns and holds up a satchel
filled with swarming bugs.
I smile at that, but then she breaks my heart
with the warmth of her sunny eyes.
I linger to watch her go
before I attend to the chore
of closing out autumn’s chill.

©2004 Star Kissed Shadows, Divining Poetry, by Sher Lianne Christian

Your Life

The character, Esther Huish, in the book, “The Locket”, by Richard Paul Evans, writes in her diary, “I have wondered if I am trying to force a life. While the life I lead may not match the picture in my head, perhaps the one offered me is just as full of joys, its pigments just as bright, just not what I expected.”

In another entry, Esther shares, “If the errors of my life have profited me one great truth, it is this: believe. Believe in your destiny and the star from which it shines. Believe you have been sent from God as an arrow pulled from His own bow...Believe as if your life depended on it, for indeed it does.”

Guess

How would life be if we embrace each moment
as if it were a long-lost love, home at last?
How would our lives be different
if we caress each hour with soft love,
welcome each day as a treasured friend,
never to be seen again?
What would our feelings do
if we kiss them like babies,
loved no matter if laughing or crying?
What would we think of ourselves
if we whisper sweet words of encouragement,
wrap ourselves in silky-soft affection,
even in the midst of disappointment?
How would our loved ones feel
if we cherish them with gentle compassion
in their sadness and anger?
How would we appear to others
if we see our inner beauty
when we look in the mirror?
What kind of world would we live in
if we see only God, choose only love,
laugh at seriousness,
know that life is a game
we’re guaranteed to win?
Guess.

©204 Star Kissed Shadows, Divining Poetry, Sher Lianne Christian

May you follow the star of your destiny and find much to love in your life as it is now. Sher

"The Poetry Prescription"

Hi! I've been on a long hiatus from my blog, as I've been helping my mom recover from an illness. It was a blessing to spend time with her and give her support. She is a beautiful poem to me and becoming sweeter with the years, a strong women of kindness, joy, and gracious generosity. You'll find a poem about her in my book, Star Kissed Shadows, as well as a photo of her and me.

"The Poetry Prescription"

Sarah Ban Brethnach writes about "The Poetry Prescription" in her book, Simple Abundance, A Daybook of Comfort and Joy. In a 1925 issue of Good Housekeeping magazine she found a remedy for weariness called "The Poetry Cure." "It suggested that when we are frazzled, ruminating on a line or stanza of poetry can induce a sense of serenity. This lead Sarah to a "marvelous form of meditation", especially if she doesn't think she has twenty minutes to sit down or take a walk. She tells us, "When we allow poetry to slip slowly beneath the sinews of our conscious mind, connection to our authentic selves becomes simpler; an emotion or an experience is captured in evocative word melodies that bestow harmony on everyday encounters. Rita Dove believes that poetry has the ability to restore a 'sense of mystery, a sense of wonder' to our daily round."
    Sarah suggests that we read a poem a day and write a favorite verse on a card and memorize it. She loves to meditate on a line just before drifting off to sleep. A woman bought my book Star Kissed Shadows to read a poem to her sweetie before bed each night.  Star Kissed Shadows can also be used as a divining tool by opening up to a poem at random, either with a question in mind or open to a message from Spirit. Kay Hogan says, "I often pick up Star Kissed Shadows and with eyes shut and intuition open, turn to a page that always speaks to the moment, to the question of my heart.  This is a book to carry around with you, to leave by your bed, or keep on your desk.  Her poems remind us that we can have a life fully lived.” Kay Hogan, Seminar Leader
    Sarah also suggests that we attend poetry readings and trust that we will discover, as did Anzia Yezierska, that "The real thing creates its own poetry."
    I find that reading poetry invites my muse, and I become inspired to write my own poems.  I encourage you to bring poetry into your life for the pure joy of it.

Alphabet Soup

My intuitive whiskers sense ideas
in the soft air of morning.
I sigh as feathery breezes skim over me.
Words slip on buttery sun
through an open kitchen window
into the empty bowl I’ve placed
for my muse to fill.
I lap up letter cream with a felicitous tongue.
L’s and m’s loll and hum between my lips.
Piquant p’s tantalize taste buds.
R’s roll on my palette, stop against artful t’s.
Juicy n’s slide down my moist throat.
Satiated, I purr, curl up in the lap of God.

©2004 Star Kissed Shadows, Divining Poetry, Sher Lianne Christian

 

Poetic Inspiration and Intuitive Phone Consultations

Hello,
I'm combining intuitive work with my poetry. Choose a page from my book Star Kissed Shadows at the end of your session to summarize your consultation. If you or someone you know could benefit from some intuitive clarity on life challenges and reaching goals, please email me at poetrysher@gmail.com.

Receive a free fifteen minute intuitive phone consultation valued at $30 and one of John's wonderful music CDs, Behind the Mask, valued at $15 when you buy my divining poetry book and CD, Sweet Tongue, Assorted Poetry & Music. ($35 plus postage)

Luscious Living
Intuitive Consultations & Poetic Inspiration
Sher Lianne Christian

Do you want to understand and move through obstacles to reaching desired results in your business, your relationships, your daily life?

Do you need to shift your attention from worrisome challenges into the larger picture of your destiny?

Would you like an inspired boost to follow your heart to your dream, your extraordinary life?

Sher Christian brings understanding to life and dreams for healing, joy, and fulfillment.

Sher gives voice to your journey and sheds light with gentle encouragement on steps toward your goals.

She bridges the material world and the numinous places of magic, opening you to imagery that helps materialize your vision.

   * Sher’s poetry with music combines spiritual insights with sensual expression for luscious living from     
     heart and soul.

 *Sher and her husband John perform poetry and music for your groups and events.

*Order her original book Star Kissed Shadows and their CD Sweet Tongue. See store.

What is this amazing mystery that is you? What story are you living? What lessons are you learning through your life experiences? What are your triumphs and persistent challenges? What kinds of imagery, symbols, dreams, metaphors are speaking to you, leading you to the fulfillment of your purpose? What movie or movies embody your story?

I have 25 years experience in writing, teaching, alternative healing, and intuitive work. I offer intuitive phone consultations that help you answer those intriguing and crucial questions.

"Sher's work was spot on. Talking with her gave me a clarity that was needed in an easy simple way!
She's amazing. I am grateful for her support!"-Jill Lublin, best selling author, Get Noticed..Get
Referrals, Networking Magic, and Guerrilla Publicity

“Sher's words are those of a woman who loves life, a woman who in her wisdom years knows how to fully embrace and express her playfulness, sensuality, and no-holds-barred honesty, acute observation, and love without judgment. I often pick up Star Kissed Shadows and with eyes shut and intuition open, turn to a page that always speaks to the moment, to the question of my heart. This is a book to carry around with you, to leave by your bed, or keep on your desk. Her poems remind us that we can have a life fully lived.” Kay Hogan, Successful Aging, Consultant

Life Light

Life. a flame, a flicker,
a slow-burning ember,
a blazing fire,
precious in every form.
You. Me. We are.
Open to your self
like a flower to the sun
before fading days come
and life is done.
This moment is...
gone, now new.
Feel, hear, see, smell life,
It will be over some day.
What did you come to say?
Be it, share it through every cell
that shimmers with life light,
Divine.

©2004 Star Kissed Shadows, Sher Lianne Christian

*Another special offer: In addition, when you purchase two sets of Positive Power Thought Cards for Men and/or Women from Oceana Taicher, receive a free fifteen minute intuitive phone consultation from me, valued at $30. Click here to go to her website.

http://www.positivethoughts.info 

Warmly,
Sher Lianne Christian
LUSCIOUS LIVING: Poetic Inspiration & Intuitive Phone Consultations
Intuitive Readings, Poetry & Music for Parties & Events
Book: Star Kissed Shadows, Divining Poetry
CD: Sweet Tongue, Assorted Poetry & Music

Being Content

    Most of us know about the power of creative visualization, affirmations and vision boards that reveal our wishes to the universe through a picture collage. We all have stories of manifesting our dreams.
    However, there are times when our desires do not come to fruition or they take other forms or time frames. Part of our work or play is to surrender control to something that is greater than what we can imagine for ourselves. Maybe we have some lessons to be learned, different benefits to receive, or better ways to serve others
    Rather than become frustrated and/or depressed when things don’t “go my way”, I ask my intuition for the higher purpose and turn my focus to gratitude for the blessings I have and receive daily. I affirm love for myself and focus on my progress, even if it doesn’t fit my ideal of success.
    I just finished reading the book, “Finding Water, the Art of Perseverance" by Julia Cameron. It's full of lovely reminders to allow Spirit to create through us and not choose the drama of how we are failing or not performing to our inner critic’s standards.
    Julia quotes Ralph Waldo Emerson, “For everything you have missed, you have gained something else.”
And Helen Keller, “Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content.”

Following Intution

    I’ve worked with listening to and following my inner guidance and helping others do the same for twenty years. Emotional, physical, mental, and spiritual well being are in direct relationship to acting from our highest truth. I agree wholeheartedly with Einstein, who said, “The only real valuable thing is intuition.”
    I could write a book on my experiences and those of others which demonstrate the value of intuition. I’ve seen wondrous results from heeding wisdom and disastrous outcomes from ignoring it. (and everything in between.)
    When my 13 year elementary teaching career came to an appropriate end, I longed to discover my life purpose. Lots of interests drew me, and my inner voice consistently directed me to write, so I showed up at the computer. I confronted fear of intimacy to write personal material, yet when I didn’t write, I had physical pain with lack of energy and felt depressed, irritable, and/or sad.  I happily discovered my passion for speaking poetry to the accompaniment of my husband’s amazing keyboard music.
    My journey continues to unfold with fulfillment as I learn to integrate my loves of vocalizing my writing and deciphering messages from Spirit.
    The first key to utilizing our intuition is remembering to ask for guidance on a daily and situational basis. I’ve gone awry many times from forgetting to ask, even something as simple as, “Am I going the right way?” when I’m driving to a new location.
    The next step is to follow our instincts, which can be challenging. My heart guides me through my issues and fears when I surrender. At times I have  wandered from my path out of fear. It is important to work on being aware of what we are choosing and gently align ourselves with our authenticity in thought, word, action, and way of being.
    As we become more authentic, all that is superfluous or has created obstacles will fall away.  Anger and sadness from being untrue to the self will come up to be released.
    I’ve known three people who chose addictions rather than feel their feelings and fulfill their purposes. Their choices resulted in failed health and early death. Our experiences can worsen and force us to feel.  
    We can ask each morning to be guided and each night to have dreams that reveal the truth of our hearts. It is especially fun to watch for interesting messages during our day. They come in many forms from the synchronisity of a radio personality saying the same word I am writing to geese lined up on the lake, letting me know I’m doing better getting “my ducks in a row”. My book Star Kissed Shadows can be opened at random for insights. Have fun with it and laugh at your mistakes. You’ll improve with practice. Please post your favorite story about following intuition.

Intuitive Consultations & Poetic Inspiration
Need to shift your attention from worrisome challenges into the larger picture of your destiny? Sher Christian brings understanding to life and dreams for healing, joy, and fulfillment. Sher gives voice to your journey and sheds light with gentle encouragement on steps toward your goals. She bridges the material world and the numinous places of magic, opening you to imagery that helps materialize your vision.

Her poetry with music combines spiritual insights with sensual expression for luscious living from heart and soul. Sher and her husband John perform poetry and music for your groups and events. You can order her original book Star Kissed Shadows and their CD Sweet Tongue.

Phone Consultations are $60 for a half hour and $110 for an hour. Mention the blog and receive ten minutes free with no obligation or $20 off of your total consultation fee. Email poetrysher@gmail.com.

Feelings

Moving into the feeling level of awareness is critical for emotional, mental, and physical health. We love pleasure and cling to it while avoiding feelings of grief, fear, and anger. We’ve become so good at avoidance, that often we are not aware of these feelings. We rely on clues, like craving comfort food, shopping, computer activities, or the addiction of choice.   When not addressed and released constructively, emotions cause emotional and then physical congestion that results in myriad physical challenges, such as allergies, environmental sensitivity, clogged arteries, etc.

This does not mean that we are constantly at the mercy of our emotions. We need to acknowledge our feelings as they arise, so they don’t “create a backlog of unprocessed emotions”. Then we learn to question the truth of thoughts we are having that produce unpleasant feelings, and take the actions needed to make desired changes. When we change for the better, we might have a cleansing release of blocked emotions caused by our previous behavior patterns. When this happens, think of yourself as a conduit and allow the feelings to move through you without becoming identified with them. Then there will be more space in your being for joy.

Guess

How would life be if we embrace each moment
as if it were a long-lost love, home at last?
How would our lives be different
if we caress each hour with soft love,
welcome each day as a treasured friend,
never to be seen again?
What would our feelings do
if we kiss them like babies,
loved no matter if laughing or crying?
What would we think of ourselves
if we whisper sweet words of encouragement,
wrap ourselves in silky-soft affection,
even in the midst of disappointment?
How would our loved ones feel
if we cherish them with gentle compassion
in their sadness and anger?
How would we appear to others
if we see our inner beauty
when we look in the mirror?
What kind of world would we live in
if we see only God, choose only love,
laugh at seriousness,
know that life is a game
we’re guaranteed to win?
Guess.

Star Kissed Shadows, ©2004 Sher Lianne Christian

The Power of Poetry to Connect

Hello,
I love the way poetry speaks from my heart to another in a universal way. The following poem was inspired by a moment when a sweet neighbor in Nevada County stepped onto her porch to say goodbye to me. She placed her hands in prayer fashion and said, “Namaste”. I was struck by an ancient feeling of a similar experience in another lifetime and walked home down our dusty country road to write this poem.

An Ancient Hello

You bow to me with hands in prayer.
The beautiful vision you make
Reveals the long cord of our deep connection,
Winding down like stone stairs Into an ancient time
When we were sisters in spirit,
And you turned to bid me goodbye
In a gesture of love and honorable respect.
You said, “Namaste,” and bowed.
Today your goodbye is a hello
As I recognize a dear friend
I had lost long ago
In another place and time.
I honor the beauty of your soul.
My heart welcomes you.
Namaste

from Star Kissed Shadows, Divining Poetry
by Sher Lianne Christian

    A couple of years later, after my book had been published and I had moved to Sonoma County I was presenting a reading at a local bookstore. I asked the audience to choose a poem and a new friend chose “An Ancient Hello”. I read the poem and a deep feeling of an ancient connection welled up as tears as I looked into her eyes.
    I wonder if any of my readers of Star Kissed Shadows have stories to tell about how this poem or another touched them and/or connected them with someone in a special way. I invite you, dear readers, to post comments with your poem stories. Coleman Barks, who translates Rumi’s poetry, shared on a radio interview that the connection in friendship is true worship.
    I am deeply grateful for poetry and its role in reminding me that our journey is sacred and that loving and expressing our love is the true purpose of life.

If you don’t have copies of Star Kissed Shadows and Sweet Tongue, I invite you to purchase them for yourself and friends. They make lasting gifts of inspiration. One reader is giving a copy of our CD Sweet Tongue as a wedding present. Bill Gainer shares in his review, "There is a soothing romantic tone to this collection that invites the listener to surrender to the moment and allow the words and music to carry the imagination to a safe place.  Sher and John remind us that all things are possible, especially love.
For this reviewer, Sher and John Christian's new spoken-word CD, Sweet Tongue, Assorted Poems & Music, is an invitation to light the candles, pour the wine and pull the one I love close; an invitation well worth the listening."

John and I are available to provide our memorable poetry and music for your celebrations and meetings. Contact me at poetrysher@gmail.com for a free consultation regarding your event.

There are other services we share: We will create a CD with a personal guided visualization with my voice and John’s keyboard music designed especially with you in mind. We can focus on helping you move triumphantly through a current challenge of any kind, such as improving a relationship, finding your life purpose, raising income, creating vital health, and more.

I also do intuitive phone consultations that help you understand the spiritual lesson or opportunity in a situation and transcend the challenge.

John plays music for events, recordings that need a keyboard or Hammond organ, and films, videos, and commercials that call for the most perfect musical accompaniment.

Many Blessings,
Sher
Luscious Poetry:
Change the blues to Pleasure,
Turn Ho Hum events into HOT
Poetry & Music for Celebrations, Ceremonies, Retreats
Book: Star Kissed Shadows, Divining Poetry
CD: Sweet Tongue, Assorted Poetry & Music

Thoughts and Happiness

Happy Spring!

I just read about a powerful distinction in the book, Happy for No Reason by Marci Shimoff, coauthor of Chicken Soup for the Woman’s Soul and a featured teacher in The Secret. Marci shares, “according to scientists, we have about 60,000 thoughts a day... and for the average person, 80 percent of these habitual thoughts are negative. Our negative thoughts are like poison in our system, and positive thoughts are like medicine.” 

The reason we tend to focus more on the negative is that our primitive ancestors needed to be extremely aware of danger to survive. Unfortunately, Marci notes, this is disastrous for our happiness. She says the good news is “Your thoughts aren’t always true.”

I might have the thought, I have to work hard and long to make money. Rather than exhausting myself and getting depressed, because I don’t take time for rest or recreation, I can ask myself, is that true?  No, the truth is there are proven methods for working smart rather than hard.

The next time you find yourself having a thought that makes you feel unhappy, ask yourself if you absolutely know that it’s true. This awareness can free us from unhappiness and depression, allowing us to be enthusiastic and content.

Guess

How would life be if we embrace each moment
as if it were a long-lost love, home at last?
How would our lives be different
if we caress each hour with soft love,
welcome each day as a treasured friend,
never to be seen again?
What would our feelings do
if we kiss them like babies,
loved no matter if laughing or crying?
What would we think of ourselves
if we whisper sweet words of encouragement,
wrap ourselves in silky-soft affection,
even in the midst of disappointment?
How would our loved ones feel
if we cherish them with gentle compassion
in their sadness and anger?
How would we appear to others
if we see our inner beauty
when we look in the mirror?
What kind of world would we live in
if we see only God, choose only love,
laugh at seriousness,
know that life is a game
we’re guaranteed to win?
Guess.

copyright 2004, Sher Lianne Christian,
Star Kissed Shadows, Divining Poetry

CD Release Performance of “Sweet Tongue, Assorted Poetry & Music” by Sher and John Christian

CD Release Performance of “Sweet Tongue, Assorted Poetry & Music” by Sher and John Christian with Special Guest, Terry Ehret, Award-winning Poet and Former Sonoma County Poet Laureate
2:00 pm to 4:30 pm, Sunday, May 4 at The French Garden Restaurant in Sebastopol. Open Mike. No Cover.
    Sher and John will perform pieces from their CD, Sweet Tongue, Assorted Poetry & Music. John plays keyboard, accordion, and other instruments for an enchanting journey of words and music. John brings a splash of musical styles (Cajun, Jazz, Blues, Rock and Country) to ground her words in the moments lived.  He whispers when needed, boogies when called for and romances his keyboard as Sher untangles the mystery and magic of a night's firefly dreams." (Bill Gainer) Terry will also delight the audience with poems read from her wide array of poetry. John's functional copper sculptures will be on display on the patio: misting and sprinkling trees, fountains.
2:00 pm to 4:30 pm, Sunday, May 4 at The French Garden Restaurant in Sebastopol. Open Mike. No Cover.

Contact The French Garden restaurant at 707 824-2030 or www.frenchgardenrestaurant.com

Learn more about Terry’s work at http://www.terryehret.com

Read Sher Christian’s poetry and listen to Mp3 samples of Sweet Tongue: http://lusciouspoetry.typepad.com. Contact Sher at poetrysher@gmail.com.

    Sher and John moved from Nevada City to Sonoma County in November of 2005 to be near the ocean and expand careers in poetry and music. Sher taught poetry and creative writing for Sierra College and presented several poetry readings with John’s musical accompaniment, including "Revels of the Sensual Goddess". Her book, Star Kissed Shadows, Divining Poetry was published in 2004.
    In Sonoma County she offers poetry readings at tea parties for The Princess Rose in Sebastopol and for private and business groups. She is available for intuitive phone consultations that help others express their authenticity. Sher’s poems have been published in Sagewoman Magazine and Women’s Voices Newspaper. Her poetry invites us to step out of stress into the lush world of sensual grace.
    Sher’s husband John accompanies her expressive spoken word with keyboard music and sound effects in styles that include Cajun, rhythm and blues, jazz, and boogie woogie. Their CD Sweet Tongue, Assorted Poetry and Music was finished in October, 2007. Sher and John presented a CD release performance with Saul Rayo and Elena Powell in Grass Valley and were featured at The Nevada County Poetry Series and Valentine Erotique at The North Columbia Cultural Schoolhouse. They are available to perform for groups, weddings, memorials, all kinds of celebrations, and winery events.
    Sweet Tongue received a review by Bill Gainer, poet extraordinaire and co-author of Roxy found at  http://lcrow.com. Bill shares “Sweet Tongue, Assorted Poems & Music is a collection of twenty-three wonderfully crafted poems of place, each representing a location, time or moment in the lives of two people who find a deeper meaning of self, love and each other as they travel into the unknown. The poems chronicle the insights, awakenings and discoveries experienced as Sher and John hooked their camp trailer to the back of the car and journeyed from West Coast to East – simply in search of the next discovery. While Sher uses a unique blend of sensual expression and spiritual insight to convey the confessions, observations and emotions of her poems, John brings a splash of musical styles (Cajun, Jazz, Blues, Rock and Country) to ground her words in the moments lived.  He whispers when needed, boogies when called for and romances his keyboard as Sher untangles the mystery and magic of a night's firefly dreams. Though Sher and John's, Sweet Tongue, Assorted Poems & Music is a collaboration of two hearts, it sounds as if it is of one voice. There is a soothing romantic tone to this collection that invites the listener to surrender to the moment and allow the words and music to carry the imagination to a safe place.  Sher and John remind us that all things are possible, especially love. For this reviewer, Sher and John Christian's new spoken-word CD, Sweet Tongue, Assorted Poems & Music, is an invitation to light the candles, pour the wine and pull the one I love close; an invitation well worth the listening.”
                                                                                                               —Bill Gainer, co-author of Roxy
    Award-winning poet, Molly Fisk comments, "Sher Christian's poems will have you taking off your clothes and basking in the sun coming through your window-winter or summer-in no time at all. Her ear is finely tuned to the sensuousness of daily life."
                                                                                             —Molly Fisk, Author of Listening to Winter

“You Can’t Have Everything
but you can have a tongued velvet kiss beneath tall cedars and oaks flushed with new leaves. You can have a graze of caress up your thigh, the soft brush of summer on honeyed skin. You can have muscles sleek with love and  bliss in the buttery sun of morning. You can have birds singing in tree canopies, squirrels that leap, vibrant lobelia and petunias. You can have the smell of lavender and lemon thyme crushed between your fingers...” Excerpt from Star Kissed Shadows, Sher Lianne Christian

Terry Ehret is one of the founders of Sixteen Rivers Press. Literary awards for her previous collections, Lost Body and Translations from the Human Language, include the National Poetry Series, the Commonwealth Club of California Book Award, and the Nimrod/Hardman Pablo Neruda Poetry Prize. In 1997, as the writer-on-site at the Oakland Museum of California, she created a poetry audio tour for the Gallery of California Art; and from 2004-2006, she served as Sonoma County Poet Laureate. She has taught writing at San Francisco State and Sonoma State Universities, California College of the Arts, Santa Rosa Junior College, and with the California Poets in the Schools Program.  She currently leads private workshops in Sonoma County, California, where she lives with her family.  Lucky Break is her third book of poems.
“The sentences in Terry Ehret’s poems act like  spells to alter the expectations of logic. Intellect is so thoroughly integrated with heart and body that a kind of alchemical transformation takes place. Lucky Break is a collection full of the force and variety of this world and others—too large to hold, too wild to still.”
                                                                                           —Killarney Clary, author of By Common Salt

Learn more about Terry’s work at http://.www.terryehret.com.

Contact The French Garden restaurant at 707 824-2030 or http://.www.frenchgardenrestaurant.com

Read Sher Christian’s poetry and listen to Mp3 samples of Sweet Tongue: http://lusciouspoetry.typepad.com.

Warmly,
Sher Lianne Christian
Luscious Poetry:
Change the blues to Pleasure,
Turn Ho Hum events into HOT
Poetry & Music for Celebrations, Ceremonies, Retreats
Book: Star Kissed Shadows, Divining Poetry
CD: Sweet Tongue, Assorted Poetry & Music
Blog & Mp3 samples: http://lusciouspoetry.typepad.com/sherlianne/