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Why Roar? At 38, I discovered my writer’s voice and began to write like crazy about my observations of life...what troubles me, what delights me and what I have learned from other people’s lives and stories. I have found this writing helps me to better understand my self, my world and other people. Sometimes I use my own stories or self as reference point, but always with the intention to represent our collective life as human beings and always hoping that my writing will connect with others through identifying the challenges and the humor of our everyday experiences that I release and give voice to. I believe this source that has inspired my writing is my deeper self, it’s the soul of me and I believe everyone has this entity in them as well, waiting to be unleashed in one way or another and when we do, we give it voice... we do indeed roar.-- Cheryl Perreault Cheryl Perreault is a poet and spoken word artist who performs poetic storytelling from her writings. She is often joined in by the improvisational-style musical fusion of sologuitarist Steve Rapson. Their combined performances have been described as inspirational observations of everyday life that can be witty, emotionally riveting and embracing of our human condition. Themes in performance typically focus on the celebration of being human and address funny and touching observations of parenting and everyday family life, facing middle age and its wrinkles, recognizing the contributions of ethnic ancestors, trying to make the most out of getting lost on the backroads of Massachusetts and the immortalization of the little black dress. Steve Rapson has produced two cds of their collaboration of music and poetry including On Ants, Sandwiches and the Meaning of it all (soloperformer.com) and Roar. Cheryl Perreault's poetry has been published upon invitation and will soon be featured in May 2010 Somerset Studio as part of the art-form and article written by Becky Shander titled "Portable Prayers". Cheryl is also currently executive producer and host of a monthly poetry and music venue at HCAM TV Studio known as Wake up and Smell the Poetry which takes place before a live audience and is aired on HCAM cable television in Hopkinton. In addition, she co-facilitates the monthly Women's Art Forum, a program of the Hopkinton Cultural Arts Alliance in Hopkinton with Geri Holland and is poetry columnist and free-lance writer for local news sources with columns known as The Brighter Side: A column of prose and prescription for community, parenting, and managing everyday life co-authored with Abbie Rosenberg, and Meet Your Neighbor. Cheryl also works as a hospice volunteer/memoir writer for U-Mass Memorial and has worked as a part-time instructor for Northeastern University, where she has taught courses in introductory topics of psychology, developmental psychology, senior seminar in psychology and the psychology of women. She provides workshops and group discussions on the writing and reading of poetry as it relates to our daily life to a diversity of groups including women writers, women in treatment for addiction to drugs and alcohol, nursing homes, Alzheimer residential facilities church groups and elementary school settings. She has given lay sermons on poetry and spirituality at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Sherborn and has also shared poetry and presented workshops for the Women's Dream Factory and with author/activist Julie Nardone "How to stop being so busy and start living a more meaningful life". She can be contacted at cbperreault@gmail.com. |
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