The Mama of Dada - Sheri-D Wilson has been called one of North America's most compelling "action" poets. Her unparalleled performance style is rich with erotic jazz, infused with a sharp feminist sensibility, and laced with a dangerous wit.

Sheri-D Wilson explodes onto the pop music scene with her highly anticipated debut CD sweet taste of lightning. Based on sheri-d's previous writings and two new works, the recording is masterfully arranged by hip-guitarist Russell Broom. This collection perfectly matches word with music in a seamless performance of sexy, humorous social commentary. Song-poems fly off the disk with a rhythmical electric charge transporting the listener into the surreal world of sheri-d wilson.

Her live performanceireadings include: The Vancouver International Writers Festival, Bumbershoot (Seattle), Harbourfront Reading Series (Toronto), Spoken Word Festival (Montreal), PanCanadian Wordfest (Calgary/Banff), Brainwash Reading Series (San Francisco), and The Small Press Festival (New York).

Sheri-D has four collections of published poetry: Bulls Whip & Lambs Wool (Petarade Press), Swerve (1993, Arsenal Pulp Press), Girls Guide to Giving Head (1996, Arsenal Pulp Press), and The Sweet Taste of Lightning.

She participated In the Word Up project, which included a spoken word anthology, a CD with Virgin Records, and a video with MuchMusic (Toronto). Sheri-D's work is also featured in Poetry Nation (Vehicule Press).

She participated in the "Action Poetry" symposium at The Banff Centre; attended The Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at Naropa in Boulder, Colorado; and was invited to the Woman's Millennium Project at the Playwright's Workshop in Montreal to work on her new play The Eternal Eyes of Leticia Knight.

Her play Confessions: A Jazz Play, was performed at Tamahnous Theatre (Van.), published in Theatrum (T.O.). She co-created/performed Boy Wonder with Ballet B.C.

Gordon Lightfoot, Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen ... genetically tinker with these Canadians and add a chromosome of Patti Smith and a double-helix strand from Jim Carroll... you have Sheri-D Wilson.

- San Francisco Examiner

Fasten your seatbelts, ladies and gentlemen: here's action poet Sheri-D Wilson dancing her way onto the page with rawness and rage. This book is a live performance.

- Anne Waldman

A beautiful work devoted to some of the things that are precious to me. This work understands the importance of giving honour to the anima, the feminine spirit, in fact the Goddess. When in doubt Swerve.

- Marianne Faithfull