Sherry Sheehan
FlakeHQ's Poet Laureate

photo by Ronna Leon

Sherry Sheehan has been contributing poems about flaking since August 2001. Her poems are poignant, funny, profound — strong evidence that the pain and stigma of living with psoriasis can inspire art that matters. She accepted a designation as FlakeHQ's Poet Laureate in 2006. The work presented here is "about psoriasis." Sherry's oeuvre is much broader than that. For more poetry by Sherry Sheehan, click here. Read the FlakeHQ Interview with Sherry Sheehan here.

And here is an award-winning poem by Sherry: Though its subject is not psoriasis, its theme belongs to all of us. Reproduced here by special permission: EXPLANATION TO A GRIEF GROUP

RED BEACH
after a painting by Judy Molyneux
July 2008

ARTFUL HOME BREW
May 2008

NOISE
May 2008

WRITERS WITH SKIN LIKE OURS
March 2008

BAGGAGE
January 2008

A FLAKER'S FLOATER FACTS
November 2007

GRATEFUL ANYWAY
November 2007

FLAKERS & PEELERS
September 2007

GODS PLAY WITH US
July 2007

PERSONAL GEOGRAPHY
March 2007

SCALE
March 2007

COSTUMED
November 2006