Thursday, February 5, 2009
For as long as she can remember, Cheri Lu Woods has been writing poetry. It is only recently incarnation, however, that Woods has begun transforming her writing into lyrical performances on stage.
Woods credits the birth of this new style to the days when she used to work as a courier in Kansas City.
Cheri Lu Woods, with her dog Sojourner Truth Woods, has turned her poems into songs.
“It was inevitable that my gesturing, harsh words to other drivers and the talking to myself that I did while driving around town actually turned into some pieces that I felt were fit for recitation,” Woods says.
One such poem-turned-song relates to observations on various bumper stickers that she encountered during hours of commuting, including such phrases as “Your Boss is a Jewish Carpenter,” “Mean People Suck” and “My Child is an Honor Student.”
Woods has found sources of inspiration for her writing through authors such as Charles Bukowski and musicians such as Jim Croce and Bob Dylan.
“He’s as much a poet as a songster,” Woods quickly asserts, regarding Dylan.
More than anything, it’s about transcribing the moment onto paper—whatever happens to be on her mind at the time, Woods says.
“…where I went and how I got there, some attraction I have for someone, failed attempts at love, some oddball I saw on the street, some oddball that is me, my desire to define truth so that I might embrace it. My disdain for the world and my disappointment in myself,” Woods says.
Woods will be performing on stage tomorrow night at The Slap and Tickle Gallery between 6 p.m. and midnight at the Second Annual Erotica Art Show—erotica art from over 30 artists from Kansas City and New York—located at 504 E. 18th St. in Kansas City, Missouri.
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