It all started around 1960 when she got a job directing a choir at a small Methodist Church. On examining the limited choral library, she saw trite music and text that struck her as semtimental schlock. “Surely I can do better than this!” were those fatal words that set her to writing her own poetry. Over the years several hundred of her poems have been published in nationally circulared journals, and six collections are available via Amazon.com. Aren’t you written out? she’s often asked. The response is always that the world is endlessly fascinating. You don’t wait around for something to smack you or for something of life and death importance to crop up. “I’ve written about everything from roaches to publi hair”, she explains. “Everything has some significance. You just have to find it.” Sharon gives much credit to her circle of poets, The Gathering, for knocking her poems into shape. “They have taught me how to write better than I thought I could.” The group is always open to poets who aim to write for publication and have the patience to edit like crazy to make that happen. Contact her for information.
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Sharon Scholl is a retired college teacher who convenes The Gathering, a poetry critique group in the North Florida area. She maintains a website (freeprintmusic.com) that donates her original compositions to small, liberal churches. Her poetry chapbooks, Seasons, Remains, Evensong, and Classifieds, are available via Amazon Books. Her poems are currently in Third Wednesday and Epistemic Review.
