Goodreads asked Cheryl Pearson:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Cheryl Pearson My first book, “Oysterlight”, is a collection of poems, mostly inspired by love, nature, and mythology. With regards to ideas for individual poems, I get inspiration from all over the place – news stories and podcasts, lines I’ve read in other poems, things I do, and people I know. My next collection is in progress, and a lot of poems in that book are looking at life through eyes that aren’t my own – a fishwife, the old woman who lived in the fairytale shoe, a mermaid trapped in an aquarium. I’ve felt more like a storyteller in this book – I wanted to explore other people, and imagine other existences, and I’ve loved creating those little glimpses into other worlds. Being a writer is a bit like being a baker sometimes, I think – you pull together the ingredients, shape them into something with your hands, and then you get to watch that something rise and change. I love that process so much.

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