Sharon Arthur has a B.S. degree in therapeutic recreation and a B.F.A. degree in painting and printmaking. She had a successful 20-year career as an artist and a painter in oils on canvas, with a commercial fine art gallery in Duck, North Carolina. She was a caregiver for her elderly parents for the past 10 years, until their passing. She began writing poetry after her father’s death as an outlet for her grief. When her mother died, she began to write short stories as well. Her parents were professional writers, so she comes by her writing talent naturally. She feels her parents are helping her to write these poems—that their beautiful spirits still live through these words.

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In addition to publishing The Wind Softly Murmurs: Poems of Family Love and Loss, Ms. Arthur had poems selected by Transcendent Zero Press for their literary magazine Harbinger Asylum, Vita Brevis Poetry Anthology and River Poets Journal.

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As mentioned above she also had a career as an artist. Since we are not one thing in life, we are many, she would like to share her artwork with you here as well. She has her own artist’s website address on the Fine Art America website where you can view her oil paintings on canvas. You can also see some of her paintings by clicking on the heading above marked: “Art Work.”

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She currently works as a music lyricist, collaborating with musicians to write songs. This is a natural progression of being a poet. She doesn’t play any musical instruments she only writes the lyrics for the songs, so she finds musicians to work with who can put words to music.