Poetry Café

Roberta Schultz, MA, BA in English and Rank I in Education, is a singer songwriter and poet from Wilder, KY. She performs regionally with critically acclaimed Raison D’Etre, a women’s harmony trio specializing in swing harmonies, cowboy anthems, and American music. Raison D’Etre has 9 recordings and one concert DVD to their credit. The group is featured in Kentucky’s Performing Arts Roster.

As a solo performer, Roberta is included on arts rosters in both Kentucky and Ohio.  She is a Trained HealthRhythms Facilitator with over a decade’s experience leading wellness drum circles for seniors, veterans, recovery treatment centers, and schools.

Like an original “bard,” Roberta Schultz is both singer songwriter and poet. Her work has appeared in Pine Mountain Sand & Gravel, Still: the Journal, Kakalak, I Thought I Heard a Cardinal Singand other anthologies. Four of her songs have been selected for Women Speak, Vol 7 & 8. She tours with the Women of Appalachia Program to present the Women Speak anthologies in Ohio and Kentucky. Three of her chapbooks, Outposts on the Border of Longing, Songs from the Shaper’s Harp, and Touchstones are published by Finishing Line Press. Her fourth chapbook, Asking Price is forthcoming from Workhorse Writers Collaborative.

Underscore, her first full-length poetry collection was published in May 2022 by Dos Madres Press.

Visit Roberta's website to see her full works.