He composed a jeu parti with Gillebert de Berneville and possibly another with Guillaume le Vinier.
He also mentions in his poems Jeanne, Countess of Ponthieu, and the Sire du Roeulx (Rués).
According to Theodore Karp, "Herier's poetry displays a certain elegance, but is commonplace in thought and imagery."
Karp considers Bien me sui aperceus and Ja ne lairai mon usage to be more ornate than the others.
He was responsible for numerous les grande chansons courtoise in the style of the vernacular lais,[2][3] which often address the irony, in the protagonist's view, of falling in love with a woman when this makes her one's "lord and master" in doing so.