“My Son the Man” by Sharon Olds

February 10, 2024

“My Son the Man” by Sharon Olds

Click below to read “My Son the Man”

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48565/my-son-the-man

“My Son the Man” Afterward–– this time it is a video link to Sharon Olds reading a poem at the 2022 National Book Awards Finalist Reading. This video is 5 minutes long. Sharon Olds is totally disarming, and if you are poet you will love this short video and what she says about revision just before she reads “Quarantine” from her latest collection Balladz.

https://youtu.be/UEHLO3LnpSU?si=HiJq5icrlrqlR9y-

Let me know what images you find memorable in the poem “My Son the Man” — have you ever watched Houdini escape from a box?

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5 responses to ““My Son the Man” by Sharon Olds”

Anonymous

February 10, 2024 at 9:11 am

Absolutely one of my favorite poems. Thank you, Sher!

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1. Sher Schwartz
  
  February 10, 2024 at 9:44 am
  
  That’s great ! I love the imagery in this poem! I hope you enjoy the video too.
  
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Mary Ekstrand

February 10, 2024 at 1:15 pm

Loved the images in this! I also appreciated having the printed poem to see.

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1. Sher Schwartz
  
  February 10, 2024 at 2:29 pm
  
  That’s great hear Mary. I’ll try to make sure there is always text , so you can read the poem too. I know the voice goes by quickly.
  
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Anonymous

February 10, 2024 at 6:51 pm

What a metaphor!

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“I’m a retired Humanities professor, published essayist, poet, painter, singer, and old-time fiddle musician living on an historic two-hundred-acre farm in Eastern Oregon. I plant gardens for pollinators and revel in insects, bird dogs, donkeys, goats, cats, and American fantail and roller pigeons. My lyric landscapes are oak savannah, prairie, and riparian. Writing poetry gives me a way to express and question the rhythms I hear. My chapbook The Beautiful One’s Ark (2024) is available through The Poetry Box and online bookstores. Sher Poetry celebrates poetry as an oral language art. Each week I’ll share a poem from some of my work or from that of other poets who I love to hear.