“Purple” by Kwame Dawes

June 21, 2024

“Purple” by Kwame Dawes

Afterward: “Purple” by Sher Schwartz

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https://poets.org/poem/purple

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https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/kwame-dawes

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Afterward, Sher’s Voice

father daughter relationship, Kwame Dawes, Mathew 7: 9-11

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Sher Schwartz

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4 responses to ““Purple” by Kwame Dawes”

Anonymous

June 21, 2024 at 12:27 pm

o that daughter had to be a teenager.

p u r p le 💜

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1. Sher Schwartz
  
  June 21, 2024 at 4:20 pm
  
  Thank you all for your comments, and yes, it does sound like she could have been a teenager. That comment brought a smile.
  
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Anonymous

June 21, 2024 at 2:55 pm

5 Stars

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dalechamp

June 21, 2024 at 7:31 pm

Such an inspirational poem!

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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.