“Water Colors” by Ivor Gurney read by Sher Schwartz

May 6, 2025

“Water Colors” by Ivor Gurney read by Sher Schwartz

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8 responses to ““Water Colors” by Ivor Gurney read by Sher Schwartz”

Anonymous

May 6, 2025 at 10:30 am

I am the water. I also have a hundred fires. As the sky changes, I also change. Both the reflection of sky and thorn influence me. The blossom Truth. And beauty brief like the first dew I expire.

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1. Sher Schwartz
  
  May 6, 2025 at 11:17 am
  
  Wow, thank you for sharing your impressions of this poem. Mine were all visual impression of what could be seen along the river’s journey. Yours so lovely — a poem itself! Wonderful …
  
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tlapera5411

May 6, 2025 at 3:11 pm

I loved this and it made me think about how fascinating a still or flowing water surface can be – alive, but changing and reflecting the changing sky. Thank you for sharing it!

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1. Sher Schwartz
  
  May 6, 2025 at 5:29 pm
  
  Oh yes… so right… thank you for the reflection… glad you enjoyed this poem…
  
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youngdelightfully72e16c3bff

May 6, 2025 at 6:42 pm

Hi Sher, thanks for the poem! I didn’t know this one. for wh

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1. Sher Schwartz
  
  May 6, 2025 at 8:48 pm
  
  I’m glad you enjoyed it — more soon.
  
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Sher Schwartz

May 6, 2025 at 8:49 pm

A listener from Idaho writes: Evocative, awakening , simple—a beautiful poem I did not know. ! Grazie! Glad you’re back with your poetry! —

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1. Sher Schwartz
  
  May 6, 2025 at 8:50 pm
  
  Thank you– it’s been fun this poem is new for quite a few.
  
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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.