“Banyan” by Mary Oliver read by Sher Schwartz

June 4, 2025

“Banyan” by Mary Oliver read by Sher Schwartz

Regarding the banyan tree–other sources report the oldest tree covers over 5 acres and is located in the small village Kadiri in India. (Times of India)

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4 responses to ““Banyan” by Mary Oliver read by Sher Schwartz”

Anonymous

June 4, 2025 at 4:09 pm

I saw a great banyon in southern India. It looked like a forest of banyons but it was of one source. It was the size of a football field. This has me contemplate how families are also of one source— connected through a common source.

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  June 4, 2025 at 4:29 pm
  
  How wonderful you saw a banyan in India! I like that observation about families and their wide spread net. Thanks for commenting…
  
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Sher Schwartz

June 5, 2025 at 5:42 pm

“what a beautiful poem by Mary Oliver! I especially like the image of the cattle egrets flying off as ribbons of white”

From a listener in Idaho

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tlapera5411

June 9, 2025 at 11:13 am

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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.