“The Darkling Thrush” by Thomas Hardy (1840- 1928) read by Sher Schwartz

December 31, 2025

“The Darkling Thrush” by Thomas Hardy (1840- 1928) read by Sher Schwartz

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2 responses to ““The Darkling Thrush” by Thomas Hardy (1840- 1928) read by Sher Schwartz”

Anonymous

December 31, 2025 at 9:07 am

Hope! 80 days until the Vernal Equinox.
20° this morning.
There is vigorous activity at the bird feeder.
Quail scurry beneath the lilac bushes.
In 80 days those century old woody skeletons will be bedizened in spicy clusters of nosegay.

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1. Sher Schwartz
  
  December 31, 2025 at 9:11 am
  
  Beautiful and encouraging! Thanks for listening and commenting ❤️
  
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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.