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December 31, 2024

“The Darkling Thrush” by Thomas Hardy

read by Vivienne Popperl You can read the full text of Thomas Hardy’s “The Darkling Thrush” here https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44325/the-darkling-thrush Continue reading

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New Year, Thomas Hardy
December 22, 2024

“Winter Solstice” author unknown

read by Sher Schwartz Continue reading

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Winter Solstice
December 15, 2024

“Dead Sea” by Naomi Shihab Nye read by Sher Schwartz

This poem can be found in The Tiny Journalist by Naomi Shihab Nye https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-tiny-journalist-naomi-shihab-nye/6458778?ean=9781942683735 Continue reading

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Dead Sea, Naomi Shihab Nye, The Tiny Journalist

About Me

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. To comment on a post or to reach me send an email to voices@sherpoetry.com

Afterward

“The Darkling Thrush” by Thomas Hardy

“Winter Solstice” author unknown

“Dead Sea” by Naomi Shihab Nye read by Sher Schwartz