Afterward

July 14, 2025

“The Hand” by Mary Ruefle read by Sher Schwartz

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Afterward, Sher’s Voice, SherPoetryEpisode
June 27, 2025

“The Layers” by Stanley Kunitz, read by Stanley Kunitz–afterward by Sher Schwartz

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Stanley Kunitz
June 19, 2025

“Stanley Kunitz” by Mary Oliver read by Sher Schwartz

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Afterward, Sher’s Voice, SherPoetryEpisode

gardens and poetry, Mary Oliver, Stanley Kunitz

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.

Afterward

“The Hand” by Mary Ruefle read by Sher Schwartz

“The Layers” by Stanley Kunitz, read by Stanley Kunitz–afterward by Sher Schwartz

“Stanley Kunitz” by Mary Oliver read by Sher Schwartz