Sher Poetry

Voicing and Sharing Poems from a Wide Range of Voices.

Guest Voice

August 8, 2024

“If I Only Had a Brain” by Dale Champlin read by Dale Champlin

Afterward for “If I Only Had a Brain” by Sher Schwartz (historic information comes the Smithsonian Associate seminar The History of Barbie presented by historian Leslie Goddard 2023.) If I Only Had a Brain Barbie has started to write poetry.For her, time seems to be standing still.She believes in life on distant planets.The people might… Continue reading

Afterward, Guest Voice

Barbie, Dale Champlin, Leslie Goddard, Ruth Handler, Smithsonian Associates
July 25, 2024

“In Xóchitl In Cuicatl / Flower Song” by Francisco X. Alarcón Guest Reader Roy Hernandez

Click below to see text of the poem. https://poets.org/poem/flower-song-flor-y-canto-xochitl-cuicatl Afterward for “Xóchitl in Cuicatl Flower Song” Roy Hernandez and Sher Schwartz Click below to watch a short video showing Alarcón teaching poetry to children. Continue reading

Afterward, Guest Voice

Aztec language, Chicano, Flower Song, Francisco X. Alarcon
July 12, 2024

“Night Train” by David Salner guest reader Bruce Schwartz

Afterward for David Salner’s “Night Train” by Sher and Bruce Schwartz David Salner has worked as an iron ore miner, steelworker, machinist, bus driver, cabbie, longshoremen, teacher, baseball usher, and librarian. “The Poet Laureate of the working people”–Willian Heath I was not able to provide the text of this poem for you, but here is… Continue reading

Afterward, Guest Voice, Sher’s Voice

Bruce Schwartz, David Salner, Guest Reader

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.

Guest Voice

“If I Only Had a Brain” by Dale Champlin read by Dale Champlin

“In Xóchitl In Cuicatl / Flower Song” by Francisco X. Alarcón Guest Reader Roy Hernandez

“Night Train” by David Salner guest reader Bruce Schwartz