Sher’s Voice

These poems are voiced by Sher Schwartz

November 7, 2025

“Putting in Footings” by Clemens Starck (1931-2024)

read by Sher Schwartz Note: A listener in Mexico let me know I made an error in referring to University of Oregon in Corvallis when it should have been Oregon State University in Corvallis as being the place Starck worked in maintenance for over 20 years. Thanks Reed Stewart for the heads up. Continue reading

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Clem Starck
October 21, 2025

“I Remember the Carrots” by Ada Limón read by Sher Schwartz

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October 13, 2025

“Life in Reverse” by George Carlin (1937-2008) read by Sher Schwartz

Click below to read “life in Reverse” by George Carlin: https://billjohnsononline.com/life-in-reverse/ Continue reading

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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.

Sher’s Voice

“Putting in Footings” by Clemens Starck (1931-2024)

“I Remember the Carrots” by Ada Limón read by Sher Schwartz

“Life in Reverse” by George Carlin (1937-2008) read by Sher Schwartz