Sher Poetry

Voicing and Sharing Poems from a Wide Range of Voices.


Sher’s Voice

These poems are voiced by Sher Schwartz

  • “My Son the Man” by Sharon Olds

    Click below to read “My Son the Man” https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48565/my-son-the-man “My Son the Man” Afterward–– this time it is a video link to Sharon Olds reading a poem at the 2022 National Book Awards Finalist Reading. This video is 5 minutes long. Sharon Olds is totally disarming, and if you are poet you will love this short Continue reading

  • “Old Man” by Edward Thomas

    Click below for “Old Man” Afterward Click this link to learn more about Robert Frost and Edward Thomas’s friendship. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/jul/29/robert-frost-edward-thomas-poetry Read “Old Man” here https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57210/old-man-56d23a7a628f2 Continue reading

  • “Ermine” and Explaining Afterward

    “Ermine” by Tom Sexton “Ermine” can be found in Tom Sexton’s I Think Again of Those Ancient Poets published by University of Alaska Press, 2011. Click below for “Ermine” Afterward. Continue reading