Sher’s Voice

These poems are voiced by Sher Schwartz

January 30, 2024

Morning Swim

Maxine Kunin’s “Morning Swim” can be found here https://www.loc.gov/programs/poetry-and-literature/poet-laureate/poet-laureate-projects/poetry-180/all-poems/item/poetry-180-137/morning-swim/ Sher’s reading comes from The Light Within: Portraits of Donald Hall, Richard Wilbur, Maxine Kumin & Stanley Kunitz by Jeanne Graham and published by David R. Godine, 2007. Continue reading

Sher’s Voice
January 27, 2024

The Sky is low––the Clouds are mean

click on audio player to hear Emily Dickinson’s poem from A Nature Poem for Every Day edited by Jane McMorland Hunter, Pavillon Books, 2018. Continue reading

Sher’s Voice

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

Morning Swim

The Sky is low––the Clouds are mean