Sher Poetry

Voicing and Sharing Poems from a Wide Range of Voices.

January 15, 2025

“Butter” by Tony Hoagland read by Sher Schwartz

A conversational review in Terrain.org of Tony Hoagland’s final collection Turn Up the Ocean by Elizabeth Jacobsen and Derek Sheffield April 25, 2023 https://www.terrain.org/2023/reviews-reads/turn-up-the-ocean/ Continue reading

Afterward, Sher’s Voice

Tony Hoagland
January 9, 2025

“This is True” by Chris Abani read by Roy Hernandez.

In this deeply personal talk, Nigerian writer Chris Abani says that “what we know about how to be who we are” comes from stories. He searches for the heart of Africa through its poems and narrative, including his own. (note–a bit of strong language). The final poem he reads –“Ode to the Drum” by Yusef… Continue reading

Afterward, Guest Voice

Chris Abani, List poem, Ted Talk
January 5, 2025

“Welcome Home” by Parker J. Palmer

read by Sher Schwartz Continue reading

Afterward, Sher’s Voice

Parker J.Palmer, Winter Woods

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.

“Butter” by Tony Hoagland read by Sher Schwartz

“This is True” by Chris Abani read by Roy Hernandez.

“Welcome Home” by Parker J. Palmer