Sher Poetry

Voicing and Sharing Poems from a Wide Range of Voices.

June 8, 2024

“How to Triumph Like a Girl’ by Ada Limón

Afterward: Ada Limón’s “How to Triumph Like a Girl” by Sher Schwartz Six minute video about Ada Limón and her work Click below to read “How to Triumph Like a Girl.” https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/149814/how-to-triumph-like-a-girl Continue reading

Afterward, Sher’s Voice

Ada Limón, Library of Congress, US Poet Laureate
June 3, 2024

“Fox Trot Fridays” by Rita Dove

Rita Dove shares why she wrote “Fox Trot Fridays” Afterward by Sher Schwartz Click on this link to read Rita Dove’s “Fox Trot Fridays” https://www.ronnowpoetry.com/contents/dove/FoxTrot.html Continue reading

Afterward, Sher’s Voice

Ballroom Dancing, Foxtrot, Rita Dove
May 27, 2024

“Litany” by Billy Collins

Follow the link below to view the poem https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/browse?contentId=41391 Afterward: “Litany” by Sher Schwartz Continue reading

Afterward, Sher’s Voice

Bard of Everyday, Billy Collins, Danusha Lameris

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.

“How to Triumph Like a Girl’ by Ada Limón

“Fox Trot Fridays” by Rita Dove

“Litany” by Billy Collins