Bard of the Everyday

May 18, 2024

“Applesauce” by Ted Kooser

Afterward for Ted Kooser’s “Applesauce” by Sher Schwartz I read “Applesauce” outloud at a Ladies’ lunch and art making event on May 17, 2024. My little watercolor I titled after Ted Kooser’s “Applesauce.” To see the poem click here —https://poets.org/poem/applesauce/print Continue reading

Afterward, Sher’s Voice

Bard of the Everyday, Danusha Lameris, Ted Kooser
February 26, 2024

“Our Jobs” by Penelope Scambly Schott (guest reader)

Penelope Scambly Schott guest reader–– her poem can be found in Crow Mercies, Calyx Books, 2010. Afterward: “Our Jobs.” Please enjoy the Afterward about Penelope’s poem “Our Jobs” and yes, that is a donkey braying about 1 minute in. Meet Ziggy the Donkey! Please click here to learn more about Danusha Laméris, her poetry, and Continue reading

Afterward, Guest Voice

Bard of the Everyday, Danusha Lameris, Guest Reader, Penelope Scambly Schott, Ziggy the Donkey

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.

Bard of the Everyday

“Applesauce” by Ted Kooser

“Our Jobs” by Penelope Scambly Schott (guest reader)