Ko Un

February 25, 2025

“Mountain Well” by Ko Un read by Sher Schwartz

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February 20, 2025

“Sudong’s Swallows” by Ko Un read by Sher Schwartz

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Ko Un, South Korean Poetry
February 15, 2025

“Ignorant Man” by Ko Un read by Sher Schwartz

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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.

Ko Un

“Mountain Well” by Ko Un read by Sher Schwartz

“Sudong’s Swallows” by Ko Un read by Sher Schwartz

“Ignorant Man” by Ko Un read by Sher Schwartz