Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
Read the latest from my poetry blog, “A Hundred Falling Veils“, where there’s a poem in every day. You can use this link to subscribe.
A Hundred Falling Veils
- One Too Late October 20, 2025only after the blazehas leapt its stone ringprocuring a bucket of waterRosemerry
- One Peaceful October 19, 2025deep currents of citizensmoving through streets—tide of great changeRosemerry
- The Holding October 18, 2025for Vivian Just today, you asked meto hold the front door open,your own hands too fullwith a peach smoothie,a cup of tea, your backpackand dance bag and lunch box.It gave me such joy,this small act of service,though now I also see itas practice in letting you go.I followed you out the doorinto the frost-limned world,yellow leaves […]Rosemerry
- While Thinking About Letting Go October 17, 2025I hold a sunflower in my heart,not in golden bloom, but filledwith small, dry seeds,a desiccated husk of a disk, brittleand brown. I hold it hereas a reminder some giftslook unwanted at first.I remember the autumn afternoonI went to pull the dead remainsfrom the garden, then watchedas the Stellar’s jays landedatop the tall dark stalksand […]Rosemerry
- Two Radiances October 16, 2025hours agoI lit a golden candlesticknow only honey-scented space— years since you’re goneeverywhere I go,the perfume of you—Rosemerry
- All the Tears October 15, 2025As I cry chopping onions,I imagine the onionscry for me, too, andwith each slice, theywonder when I will everpeel off all these layers I’vebeen adding in the nameof growth. When I addthe onions to the pan,they become more clear.You can do it, too,they seem to say. Let the world open youand weep with the giftof […]Rosemerry
- One Not Just with the Ears October 14, 2025teaching our voicesto kneel to each other—such a genuine way to listenRosemerry
- Not Alone October 13, 2025Through the throngand past the chatterwe slipped into a smallblue sitting roomand there at the edgeof the chaos, she told mewhat the doctor said.The world becamewhirlpool, no shorein sight, andwe met in a perfectstillness, holdingto each other, ourfriendship like driftwood,no way to steer, butfor that moment, wefloated, floated! no small thing asall around usuncertainty crestedand […]Rosemerry
- Watching the Shy Young Poet Receive Her Applause October 12, 2025Like a river in flood stage,her smile broke its banksand changed the landscapeof the room, or perhapsher smile was more likea night-blooming cactusthat charges the duskwith honest perfume.That moment she stood thereand let the cheering in,receiving our appreciation like rain,oh, her smile then, may I never forget it,so rare, this gift released,the girl untamed.Rosemerry
- You, the Light October 11, 2025I thought the wayto hold youwas by foldingmyself around you,gentle but tight,the way the handwraps around pebble,acorn, coin,and now thatyou’re not here,the love no less great,I stand outsidewith my empty,upturned handsand understandopening themis the only wayto hold light.Rosemerry