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 Clearing March 23, 2025every day I dismantle its nest,that fear that wings darklyinto my thoughtsRosemerry
- Return March 22, 2025There was a time I wonderedif I would ever wantto open my eyes again—today, I can’t stop falling in lovewith the glossy black backof the blackbird, the brightcrimson hues on its wing,the light song that tumbleslike praise from its beakas if to say, we are madeto return, we are made to sing.Rosemerry
- One Evening March 21, 2025listening to cellothe smile of wantingnothing but thisRosemerry
- Yes to the World: An Interview with Brian Draper March 20, 2025I felt so lucky to converse with author and spiritual leader Brian Draper of the UK as part of his series on Lent, and our hour-long interview has just been released. You can watch on youtube or you can listen to the audio here. We talk about showing up to a day creatively, the practice of saying […]Rosemerry
- Framing March 20, 2025In the photo on my phone, my son stands besidea key deer, one hand limp at his side, the otherextending toward the spindly creature,his delighted gaze on me where I stand behindthe camera. I don’t remember why he’s wearinga shoelace tied around his head, buthis hair is bunched up and the look on his face […]Rosemerry
- Practice in Being Present March 19, 2025As it is, I am grateful for the snow today,though yesterday I reveled in the warm airand clear blue sky that felt like spring.Today still feels like spring, but with snow.The geese still wander the field on foot,a thick white layer gatheringon the wide gray platforms of their backs.The swallows still soar and swoopin tight […]Rosemerry
- How March 18, 2025The pond ice gone a single day,and already the wild geesehave returned, filling the open waterwith riotous honking. Eventhe backyard feels like a teachingof how every emptiness invitessomething to fill it, if not featherthen feeling. I think of howin my most lonely moments,some strange beauty has wanderedinto my vision or woven its singularsong into my […]Rosemerry
- Anyone can see she’s a beautiful woman, but god, March 17, 2025for Erin Anyone can see she’s a beautiful woman, but god,she has never been more beautiful to me than whenI brought my great nephews to the loft of her barnand she picked up a red ping pong paddle and letthe small, fretful boy across the old green table make upthe rules for the game. And every […]Rosemerry
- One Bite March 16, 2025lemon cookie—even as I puckerI snuggle into a memoryRosemerry
- 4 upcoming programs (2 live, 2 online) with James Crews March 15, 2025Stubborn Praise Amazing poet, beloved friend and celebrated anthologist James Crews and I will be offering our next session of Stubborn Praise with the theme of Writing as Refuge next Tuesday, 3/18 at 5:30 p.m MT. The cost to join us is $19, and there will be a recording. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1234852369679?aff=oddtdtcreator Oh Broken-Open Heart: A Pre-Mother’s […]Rosemerry