Author

rosemerryt@gmail.com

Poetry News
“Simple Tools” excerpted in Book Riot

by rosemerryt@gmail.com September 19, 2022

What a sweet surprise when a friend sent me a link to this article in Book Riot that quotes…

Read more

0 Facebook Twitter Pinterest Linkedin Tumblr Reddit Stumbleupon Whatsapp Email
Poetry News Words for You
“Big” on Arizona Public Radio

by rosemerryt@gmail.com September 19, 2022

A great new poetry audio program kicked off with one of Rosemerry’s poems. Let’s hear it for “Poetry Snaps!”…

Read more

0 Facebook Twitter Pinterest Linkedin Tumblr Reddit Stumbleupon Whatsapp Email
Poetry News
Online Poetry Weekend Retreat March 11 & 12, 2023

by rosemerryt@gmail.com September 19, 2022

Your perspective matters. How you see the world—the way you meet even the smallest moment—affects everyone and everything in…

Read more

0 Facebook Twitter Pinterest Linkedin Tumblr Reddit Stumbleupon Whatsapp Email
Poetry News Words for You
Three Poems in ONE ART, 9/11/22

by rosemerryt@gmail.com September 11, 2022

How might openness, connection and compassion grow from grief? That’s what I explore in three poems published today in…

Read more

0 Facebook Twitter Pinterest Linkedin Tumblr Reddit Stumbleupon Whatsapp Email
Poetry News Words for You
It’s No Small Thing to Trust Yourself

by rosemerryt@gmail.com September 2, 2022

The journey of self-compassion can be one of the hardest journeys of all. And I love the ways that…

Read more

0 Facebook Twitter Pinterest Linkedin Tumblr Reddit Stumbleupon Whatsapp Email
Poetry News Words for You
What Hope Looks Like

by rosemerryt@gmail.com September 2, 2022

How does hope influence our lives? I think about how Vincent van Gogh put so much hope into the…

Read more

0 Facebook Twitter Pinterest Linkedin Tumblr Reddit Stumbleupon Whatsapp Email
Poetry News Words for You
Where Do We Put Our Focus?

by rosemerryt@gmail.com September 2, 2022

It matters where we put our attention. That’s what I consider in this poem, “Stitching It Together,” published in…

Read more

0 Facebook Twitter Pinterest Linkedin Tumblr Reddit Stumbleupon Whatsapp Email
Poetry News Words for You
Reading of “Naked for Tea”

by rosemerryt@gmail.com August 1, 2022

On July 30, 2022, Rosemerry read poems from her book Naked for Tea as part of a trio of…

Read more

0 Facebook Twitter Pinterest Linkedin Tumblr Reddit Stumbleupon Whatsapp Email
Poetry News
The Art of Collaboration: van Gogh, Asbo & Trommer

by rosemerryt@gmail.com July 11, 2022

My dear friend composer/pianist/historian Kayleen Asbo and I want to offer you the video recording of our hour-long conversation…

Read more

0 Facebook Twitter Pinterest Linkedin Tumblr Reddit Stumbleupon Whatsapp Email
Poetry News Words for You
Writing about the Earth

by rosemerryt@gmail.com June 22, 2022

Reading and writing poems about the natural world can invite a deeper relationship with the earth and teach us…

Read more

0 Facebook Twitter Pinterest Linkedin Tumblr Reddit Stumbleupon Whatsapp Email

Wow, what a great response to both your reading and workshop.

Almost with tears in their eyes. Really. I have to tell you what was most mentioned as your fans applauded you; your family life, your reactions and theirs; it felt and sounded so real and most all of us have children so we all could relate. Unforgettable, you are.

Kathy Berg

Cortez Public Library, Poetry Corner Presents

Rosemerry, thank you.

For the first time in a long time I was moved to be creative and to use writing as a tool for healing. I could feel my stagnation begin to melt away in the Light that was presented today. I’ve been freeing up some space lately and asking that it be filled with people and things that inspire me to be the best version of myself and that is exactly what happened today.

Jackie

workshop participant

Revel in your own creativity.

To participate in one of Rosemerry’s poetry playshops, or to listen to one of her beautiful presentations, is an invitation to revel in your own creativity. She welcomes her audience into a landscape of words with a generous and irrepressible spirit, and speaks with a boundless compassion. Her love of poetry reaches out and connects with her listeners, opening a space with her audience that invites them to consider themselves, and their art, and their world, in new ways. To hear Rosemerry share her poetry is a felt gift. Her listeners cannot escape being touched.

Melissa Stacey

co-founder and organizer, Writers and Scribblers Literary Retreat

I think you have shifted the consciousness of my entire client base.

For this, and many other things, I thank you. You are perhaps the most professional person I’ve ever worked with. I’m amazed.

Craig Soren Nielson

Rural Community Assistance Corporation

Insightful, energizing, and entertaining.

Rosemerry, thank you so much for your inspirational program. The members of the American Business Women’s Association in Montrose left with fresh ideas on improving their work-a-day world and smiles on their faces.

Mavis Bennett

President, American Business Women’s Association, Black Canyon Charter Chapter

Through poetry, humor & song, Rosemerry brings the room to life.

Her highly interactive approach gives each child the opportunity to become a participant in a beautiful, creative experiment. With the support of Rosemerry, children are allowed to shine, to sing, to be silly – to be themselves, and everyone in the room leaves with the knowledge that living in this space of openness is always a possibility.

Erika Gordon

Coordinator for enrichment programming, Ridgway Elementary School

An extraordinary teacher and gifted poet.

Rosemerry’s talents have helped me achieve my dream of more publication. But what is most important to me is that I have learned to write with more confidence and understand more about how to craft deeper poems about deeper subjects. I have experienced healing, safety, trust, and fun in working with Rosemerry. When I bring a poem to her, I know she will continue to find ways to help me expand my creative potential. She never runs out of great ideas.

Phyllis Klein

An amazing talent to open up people’s creative minds.

There is some kind of magic in your smile, your encouraging energy, and amazing talent to open up people’s creative minds. You have facilitated a bit of a renaissance in our building. I have felt warm, enthusiastic vibes from even some of our more reserved teachers today. Of course, the students have it now and are exuding the joy of words big time.

Vicki Phelps

4th and 6th grade science teacher, Naturita Elementary School

Rosemerry touched their hearts.

Our students and staff benefited so much from Rosemerry’s visit. In just one afternoon of writing with her, people were surprised at how much they learned about their writing and their own process. She created a safe place where people were willing to risk. And the performance: Wow. I’ll never think of a sonnet the same again. Rosemerry has a way of grabbing the audience and delivering poetry in a way that makes it feel urgent and fun. As one woman said, ‘In my work, I just touch the surface of people. Rosemerry touches their hearts.’

Ruth Hackford-Peer

Associate Director of Student Life, Adams State College

A Better Place

The world is a better place because of Trommer’s poems.

Colorado Central Magazine

cozine.com/2018-september/book-review-naked-for-tea/