Poetry News

Poetry News
Love in the Time of Coronavirus
by rosemerryt@gmail.com March 25, 2020
In these strange days of quarantine, there is still this great draw toward love. That’s the heart of the…
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A Pandemic Poem on Rattle.com
by rosemerryt@gmail.com March 15, 2020
All of us had a moment when the pandemic became real. Mine is related to watching avalanches. I wrote…
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Interview with Jane Hirshfield
by rosemerryt@gmail.com March 10, 2020
What does one of the most brilliant and compassionate minds of our time have to say about human action/inaction…
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What Is Our Purpose?
by rosemerryt@gmail.com January 30, 2020
And wouldn’t it be nice it the world just told us flat out what we were doing here? That’s…
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Emerging Form Podcast, Season Two!
by rosemerryt@gmail.com January 29, 2020
It’s a new year, and Christie Aschwanden and Rosemerry have a whole new season of Emerging Form dropping on…
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Telluride Daily Planet Reviews Piplantri, an Art & Poetry Exhibit
by rosemerryt@gmail.com January 24, 2020
If you’re unable to get to Telluride to visit Piplantri, an exhibit of 111 of my poems and 111…
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Interview in The Colorado Sun about Naked for Tea
by rosemerryt@gmail.com January 18, 2020
What was the scariest poem in Naked for Tea? What was the most interesting thing I learned while writing…
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Winner of the Halcyon Poetry Prize!
by rosemerryt@gmail.com January 6, 2020
I am thrilled to be selected as the winner of this year’s Halcyon Poetry Prize, which means that my…
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Leaning into Gratitude
by rosemerryt@gmail.com January 4, 2020
Sometimes we can really experience the wonder, gratitude and joy always available to us–and that’s what I explored in…
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DOOGOOD: Random Acts of Poetry
by rosemerryt@gmail.com November 19, 2019
Need some good news? Check out this fabulous Finnish website, DOOGOOD, which highlights the ripple effect from random acts…
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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

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