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Get ready to be part of something extraordinary…The National Federation of State Poetry Societies (NFSPS) 65th Annual Convention and BlackBerry Peach SLAM are events like no other. Be part of it all in Overland Park, Kansas this July 23-27, 2026!  This year our Keynote Speaker be Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer. For her keynote, Rosemerry will present: …

How do we meet life and each other with deep respect and deep care? I am always grateful for the conversations on Turning Toward Life between Justin Wise and Lizzie Winn. This in this episode they use one of my poems, “In Case You Don’t Know Already,” one I wrote …

Join me and cultural historian Kayleen Asbo for an inspiring three-week series that weaves together art and poetry as prompts for your own creative writing exploration. Rilke was a student of art history, and no art affected him more powerfully than the sculptures of Rodin. After authoring a monograph on …

In this episode, I join host Lisa Keefauver for a heartfelt conversation exploring the complexities of grief, the power of poetry, and the importance of self-compassion in the grieving process. We dive deep into the role of metaphor as a way to metabolize grief, and how writing can serve as …

Please join me for a very special conversation with Ned Buskirk on You’re Going to Die: The Podcast. I read some poems and we talked about: how loss creates community how a writing practice helps us show up shifting our creative practice from wanting to be good to be true …

The Unfolding is now available as an e-book. Look for my 2025 Nautilus Book Award Silver Medalist book of poems via libraries, apps, retailers and subscription services. ABOUT: In The Unfolding, Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer startles us with the wonder, beauty, and sacred connection that blossom out of living wholeheartedly. Here …

I completely enjoyed this open-hearted conversation with Evonne Ellis about how we kill wonder—and how we nourish it, how to get out of our way in our creative practice, writing as a tool for self-witnessing and self-compassion, the work of a poet laureate, writing as a way to align ourselves …

This thrills me–Better Magazine has my book The Unfolding as their top title for books that “offer guidance, insight, and reassurance for readers navigating a complicated world.” That’s so the spirit in which I wrote these poems. Thank you so much to the staff and retreat leaders of Siena Retreat Center who …

An intimate conversation with poet Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer on grief, love and the art of saying yes to life as it is. What does it mean to stay open to life when the heart has broken? In this conversation with poet Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, we step into the sacred terrain …

Tell Me Something True What poem is inspiring me these days? I have long loved “The Thing Is” by Ellen Bass, and in this fabulous podcast, Living Poetry, along with host Susan Cunningham I read the poem and we talk about why I am so inspired by it. We also look at …