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Where to go when our heart is raw and our limbs are tired? When our bones and brittle and the landscapes barren, are there fat raindrops that wash away the pain? Can the scratch of our pen against plain white paper bring us hope when conversations seem senseless? Join Kara …

What a sweet surprise when a friend sent me a link to this article in Book Riot that quotes from “Simple Tools,” a poem about learning from a spatula. The author says, Remembering this poem breaks me out of the stress cycle whirring in my mind. It reminds me that …

A great new poetry audio program kicked off with one of Rosemerry’s poems. Let’s hear it for “Poetry Snaps!” Hosted by poet and storyteller Steven Law. Rosemerry talks briefly about writing the poem “Big” and then reads it. Big This is, perhaps, the year to learn to be big. Spruce …

Your perspective matters. How you see the world—the way you meet even the smallest moment—affects everyone and everything in the world around you. The stories you tell yourself and others create the big conversation—what are we doing here? What does it mean to be alive? But practically speaking, how do …

How might openness, connection and compassion grow from grief? That’s what I explore in three poems published today in the wonderful ONE ART: a journal of poetry. In addition to our country’s history with 9/11, it would have been my son Finn’s 18th birthday today. For all who are grieving, …

The journey of self-compassion can be one of the hardest journeys of all. And I love the ways that Lizzie Winn and Justin Wise discuss it in practical and poetic terms in their podcast Turning Towards Life.  In this episode, they use one of my poems, “Above the Paradox Valley,” …

How does hope influence our lives? I think about how Vincent van Gogh put so much hope into the home where he planned to live and paint with Paul Gaugin, and I love the art that was made in these hope-rich days before the visit went sour. That’s the theme …

It matters where we put our attention. That’s what I consider in this poem, “Stitching It Together,” published in the wonderful Journal of Radical Wonder.  Stitching It Together In our imperfect world/ we are meant to repair/ and stitch together/ what beauty there is ​ — Stuart Kestenbaum, “Holding the Light” …

On July 30, 2022, Rosemerry read poems from her book Naked for Tea as part of a trio of readers all published by Able Muse Press. Hosted by Rebecca Starks, the program also includes James Pollock and Jennifer Reeser. Each poet reads for about 15 minutes, followed by a question …

My dear friend composer/pianist/historian Kayleen Asbo and I want to offer you the video recording of our hour-long conversation about Vincent Van Gogh, loss and The Art of Creative Collaboration– click here. This project has been such an important part for each of us in holding on to hope and beauty …