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How do we meet the moment as vulnerably, openly, and intimately as possible? One pathway is through poetry — reading, writing and conversing about it. On March 25, 2021, poet Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer shared poems and stories about how a daily writing practice can become an open invitation to explore …

I LOVE the ONE ART poetry journal, and I’m delighted to have two new poems published there on March 29, 2021–a small light and small hope. Ode to the Bic Lighter My first lighter I found in a parking lot— a smooth red plastic tube that fit in my pocket. …

Join Rosemerry, Billy Collins, Naomi Shihab Nye, Jack Ridl, Alison Luterman, David Lee, Bil Lepp and many more as they explore the many pathways to the heart through poetry, story, essay and music in this online presentation of Power of Poetry, hosted by Alan Cohen.

Join Rosemerry, Jack Ridl, Naomi Shihab Nye, Ellen Bass, Alison Luterman, David Lee, Jon D. Lee, Valencia Robin, and many many more as they explore what it is to be alive. Music, story, poetry, and communion in this powerful online presentation for Power of Poetry, hosted by Alan Cohen.

Isn’t it wonderful when we meet a new friend? And it changes EVERYTHING about how we see the world? And infuses our faith in humanity? Yeah. That’s the subject of this poem, “Darn Lucky,” published on Gratefulness.org.   Darn Lucky It happens, you know—the day opens itself like a tulip …

Silence. Art. Re-wilding. Community. Join us in this recording of the “plasma night club” hosted by the amazing Jesse Maloney and Orlando White. This premier edition of MIDNIGHT INSIGHT featured me and the supremely talented Toni Oswald. Recorded March 13, 2021.

Holiday Mathis and Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer collaborate again in this poetry video celebrating love–the rain and the river and the moon of it all–the coming together, the brokenness, the beauty. * Love, Though I am undeniably broken, I come to you with no need to be fixed. I come to …

Join co-hosts Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer and James Crews for Stubborn Praise: An evening celebrating here and now through poetry. This program, recorded on March 9, 2021, featured guest Ellen Bass. All three poets read, Ellen includes new work and some of her most beloved poems including Relax, The Thing Is, …

I love the Turning Towards Life Podcast in which co-hosts Lizzie Winn and Justin Wise discuss poems and other texts and help us see how they inform the choices we make in our daily lives. On their February 28, 2021 episode,  they explore my poem “Saying Yes” and discuss the …

It’s never been more important to treat each other with tenderness–that’s the theme of this brief cinepoem created by the amazing astrologer/songwriter/trash-picker/inspiration waterfall Holiday Mathis.  I love what happens with poetry meets image–thank you, Holiday!!! Collaborations are so much better than playing alone.