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In this 40-minute poetry thoughtshop offered via Zoom on July 21 (a program initially beset with wifi issues that have been edited out), Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer shares poems about resilience, reinvention and leaning into the unknown that help us re-see the world, reframe our thoughts, and open to life as …

So much is new in this this time of COVID-19. And one thing I’ve had to learn how to do–cut hair. In this poem published in Journal of the Plague Year, I explore how it’s one small example of a bigger invitation toward resilience.

Remember when we used to get together in person? Well, thanks to Telluride Arts and their fabulous open air space, the Transfer Warehouse in Telluride, I have two readings IN PERSON. This article talks a little about Hush and the times we’re in now.

When Ted Kooser was the US Poet Laureate, about ten years ago, he created a newspaper column, American Life in Poetry, and this week, one of my poems–about a Fourth of July Parade–was featured today! It’s extra special because this year there will be no parade here in Telluride. But …

View these 56 art and poetry boxes–collaborations made by some of the best poets and artists in America right now. I’m thrilled to have written poems for two boxes, for Marianne Kolb and for David French. The proceeds from these boxes go to artist relief funds. For more information and …

  Invite yourself to an evening of poetry, recorded on May 29, 2020, that wholly meets the moment, its losses and fears, and helps us also to see small kindnesses, stubborn blessings, and renegade beauty. After the readings is a conversation harvested from questions and comments about how to make …

Write into uncertainty. In this 40-minute presentation, Rosemerry shares poems, ideas, encouragements and prompts about how to let uncertainty be our guide. Recorded on April 28, 2020, as part of the Stay in Place Virtual Writing Conference hosted by WordCrafter.

What beautiful surprise to find my poem “Perhaps It Would Eventually Erode, But” discussed in such a thoughtful, mindful, truth seeking conversation between Justin Wise and Lizzie Winn. They explore the shoulds, the very subtle longing to control, the impact on our creativity if we stop efforting, the willingness to …

Sometimes we feel as if someone else really gets us–that’s how I felt listening to this interview I did with Laura Joyce Davis on her podcast Shelter in Place. I’m episode 50–that means she’s made 50 podcasts since the Shelter in Place order began mid-March 2020 exploring what it means …

As part of Rattle’s weekly livestream video podcast, I spoke with editor Tim Green about metaphor, poetry as play, why poems, the benefits of a daily practice, and more, plus readings from Naked for Tea, Hush, Even Now and new poems. Followed by a fun open mic of run-on sentence …