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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 …

Join me on VOICE RISING with Voice Visionary Kara Johnstad for a luminous, no-holds-barred conversation celebrating the release of my brand-new spoken word album, RISKING LOVE. What if poetry could seduce us back into tenderness? What if sound, silence, and language became the bridge between heartbreak and hope? Flirty. Smart. …

On July 9, 2025, Rosemerry joined the Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County for their Soul Care Speaker Series. After losing a family member or loved one, grief can touch every part of our lives. Loss changes us. It also becomes a gateway for a growing fluency with love and paradox. …

What an incredible time I had conversing with two amazing humans, Shawn Parell and David Keplinger, about poetry as a way to show up in the world, how life lives us (instead of the other way around), the gift of reframing our stories (and reframing and reframing), a poem that …

Join me with the luminous Tei Taiyarï on his podcast, Wild Heart Revival, in a conversation about creative practice, opening the heart despite heartache, poetry and so much more. I love this podcast and the wonder, wisdom and generosity Tei brings to every episode. We talk about poetry as a …

Join me on Soul Stream’s “Living from the Heart” podcast for “contemplative practices, spiritual growth and authentic living,” where I had fun talking with host Rod Janz about how a daily poetry practice has changed everything, the influence of the natural world on my work, how my new book is a …

I had the chance to join this fabulous podcast devoted to conversations that help us awaken and find a greater sense of the divine in the here and now. I share poems from The Unfolding, and we talk about creative practice, presence, how grief changes us (and how grief changes), showing …

Oh yay!!! Yay!! For many years I have loved reading The Marginalian curated by Maria Popova … and I had this fantasy that one day she would include one of my poems. AND IT HAPPENED!!!!! This week she shared one of my poems on wonder (that I just wrote at …

I LOVE when poetry can be deeply useful. In this thoughtful podcast, aimed at parents of young children who want to be perfect parents, I speak with Sam Shapiro about self-compassion and about my experiences working as a parent educator. Here’s an excerpt from a letter Sam sent out: Sometimes …