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How do we stay open, engaged, and whole in a world that feels like it’s coming apart? I am so grateful to be a part of Refuge, this new anthology of essays and poetry created for a moment such as this—when the world is increasingly divided and heading dangerously off …

You know those little sounds people just can’t help but make … I love them. Here’s a poetic homage to the sigh, the groan, the rumble … published in the amazing Braided Way Magazine. Read Involuntary < click  

Rosemerry invites you to sign up for this retreat during the early bird rate period. Freedom in Restraint: Writing into Less as More Courage & Renewal facilitator Marcia Eames-Sheavly and poet-teacher-storyteller Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer will co-lead this unique online mini-retreat experience. This retreat will be grounded in the Courage & …

We are so connected–through our griefs, through our conversations, through the way we meet the world–these two poems, published today in the wonderful Vox Populi, explore the ways in which we are connected to all that is. Read the two poems in Vox Populi  (click)

What a thrill to perform with three heart heroes of mine — Kim Rosen, author of Saved by a Poem and poetry performer extraordinaire Glen Velez, frame drummer who has won 4 Grammys and has traveled the world making music Noah Hoffeld, cellist who plays with Krishna Das and is …

TWO POEMS: A poem on silence–what if we really listened to each other, America? And another on the sweet, primal sounds people make … I am so grateful to the wonderful Vox Populi for sharing these two poems and to Michael Simms for pairing them so beautifully–I love how the pairing becomes …

I am so grateful to have poems included in The World Prayer Project, a resource of both historic and contemporary prayers being gathered from all spiritual traditions around the world into a unified internet-based archive for the purpose of inspiration, study and cross-cultural appreciation. Other voices included are Dr. Maya Angelou, Thich …

It was incredible to be in conversation with two of my heart heroes, singer Carrie Newcomer and author, educator and activist Parker J Palmer, and oh, such a conversation! I love The Growing Edge podcast, filled with humor and sorrow and outrage and openness. We talk about the role of …

What should you do if an alligator chases you? What is your current hyperfixation? How can looking out the window save your life? And what do you do when someone compliments you on your costume? These are the themes of the four poems that came out in ONE ART: a …