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Join poets and friends Jack Ridl and Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer as they spend an hour sharing poems back and forth and talking about poetry in the pandemic–and poetry all ways, always. From gravity to levity and all spots in between.

The fabulous Laurie Wagner, a writer and writing teacher in the Bay Area, hosted this 20-minute interview with me about finding inspiration for writing, dancing with imperfectionism, and the benefits of a daily practice. It’s part of a writing series she is offering. Until May 11th she is offering, for …

Join Rosemerry and authors Amy Irvine and Craig Childs as the three friends explore what it is to be alive in this time of the pandemic–how does it change our responsibility to show up, to share our voices, to engage with the world and each other, to go in and …

The gorgeous webzine Braided Way, which explores how every faith tradition is a strand in one divine braid, published my poem “Monday Night: A Portrait”, a playful exploration of the self as an interstellar being. May you find yourself in the universe and the universe in you, too!

The local news asked me to share what I’ve been doing for the pandemic. Writing poems, of course. Here I share three. May you be well.

On April 3, 2020, I did an online reading with Albert Flynn DeSilver, author of Writing as a Path Toward Awakening. I read poems written in the first three weeks of Shelter in Place, Albert read recent and relevant poems, and it concludes with an audience-led conversation about the role poetry …

In this free “workshop” hosted by the Ah Haa School, I read poems by Ellen Bass, Ada Limón, William Stafford and Thich Nhat Hahn and offer ideas for writing your own poems. I also read a few poems of my own in response to coronavirus–and create a spontaneous poem from …

Fear has been showing up a lot lately as the globe faces a pandemic–and yet there are ways to meet it so that it doesn’t over come us. In this poem, Staying Home, published on A First Sip, I look at what else might show up to keep fear from …

In these strange days of quarantine, there is still this great draw toward love. That’s the heart of the poem “The Most Important Thing” published on A First Sip.

Writing a poem can be great medicine. Perhaps you’d like to try a simple format–a list poem.   Yes William Stafford   It could happen any time, tornado, earthquake, Armageddon. It could happen. Or sunshine, love, salvation. It could, you know. That’s why we wake and look out––no guarantees in …