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Nine Colorado Poets Honored at Casa Grande on Poet’s Row

by rosemerryt@gmail.com

When The Denver Foundation began planning to move to Casa Grande on Poet’s Row on Capitol Hill in Denver,…

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Heartbeat in Concert

by rosemerryt@gmail.com

Heartbeat, an acapella group in Telluride, has been singing together since 1994. This concert, hosted at Christ Church in…

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“Temple” published on Gratefulness.org

by rosemerryt@gmail.com

I LOVE Gratefulness.org–I love what inspires it, I love the poems they publish, I love the conversations they have…

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“The Question” read by Tara Brach

by rosemerryt@gmail.com

What a deep sweetness to discover that Tara Brach, a teacher I admire greatly for her books Radical Acceptance…

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Latest Posts

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    “Suggestion for a Day” in Reformed Journal

    by rosemerryt@gmail.com June 29, 2021

    Thank you to Reformed Journal who, on June 29, 2021, published this poem on the power of words. Suggestion…

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    Interview on Poetry, COVID, and Parenting for KPFT, Houston Public Radio

    by rosemerryt@gmail.com June 28, 2021

    How might poetry help us meet the moment–help us be better parents, help us grieve losses from the pandemic…

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    Rosemerry “The Price of Nothing” in Rattle’s Poet’s Respond

    by rosemerryt@gmail.com June 13, 2021

    After I read an article about an Italian sculptor selling an “immaterial sculpture” for $18,300, I wrote this poem…

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    Rosemerry Featured on Breakfast Poetry Podcast

    by rosemerryt@gmail.com June 13, 2021

    In this hour-long conversation with Anne Marie Vivienne on her fabulous podcast Breakfast Poetry, I share some of the…

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    “Finding My Calling” in Twenty Bellows

    by rosemerryt@gmail.com May 17, 2021

    I love this new lit mag for Colorado poets. Congratulations, Twenty Bellows! I’m delighted to have a poem in…

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    Video Recording for ‘How to Love the World’

    by rosemerryt@gmail.com May 17, 2021

    In late April 2021, Northshire Bookstore hosted a poetry evening to celebrate HOW TO LOVE THE WORLD: POEMS OF…

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    Powerful Dharma Talk on Fear Based on “Hello, Fear”

    by rosemerryt@gmail.com May 17, 2021

    Last week, my friend Ulli wrote me to say that a poem of mine was featured in this dharma…

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    Five Poems in ONE ART

    by rosemerryt@gmail.com May 17, 2021

    What do stilettos, electrons, onions, hawks and the tortoise and the hare have in common? They’re all in poems…

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Poetry News

  • Nine Colorado Poets Honored at Casa Grande on Poet’s Row

  • Heartbeat in Concert

  • “Temple” published on Gratefulness.org

  • “The Question” read by Tara Brach

  • A Poem of Loss Created into Phenomenal Song by Paul Fowler

My Books

Upcoming Events

  1. Grief and Grace: An online poetry thoughtshop

    May 18 @ 6:00 pm - 6:45 pm MDT
  2. Words for Respite and Healing: A poetic invitation to reflect, to invite your own voice

    May 24 @ 6:00 am - 7:00 am MDT
  3. Stop. Look. Go: Bring Gratefulness to Life

    May 24 @ 5:00 pm - 6:15 pm MDT

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A Poem a Day

RSS A Hundred Falling Veils

  • Coming Together May 17, 2022
    Driving over Dallas DivideI thought how not all streamsare destined to come together—at least not for a long, long time.Imagine, two snowflakes landedside by side atop the Divide. Come spring,one might flow west to the San Miguel,the other east to the Uncompaghre.It would be over a hundred milesof flowing through beaver damsand irrigation ditches, rapidsand […]

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Praise for Rosemerry

Wow, what a great response to both your reading and workshop.

Almost with tears in their eyes. Really. I have to tell you what was most mentioned as your fans applauded you; your family life, your reactions and theirs; it felt and sounded so real and most all of us have children so we all could relate. Unforgettable, you are.

Kathy Berg
Cortez Public Library, Poetry Corner Presents

Rosemerry, thank you.

For the first time in a long time I was moved to be creative and to use writing as a tool for healing. I could feel my stagnation begin to melt away in the Light that was presented today. I’ve been freeing up some space lately and asking that it be filled with people and things that inspire me to be the best version of myself and that is exactly what happened today.

Jackie
workshop participant

Revel in your own creativity.

To participate in one of Rosemerry’s poetry playshops, or to listen to one of her beautiful presentations, is an invitation to revel in your own creativity. She welcomes her audience into a landscape of words with a generous and irrepressible spirit, and speaks with a boundless compassion. Her love of poetry reaches out and connects with her listeners, opening a space with her audience that invites them to consider themselves, and their art, and their world, in new ways. To hear Rosemerry share her poetry is a felt gift. Her listeners cannot escape being touched.

Melissa Stacey
co-founder and organizer, Writers and Scribblers Literary Retreat

I think you have shifted the consciousness of my entire client base.

For this, and many other things, I thank you. You are perhaps the most professional person I’ve ever worked with. I’m amazed.

Craig Soren Nielson
Rural Community Assistance Corporation

Insightful, energizing, and entertaining.

Rosemerry, thank you so much for your inspirational program. The members of the American Business Women’s Association in Montrose left with fresh ideas on improving their work-a-day world and smiles on their faces.

Mavis Bennett
President, American Business Women’s Association, Black Canyon Charter Chapter

Through poetry, humor & song, Rosemerry brings the room to life.

Her highly interactive approach gives each child the opportunity to become a participant in a beautiful, creative experiment. With the support of Rosemerry, children are allowed to shine, to sing, to be silly – to be themselves, and everyone in the room leaves with the knowledge that living in this space of openness is always a possibility.

Erika Gordon
Coordinator for enrichment programming, Ridgway Elementary School

An extraordinary teacher and gifted poet.

Rosemerry’s talents have helped me achieve my dream of more publication. But what is most important to me is that I have learned to write with more confidence and understand more about how to craft deeper poems about deeper subjects. I have experienced healing, safety, trust, and fun in working with Rosemerry. When I bring a poem to her, I know she will continue to find ways to help me expand my creative potential. She never runs out of great ideas.

Phyllis Klein

An amazing talent to open up people’s creative minds.

There is some kind of magic in your smile, your encouraging energy, and amazing talent to open up people’s creative minds. You have facilitated a bit of a renaissance in our building. I have felt warm, enthusiastic vibes from even some of our more reserved teachers today. Of course, the students have it now and are exuding the joy of words big time.

Vicki Phelps
4th and 6th grade science teacher, Naturita Elementary School

Rosemerry touched their hearts.

Our students and staff benefited so much from Rosemerry’s visit. In just one afternoon of writing with her, people were surprised at how much they learned about their writing and their own process. She created a safe place where people were willing to risk. And the performance: Wow. I’ll never think of a sonnet the same again. Rosemerry has a way of grabbing the audience and delivering poetry in a way that makes it feel urgent and fun. As one woman said, ‘In my work, I just touch the surface of people. Rosemerry touches their hearts.’

Ruth Hackford-Peer
Associate Director of Student Life, Adams State College

A Better Place

The world is a better place because of Trommer’s poems.

Colorado Central Magazine
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  • Hire Rosemerry
    • Poetry Playshops
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    • Inspirational Keynotes
    • Literary Salon
    • Poetry in the Schools
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  • Books
  • Presentation Schedule
  • Poetry
    • A Daily Dose of Poetry
    • Words for You
    • You the Poet
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