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What a thrill to answer the phone this week and find Ron Charles of the Washington Post on the other line, asking if he could use one of the poems from The Unfolding in his Book Club newsletter! Makes me want to pick up the phone more often! And I …

It’s so lovely to be published on the One Earth Sangha site. Together It smacks me, sometimes, how connected we are— though we draw boundaries, build walls, fight wars, call names, and kill. All it takes is a photo of earth from space and I’m stunned again, how much we …

Thank you to Steven Law and Poetry Snaps for inviting me to read from my new collection, The Unfolding, in this 4-minute segment. I read a poem about growth in very difficult times—with a lesson from the lodgepole pine.

Friends, how delightful is it to be featured in the wonderful Telluride News? I thank them for this article, and thank you, friends, for making The Unfolding one of Amazon’s bestsellers! Click the link above to read the story.

Please enjoy this wonderful video of the pre-opening for The Unfolding with transporting piano music and artwork. It’s a multi-sensory synaesthetic experience for the four words I made up for kinds of praise in The Unfolding. Together with dear friends piano musician Kayleen Asbo and artist Johanna Baruch, we created …

Earlier this month I was so delighted to share the launch of my latest book, The Unfolding, with the book launches of two beloved friends, James Crews and Jack Ridl! It features readings from all three of us, then our wonderful conversation at the end. I feel so fortunate that …

It was such a joy to spend an hour with the incomparable Tara Brach, who interviewed me on her podcast about my newest book of poetry, The Unfolding. I’m such a longtime fan of Tara Brach’s writing and teachings, imagine how wonderful it felt to learn she reads my work, …

I love Grateful Living and the work that they do, and I’m so honored to be part of their poetry offerings! Amen By Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer When I forget that the whole world is holy, even the tiny dark bugs that slip through window screens and flock and stick to …

Some people excel at creating community and supporting other writers, and Michael Simms is one of them. I love his online zine, VOX POPULI, that features poems, essays, short films, short fiction and more–from hard-hitting to open-hearted content. And today he is featuring one of my poems from my new …