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Broadside of “In Crepuscular Light”

by rosemerryt@gmail.com

It’s an honor, a joy, to see a poem recast in the hands of an artist. What a thrill…

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The Making of a Poem

by rosemerryt@gmail.com

What a joy to go deeply into the creation of a poem–I just love the way Ken Salzmann wrote…

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New Poetry Video: The One Who Thrives

by rosemerryt@gmail.com

Last year, on the anniversary of my son’s death, I wrote a poem for my daughter, “The One Who…

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Interview in The Colorado Poet

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I have long loved the Colorado Poet’s Center newsletter, and this quarter I was delighted to be featured with…

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Latest Posts

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    Interview with Raghu Markus on Mind Rolling

    by rosemerryt@gmail.com November 19, 2022

    Speaking about silence? A paradox, of course, but a joyful exploration. I had the chance to join Raghu Markus…

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    Grief & Gratefulness Reading for Stuart’s Opera House

    by rosemerryt@gmail.com November 17, 2022

    I learned more about my own poems by watching ASL interpreter Joe Moore bring them into their face &…

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    Living in Harmony at the Intersection of Opposition: an hour-long interview

    by rosemerryt@gmail.com October 28, 2022

    How do we find harmony in such a polarized world? I am so grateful to Naomi Horii for inviting…

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  • Poetry News

    Tripping on Memories

    by rosemerryt@gmail.com October 21, 2022

    For me, part of meeting grief has been the practice of welcoming memories. I explore that in this poem,…

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  • Poetry News

    Poem About My Father

    by rosemerryt@gmail.com October 9, 2022

    When my friend Phyllis told me about the One Good Memory Series hosted by Silver Birch Press, I immediately…

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  • Poetry News

    Profile in Shoutout Colorado

    by rosemerryt@gmail.com October 6, 2022

    What decisions have been most critical to my success? What is the biggest lesson I’ve learned? And the other…

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  • Poetry News

    Honors for Emerging Form

    by rosemerryt@gmail.com October 1, 2022

    For the last few years, my wonderful friend Christie Aschwanden and I have been co-hosting a podcast on creative…

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  • Poetry News

    My favorite poems? Of my own and someone else’s?

    by rosemerryt@gmail.com October 1, 2022

    Something in me recoils at the word favorite–I have so many favorites. I have what we call in my…

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Recent Posts

  • Broadside of “In Crepuscular Light”

    August 30, 2023
  • The Making of a Poem

    August 24, 2023
  • New Poetry Video: The One Who Thrives

    July 15, 2023
  • Interview in The Colorado Poet

    July 14, 2023
  • Radio Interview on All the Honey with The Pen and the Sword

    July 10, 2023

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  • How the World Goes On October 3, 2023
      There’s the burr that relies on brittle prickers,the cheat grass with sharp and spiky barbs,and then there’s the milkweedthat attaches its seeds to gossamer fluffand spills forth in an ecstasy of diaphanous floss,white puffs of wish-downy, dream-gauzy,breeze-easy lushness. Oh, heart,this, too, is what survival looks like—an almost impossible softnessthat gathers light in silky froth,that entrusts […]

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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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