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Poetry

The Invitation

by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
Two nights after he died,all night I heard the sameone-line story on repeat:I am the…
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Poetry

For When People Ask

by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
I want a word that means okay and not okay, more than that: a word…
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Poetry

Watching My Friend Pretend Her Heart Isn’t Breaking

by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
On Earth, just a teaspoon of neutron star would weigh six billion tons. Six billion…
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Poetry

Temple

by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
O body, cracked bell that still sings when struck, O leaky cup, O broken stem,…
Poetry

Belonging

by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
And if it’s true we are alone, we are alone together, the way blades of…
Poetry

In Case I Forget to Say It Enough

by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
Thank you for this day made of wind and rain and sun and the scent…
Poetry

Darn Lucky

by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
It happens, you know—the day opens itself like a tulip in a warm room, and…
Poetry

Where We Are Headed

by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
At first we just say flower. How thrilling it is to name. Then it’s aster.…
Poetry

Translation

by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
Once I would say “table,” and mean “table.” Once, I would say “broccoli” and mean…
Poetry

How It Might Continue

by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
Wherever we go, the chance for joy, whole orchards of amazement— one more reason to…
Poetry

But You Thought You Knew What a Sign Looked Like

by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
Open your hands, lift them.                 —William Stafford, “Today” The parking space beside the store…
Poetry

Autumnal

by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
after a line from William Stafford When the leaves are about to yellow and fall…
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Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer

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About the author

Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer co-hosts Emerging Form podcast on creative process, Secret Agents of Change (a surreptitious kindness cabal) and Soul Writers Circle. Her poetry has appeared on A Prairie Home Companion, PBS News Hour, O Magazine, American Life in Poetry, Carnegie Hall stage, river rocks, and her daily poetry blog, A Hundred Falling Veils. Her most recent collection, Hush, won the Halcyon Prize. Naked for Tea was a finalist for the Able Muse Book Award. One-word mantra: Adjust.

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