Feeds:
Posts
Comments

Archive for July, 2023

I Loved Those Years When

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on July 4, 2023| 6 Comments »


 
 
We sat in the grass
on my grandparents’ lawn
and watched fireworks
above the lagoon,
and as the sky glittered
gold and red and silver
and the humid air boomed
with the rapture of celebration,
my family a chorus of awe.
And the fireflies put on a show
of their own, and no one I loved
had died. How magic it all was.
Oh, how we ooohed, we ahhhed.

Read Full Post »

Fearless

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on July 3, 2023| 3 Comments »

One day, perhaps, I will be as fearless
as I was last night in my dream—
when I went careening over the high cliff,
and as I entered free fall, I thought,
wow, this is it, you really did it this time—
and as the air rushed past my face
I thought If these are your last few moments,
can you choose to enjoy them?
In every other dream of falling,
I fell into fear, a deep clenching.
But this time my arms unfurled full length,
my legs spread, my eyes widened,
and I gave myself to the falling.
God, I was free.
When I landed face first on a rooftop,
I was, for a time, motionless, bruised,
breathless, and then, sweet miracle,
thrilled by the fall, I walked away,
so much life in every step.

Read Full Post »

For Four Hours

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on July 3, 2023| 2 Comments »

Not that I was lost
as I climbed through
the rocks and meadowrue,
I just didn’t know
where I was going,
but every step felt
like a small arrival
and no one step
felt like a place to rest;
the trail was sometimes
too faint to trust
and my legs were tired
and dusty and I was
sweaty and sticky,
while on my face,
I could feel it,
the truest smile
opened like sky
above the horizon
as I moved higher
through each switchback,
the town below
smaller and smaller,
then gone.
 

Read Full Post »

At the Aladdin’s Lamp Cabin on Molas Pass

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on July 3, 2023| 4 Comments »

Let me remember this night
dancing in the deep woods—
the patio our stage
the stars like sequins
the full moon a spotlight
and every song a love song
when sung with love
and my god, did we sing,
after all that talk of heartache,
yes, until our voices were near gone,
did we sing.

Read Full Post »

New Poetry Video from Dark Praise

Posted in Uncategorized on July 1, 2023| 2 Comments »

Poetry by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer

Music by Steve Law

Art by Marisa S. White, “Drift into the Unknown”

Video by Tony Jeannette “I Want to Listen to Your Absence” is a track on DARK PRAISE, a spoken-word album that honors the dark and how it opens us to creativity, passion, intimacy, revelation, dreaming, receptivity, self-discovery and connection. “I Want to Listen to Your Absence” is available for download on Spotify, iTunes, and more. The album is available for purchase on Band Camp.

Read Full Post »

At the Market

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on July 1, 2023| 13 Comments »

Now when I walk through the market,
I think of how someone else here
beside the stir-fry cart and the tie-dye tent
has just lost a beloved
and is hiding tears behind sunglasses.
Not knowing who they are,
I try to treat everyone with kindness.
Meanwhile the day is beautiful
for everyone, no matter how broken,
how whole our hearts. It gathers us all
in a grand blue embrace.
Part of me resists calling it a miracle.
The other part calls it what it is
and strolls through the miracle
of Friday morning surrounded by arugula
and strawberries, muffins, lilies,
and all these other fragile hearts,
all of us saying excuse me, good morning,
how are you, I’m fine.

Read Full Post »

« Newer Posts