Pure Imagination: A Poetry Thoughtshop Drawing on One of Our Greatest Gifts
April 24, 6-7 MT,
Zoom, recording available
sliding scale
The effort of the imagination is to turn the boundary into a horizon because there is no end point for you. The boundary says, Here and no further. The horizon says, Welcome.
—Barry Lopez, Horizons (short film by Jeremy Seifert)
How do we envision a better world for ourselves, for others? How do we dream into the world we most want to inhabit? How can imagination enrich not only our creative practice but our lives? What might happen if we let ourselves think new thoughts and form new ideas beyond what is right in front of us … Let’s find out together. In this one-hour webinar-style thoughtshop, join poet Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer as she reads and talks about poems that blossom out of the real and welcome us into the realm of infinite possibility. She will then offer invitations for you to do your own writing later. There will be time for questions and responses. After the event, all who register will receive a link to the recording, links to the poems she reads, plus the writing invitations. To register, visit here.
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Grateful Anyway: A One-Day Writing Retreat
with Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer & James Crews
IN PERSON at the Meadow Park Building in San Luis Obispo, CA
May 1, 9 a.m – 3 p.m. PT
Please join me and my beloved friend and amazing poet & writing guide James Crews for a day of personal exploration and curiosity about how we show up to meet the world through a writing practice—and how this helps us show up in the world off the page, as well. We will create a safe, no-pressure setting, open to all poets and writers of all backgrounds and training. For more information, please visit HERE.
Oh, Broken-Open Heart: A Pre-Mother’s Day Poetry Gathering for Mourners
with Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer and James Crews
on ZOOM, hosted by Reimagine and Evermore
Thursday, May 8, 5-6:30 MT
For those who might be struggling to celebrate mother’s day, consider joining me and James for an evening of poems, discussion, writing and conversation on Thursday, May 8, 5-6:30 p.m. MT. Hosted by Evermore and Reimagine, the evening will provide a virtual refuge for people who have lost a mother/mother figure or a child. A chance to both mourn and honor. Sliding scale, $0-$30. Register HERE.
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The Art of Unfolding: A Meditation, Poetry, and Ritual Retreat
With Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer & Daniel Rechtschaffen
IN PERSON at Omega Institute in New York
June 15-20, 2025
In this retreat we create a sanctuary of contemplation and creativity. Drawing on both silence and language we explore essential questions: What song lives within you waiting to be revealed? What medicine do you carry for your own healing and for the world? What are your inner demons and daily obstacles standing in the way?
If hurt people hurt people and healing people heal people, then especially in times of crisis, let us move towards individual and collective healing. Rest and creativity may not seem like the most important response to chaos, but these are the practices that heal our relationship to crisis itself. Together, we will explore how to see more clearly amidst perceived threats and unfold our unique gifts in service of a world in need.
Using meditation, embodiment, connection with nature, and psychospiritual work, we listen deeply within. Using poetry, writing, art, and ritual, we leap into creative expression and conversation. In times of crisis, both inner and outer, we have a choice to make: contract into reactivity or engage with brave compassion. for more information or to register, visit HERE
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Poetry Inspired by Nature: An immersive, off-the-grid retreat in the San Juan Mountains
with Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
August 7-10, above Telluride, CO
Friends, I will be leading a very small group of people in four days and three nights of writing, hiking, stilling, sharing, reading, opening and going in. The setting will be the high-alpine forests and ridges of the majestic San Juan Mountains. The lodging is the unforgettable High Camp Hut, hosted by my amazing friend Cindy Farney. It’s one of the most beautiful, secluded settings in southwest Colorado, and Cindy is a human treasure. There are only two spots left of the 12. Women only. For more information, visit HERE.