slipping again
out of those same dog eared thoughts
faded rose petals
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged book, memories on August 4, 2020| 2 Comments »
slipping again
out of those same dog eared thoughts
faded rose petals
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged book, Hush on June 19, 2020| 10 Comments »
“Here Rosemerry shows us how one might endeavor to be the peace we want in the world. One comes away remembering that tending is at the heart of all healing. Because thorn bush. Because great blue heron. Because puddles.”
— Wendy Videlock, author of Nevertheless

My new book, Hush, is just out! Winner of the Halcyon Prize for a collection of poems about human ecology, it’s a book-long love song to humanity and the natural world. It’s driven by curiosity and a willingness to dance in the unknown. The poems celebrate the broken, the lowly, the humble, the parched, the lost–and find beauty at every turn. And it features a fabulous foreword by Craig Childs, author of Virga and Bone, Apocalyptic Planet and The Secret Knowledge of Water.
You can see the book and purchase it on my website–and I will sign it for you! Or of course you can order it from your local bookseller (please support them) or from Amazon.
And you can hear me read a few poems from it in this reading I did a few weeks ago with Danusha Laméris and James Crews.
I totally believe in giving poems away—as you know—and I will continue to send you poems every day. AND, I would really appreciate it if you would support this poetry practice by purchasing a book. It would mean a lot to me.
Also, if you do order Hush, I would really appreciate it if you would consider writing a review for it on Goodreads or Amazon.
If you want to set up a reading for your organization, send me a note!
love, Rosemerry
“With Hush, Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer once again turns her attention toward insights gleaned from daily life, trusting that everything we encounter, from evergreens and bluebonnets to snapdragons and an achy back after shoveling snow, has something to teach us about being human. Throughout each of these exquisite, open-hearted, often sensual poems, she brings us along as she finds a kind of “renegade beauty” wherever she looks. “Let’s go outside,” she writes, “and praise/the light till the light is gone, and then praise the dark,” modeling for us just the kind of radical gratitude we need in our literature, and in our lives right now.”
— James Crews, editor of Healing the Divide: Poems of Kindness and Connection
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged book, change, poem, poetry on October 2, 2018| 8 Comments »
not just turning the pages
of her life to the next chapter,
but choosing to leap
out of the pages
into a new book
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged book, poem, poetry, reading on August 28, 2018| Leave a Comment »
so eager to turn
the pages in my novel, I neglect
the pages of my life
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged book, certainty, poem, poetry on March 23, 2018| Leave a Comment »
even knowing what comes next
I choose to turn the page—
delight in being wrong
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged book, getting lost, poem, poetry, reading on November 5, 2017| 2 Comments »
all day turning the pages
of someone else’s life—
putting a bookmark in my own
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged appearance vs. reality, book, poem, poetry, wonder on August 6, 2016| 1 Comment »
pages dog eared
and spine broken, this old book
holds no less wonder
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged book, life, poem, story on May 11, 2016| 1 Comment »
Rewrite the first chapter,
the one in which someone else
starts to tell your story.
Notice how when you erase it,
all the chapters after it
go blank. Fields of blank pages.
Skies of blank pages. Blank minutes,
blank days, blank years. Listen
for what’s left of your story—
nothing. Miss your friends.
Miss your mom. Miss your old house
and your problems. Go back
to chapter one. Rewrite it exactly
as it was written, but keep
the pen in your hand. You want
to be in charge of the story
from here on in.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged book, love, poem, poetry on October 11, 2015| 2 Comments »
reading the afterward first—
still choosing to start with you
on page one
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged book, love, marriage, poem, poetry on December 26, 2013| 1 Comment »
consider me
your blank book,
write just a few
words on almost
every page
knowing
you can come back
to fill them in
any time
you want.