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"What do joy and grief have in common?" asks poet Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer. "...The ability to evoke feeling that pushes us and opens us and helps us to be compassionate and helps us fall in love." In this video, she reads poems that span grief and joy from her new collection All the Honey. She speaks of what she knows now about grief she didn't before her son died, of spaciousness and silliness, and how her new collection came to be. Featuring: "For When People Ask," "Simple Tools" and "Untamed."

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    Leslie

    It brought to mind the (cat/dog adoption) bumper sticker "who saved who?" I believe that all of Nature has a lot to teach us all.

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    Sylvia

    I so love Rosemerry's poetry. It is often read at my ecstatic dance practice. Thank you for these beautiful offerings. I just wish there were no music behind the words. This soundtrack is louder than the poetry. What does that say about us? I love the silence between the words as well as the words themselves. Please consider more discernment when filling space in with noise. And keep the poetry coming!

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    Sue

    Please turn down the music!

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    Kristin Pedemonti

    Rosemerry's poetry is a balm for heart, soul and spirit. I highly recommend her "playshops" and books! She is such a gift. Here's to honoring Both/And.🩷🙏

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    Diana

    How beautiful. Holding joy and sorrow is a fine line tenderly woven together through the words of this artist. I’m delighted to learn of her work!

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    Eva

    Thank you for introducing me to this poet. Much appreciated her words.

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    Mira

    I have been reading her poems for some time. Unfortunately the music that accompanied this video was inappropriate...much too loud and I was unable to watch until the end.

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    Sharon

    Ditch the music and let her words and voice be enough.

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    jean

    rosemary has much to say that is quite valuable and it is hard to hear/listen to her with the too-high volume of the music.

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    karla crescenta

    i was insulted by this video because of the stupid elevator music playing as loud as Rosemerry reading her poem. i found it so disturbing and disrespectful i could not watch the rest. i'll get her book and look for youtubes where she gets to read her work undisturbedd.

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  • Develop a reading practice to open into all the honey of life with Rosemary's Daily Dose of Poetry.
  • How can opening to grief  "supercharge" your spiritual life?
  • Be pushed. Be opened. Allow your heart to savor ALL the honey of life; the magic alchemy of bitter and sweet.

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