Ep. 562 - Unfolding Our Grief with Poet Rosemerry Trommer

Written in the key of grief and the melody of praise, Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer sits down with Raghu to discuss her newest poetry book, The Unfolding. This week, tune into Rosemerry and Raghu’s conversation on: - The loss of Rosemerry’s son and father - Living through seasons of extreme grief - Understanding the gift of a poem - Oppositional feelings experienced at the same time (pain + joy, etc.) - Recognizing how desperately we need eachother - The Grand Quilt, The Medicine of Surrender, and more poems written and read by Rosemerry - Brave prayers and the things that open us / help us grow - Inspiration from Gregory Orr and Leonard Cohen - How grief strips us naked and makes us vulnerable - Raghu leaves us off with a beautiful Kabir poem from the book Painting from the Palette of Love “So many people reached out to help me… they’d say, ‘What can we do?’ And I’d just say, ‘Open me. Help me stay open. Please, help me stay open.’” – Rosemerry Trommer About Rossemerry Trommer: Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer is an American poet associated with Colorado. She was Poet Laureate of San Miguel County, Colorado from 2006–2010, and was named Poet Laureate of Colorado’s Western Slope by the Telluride Institute from 2015–2017. Most recently, Rosemerry published The Unfolding, a book of poetry exploring grief. Rosemerry was featured on TEDxTalks to discuss the art of changing metaphors and created an album of poetry called Dark Praise with Steve Law. Check out Rosemerry’s website, Wordwoman, and her daily poetry blog, A Hundred Falling Veils. You can also join Rosemerry in an immersive daily experience of poetry and reflection on the Ritual app.