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Tag: Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer

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POEM A DAY – January 7

January 7, 2026 Vanessa Shields2 Comments

Pulled a line from Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer's poem, 'Building the World We Believe In' In second grade, I remember…After Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer’s ‘Building the World We Believe In’ The classroom was on the second floorascending the giant staircase, twenty-kids wide at leastmy stomach always scrambling at my heelsanxiety wrapped around my ribs like honey I… Continue reading POEM A DAY – January 7

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POEM A DAY – January 5

January 5, 2026January 5, 2026 Vanessa Shields1 Comment

Today's poem was inspired by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer's poem of the day: 'Give up Rosemerry, He Wrote In His Letter’ What Beauty Arrives As I Let Go?After Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer’s ‘Give up Rosemerry, He Wrote In His Letter’ I forward fold into the Taoist concept of wu weimy muscles protest yet strengthenmy eyes close, my… Continue reading POEM A DAY – January 5

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BELTANE REFLECTION

May 11, 2023 Vanessa Shields1 Comment

“The days melted into each other like snowballs roasting in the sun…” Virginia Woolf, Diary, 1918 I received this amazing book about Virginia Woolf’s life and I’ve been embracing the magic of opening it to a quote that will magically be exactly the quote I needed in that moment. What I love about this quote… Continue reading BELTANE REFLECTION

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