Interview with Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer

Interview with Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer

Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer lives in Southwest Colorado and she writes and shares a poem every single day with a large flock of followers all over the world. She’s that kind of writer – generous and bold – and has much to share with us about writing from...
Interview with Marie Howe

Interview with Marie Howe

Marie Howe is an exceptional poet and human being who has much to teach us about living, writing and paying attention. She is another true menor of mine, and in this interview she is sitting in her apartment in New York during the pandemic, amidst an eerie quiet of...
I Forgive You, For Everything

I Forgive You, For Everything

It started with the young man working in the post office who, when I asked him how he was, looked up at me with bright eyes and said, “I”m evolving.” And how I cocked my head and wondered if he were speaking to me directly, like some bodhisattva planted in the post...
Interview with Lauren Fleshman

Interview with Lauren Fleshman

Some of you know the incredible Lauren Fleshman, a former track and field athlete, who was the U.S. 5000 meters champion in 2006 and 2010. She currently coaches the professional women’s running group, Little Wings Athletics, and is a former Wild Writing trainee...
Interview with Lynn Ungar

Interview with Lynn Ungar

Lynn Ungar came to my attention through her tremendous poem, Pandemic, which went viral during the pandemic. I talk to her here about the connection between her work as a minister and her work as a poet, and what it’s like to write and share poetry in response to...