Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
Telluride, Colorado
“Twelve-armed love — two arms to hold you,
ten to let you go.” — Word Woman
Some poems ripple for years after they are written.
Some people, too.
This is a gem about both.
"Poetry builds a bridge between our internal world and the world around us."
It began when poet Art Goodtimes asked her, simply, “Bring me some poems.”
A sentence that cracked open something enormous.
Not just feedback — but a kindness, an opening, a future.
With Art’s encouragement, Rosemerry saw poetry differently:
Not something to perfect — but something to serve.
And so, poems became daily offerings — written and shared,
Often focused on gratitude, kindness, and attention to what’s real.
Years later, her words reached someone quietly reading:
Sherry Richert Belul sent her a thank-you card and $5.
A ripple. That ripple became a wave.
Together they created Secret Agents of Change —
A week of poetic missions and playful acts of kindness.
Daily poems, daily prompts. Spread love. Receive it. Repeat.
1. What's your superhero name and what powers do you have?
Word Woman. Not master of the words, but in service to them.
Poems, she says, don’t seek control —
they help us fall more deeply in love with what’s here.
2. If you had $10,000 to give away?
She’d pay poets — to write life-affirming poems
on stones, leaves, walls, and wherever the world forgets
to notice beauty. To be found. To be held.
3. What's best about your hometown?
Telluride is both sanctuary and invitation.
Here, people show up fully, speak from the heart,
and the mountains remind you —
everything is connected.
BONUS question
Who should be interviewed next, who has a story people should hear?
Who should we hear from next?
Augusta Kantra, founder of the Center for CALM Living.
A woman who lives what she teaches
— joy, awareness, and stillness, shared freely.