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Big Lesson poem by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer on handmade paper

$15.00

Big Lesson poem by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer in typewriter font on handmade paper. This beautiful poem would be a thoughtful gift for a volunteer, someone who works for a non-profit or mutual aid organization, or for anyone who has a generous spirit.

Big Lesson

Today it feels so simple:
we are here to take care of each other.
How could we ever forget?
As if soil could forget
it is here to feed the trees.
As if trees could forget
they are here to feed the soil.
How could anything
ever get in the way of generosity?
How could we ever greet each other
with any words besides,
How can I help you?
As if light could forget
it is here to illuminate.
As if dark could forget
it is here to help us heal.

The words are printed in a typewriter font on handmade cotton rag paper. The color of the paper is a natural, unbleached white but may occasionally have tiny speckles of random color from other fibers mixed in. Size varies slightly because of the imperfect nature of handmade paper, but will be roughly 5" x 7", 8" x 10", or 11" x 14" based on your selection.

Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer is a poet, teacher, speaker, writing facilitator, and poet laureate of Evermore. Her poems have appeared on A Prairie Home Companion, PBS News Hour, O Magazine, American Life in Poetry, Washington Post’s Book Club, and Carnegie Hall stage. Her most recent poetry collections are All the Honey (Samara Press, 2023) and The Unfolding (Wildhouse Publishing).

This listing is for the physical print only, frame or clipboard not included.

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