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Sad Poets Society № 2
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Sad Poets Society № 2

Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer on grief

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Yardena Schwersky
Jul 30, 2022
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Hello friends,

Welcome to the second meeting of the Sad Poets Society. This month, we’re looking at a poem from Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer called “Watching My Friend Pretend Her Heart Isn’t Breaking.” She uses the cosmos as a metaphor for grief. I love using the cosmos as a metaphor for pretty much everything in my own poet…

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