Safety Net poem by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer in typewriter font on handmade paper. This poem has been really meaningful to me as I started to feel like the world was a little hopeless. Maybe it will help you feel more loved and encouraged too. This would make a wonderful gift for any friend or family member, or anyone who needs a reminder that they're not alone.
Safety Net
This morning I woke
thinking of all the people I love
and all the people they love
and how big the net of lovers.
It felt so clear,
all those invisible ties
interwoven like silken threads
strong enough to make a mesh
that for thousands of years
has been woven and rewoven
to catch us all.
Sometimes we go on
as if we forget about the net.
Believing only in the fall.
But the net is just as real.
Every day, with every small kindness,
with every generous act,
we strengthen the net.
Notice, even now,
how as the whole world
seems to be falling,
the net is there for us
as we walk the day’s tightrope.
Notice how every tie matters.
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. Safety Net can also be found in the poetry collection All the Honey (Samara Press, 2023). Her newest book is The Unfolding (Wildhouse Publishing).
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