Ronna Bloom is the author of eight books of poetry, most recently In a Riptide (Brick Books, 2025.) A book of her selected poems, A Possible Trust: The Poetry of Ronna Bloom, was edited with an introduction by Phil Hall and published by WLUP in 2023.
Her poems have been recorded by the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, and translated into Bangla, Chinese and Spanish. Ronna has led initiatives to bring poetry into health care settings and health care education, specifically developing the Poet in Residence program at Mount Sinai Hospital/Sinai Health. She has collaborated with filmmakers, musicians, choreographers and in 2018 PLANT Architects painted her poem "The City" on King Street in Toronto.
www.ronnabloom.com
Examples of Recent Presentations:
1. "The Reflecting Poem: What Can Poetry Do in Health Care? for Health Care Professionals
2. "Prescribing Poetry: Beyond the Body"
3. "Community Engagement through Poetry" different ways of bringing poetry to the public including its presence in hospitals, and through architecture.
If you're interested in a talk or keynote presentation, please contact me to discuss.
I offer a variety of workshops for schools, health care professionals and communities. No experience is required.
One example is Panic-Free Poetry an introduction to writing. See below for full description. And more themed wellness sessions such as Be Good to Yourself, Whoever You Are, Awake at Work and What if you didn't? and other questions to ask when you're exhausted.
Best to contact me to talk about your needs.
