Wendy Videlock lives on the edge of a canyon in Palisade with her husband and their various critters. Her poems, reviews, and essays appear most notably in Poetry, O Magazine, Hudson Review, Best American Poetry, Hopkins Review, Rattle, and the NYT. Her newest books include a collection of essays,The Poetic Imaginarium: A Worthy Difficulty, (Lithic Press) and a new collection of poems, Wise to the West, (Able Muse Press), In the introduction to her first book, MacArthur winner AE Stallings says of her work, “Videlock is a magician of wit and whimsy, wisdom being not the least of these”. Wendy is also a visual artist whose paintings appear in galleries throughout the Western Slope. To see more of her work please visit: https://wendy-videlock.
We'll follow Wendy's reading with time for Q & A about her work and inspirations, with time afterwards for poetry sharing from attendees- a Gourd Circle of sharing whatever poetry you wish or just listening in. For those who desire, February's poetic prompt is Awakening.