Mountain Words Festival 2026

Finding the Magic and the Soul of Poetry with Wendy Videlock

In this generative workshop we will discover a variety of delightful techniques to hush our inner critics and rediscover poetry as fundamentally fun — as well as illuminating. We will approach the poem as an open invitation and will begin to understand how musicality is key to opening the subconscious and cultivating our own unique voices. We will find new ways to understand three important poetic devices and how they work to free the imagination and render language limber. Participants will write poems from prompts that wake up our relationship to language, landscape and the imagination. Those who wish to share with the class will be given opportunity to do so and Wendy will provide individual feedback to anybody who would like it. For all skill levels. Please bring a notebook, a pen and an open mind.