Talking Gourds: Bardic Trails Zoom Features Western Slope Poet Laureate, 2/4!

05 Feb Talking Gourds: Bardic Trails Zoom Features Western Slope Poet Laureate, 2/4!

Talking Gourds welcomes Palisade’s poet Wendy Videlock as its featured guest for its Zoom reading on 2/4/25, 7 p.m.

No longer needing to register with the library, participants are encouraged to visit here to get the zoom link each month, if they aren’t already on the mailing list.

Bardic Trails is a project of the Telluride Institute’s Talking Gourds Poetry Program, in collaboration with Telluride’s Wilkinson Public Library.

Go here for more about Talking Gourds.

Palisade’s Wendy Videlock has been incredibly active as the Western Slope Poet Laureate the last couple years – writing a regional column on poetry, hosting poetry events, sponsoring readings, radio shows, and gatherings of all kinds.

“Wendy is one of Colorado’s foremost poets, with a raft of regional and national publications under her belt,” said Art Goodtimes, Talking Gourds director. “Plus, she’s an excellent performer and teacher. We are excited to have her appearing on Bardic Trails.”

To learn more about this Western icon, visit her website: wendyvidelock.com.

For those that like prompts, this month’s will be the “Tarot.” Virtual attendees are encouraged to bring a story or poem to share each month after the featured reader, their own work or someone else’s.

Talking Gourds, more:

Other Talking Gourds projects include the Stories & Poems Norwood live reading series in collaboration with the Lone Cone Library on the third Wednesday of every month; the Stories & Poems Naturita in collaboration with the Naturita Community Library on the third Sunday of every month; the national Fischer Poetry Prize contest and the state/national Cantor Poetry Prize contest (both now closed until April); the Western Slope Poet Laureate award in collaboration with Grand Junction’s Center of the Arts (given every two years); the San Miguel County Poet Laureate collaboration (given every two years); the annual Karen Chamberlain lifetime achievement award given in collaboration with the Mountain Words Festival of Crested Butte; and the MycoLicious MycoLuscious MycoLogical Poetry Show in conjunction with the annual Telluride Mushroom Festival.