Ingrid Wendt--Poet/Teacher/Editor

See a 12-minute clip of Ingrid Wendt reading from Evensong at Portland State University, November 2010

Selected Works

1. Poetry

Evensong, published October 3, 2011, Truman State University Press
"These poems, full of feeling, reward the reader with their musicality and wit. ... The first and last poems are capstones of a rich collection. -- Maxine Kumin

Surgeonfish
"There is such a bounty of startling grace and wisdom in Ingrid Wendt's new book, that the reader can only be stunned by, and grateful for, this abundance." --Maurya Simon

The Angle of Sharpest Ascending
"These poems, shaped by tender and exacting labor, have the heft of hewn stone and the lift of blown glass."

-Marilyn Krysl

Blow the Candle Out
"This is wonderful poetry--moving and unforgettable.

-Janet McCann

Singing the Mozart Requiem
"Ingrid Wendt has a powerful, womanly feel for the intertwinings of love, pleasure, grief."

-Alicia Ostriker

Moving the House
Selected by William Stafford for the New Poets of America Series, BOA Editions

2. Magazine Articles

"The Unknown Good in Our Enemies: The Poetry of William Stafford and Poetry From the Middle East"
Read Ingrid Wendt's article published in the March, 2011, online newsletter of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)

3. Teaching guide

Starting with Little Things: A Guide to Writing Poetry in the Classroom
Now in its 5th printing, this teaching guide for grades K-college has been adopted by teachers and school districts nationwide and abroad.

4. Anthology/Textbook

In Her Own Image: Women Working in the Arts (co-edited with Elaine Hedges)
“An important contribution to the resurrection of the lost history of women in the arts.”

-Publishers Weekly

5. Anthology

From Here We Speak: An Anthology of Oregon Poetry (co-edited with Primus St. John)
“... confirms Oregon’s place as a powerful outpost in Northwest literature.”

-Paul Pintarich, The Oregonian

Quick Links

Visit The Authors Guild

E-mail Ingrid Wendt

Poems from Evensong

Please click on "Publications" (above, right) to read four of these poems.

Forthcoming book of poems, Evensong, October, 2011, Truman State University Press.

Evensong

Acknowledgments

Andover Review, “Found Poem: Spelling Test, Grade 3, My Own"
Anthropology and Humanism, “Reserve”
Calapooya Collage, “Ashes on the Tongue,” “Maybe More Than We Know,” “On One of the Lesser-Acclaimed Functions of Swearing,” “Lesson Plans, Vernal, Utah,” “With Ninety-Eight Friends”
Calapooya, “Some Words to Toss Your Direction,”
Chili Verde Review, “Losing in the Mail My Years-Old Copy of Your Specially-Autographed Book”
CutBank,“On the Nature of Bach’s B Minor Mass”
Ellipsis, “Beyond Argument,” “Likeness"
Fireweed, “Mother’s Day, Ellensburg, Washington,”
Hubbub, “The Fisherman’s Wife”
KSOR Guide to the Arts, “Fan Letter from the Fourth Grade”
Massachusetts Review, “Poem at Forty-Five”
Mississippi Mud, “The Way It Was”
Ms., “On the Nature of Touch”
National Poetry Review, “Repartee”
Nimrod, “And the Greatest of These”
Oregon Quarterly, “Tiramisù”
Runes, “Sanctuary”
Poet & Critic, “All We Can Use”
Prairie Schooner, “Benediction”
Painted Hills Quarterly, “This Is His Story”
The Pacific, “Doors”
Tehachapi Review, “Coleus”
Valparaiso Poetry Review, “The Keeper of Secrets,” “Armistice”
Weber Studies, “Fertility Plant,” “Give Us This Day,” “Silence”

“Love in Venice” first appeared as “Four Poems of Love” in Love Poems for the Media Age, an anthology edited by David Samis. Vancouver, B.C.: Ripple Effect Press.
“After a Class in Seaweed” first appeared in No More Masks! An Anthology of Twentieth-Century American Women Poets. Florence Howe, ed. New York: HarperCollins, second edition.
“Naked” appeared as “Personal Poem” in the first edition of No More Masks! An Anthology ofTwentieth-Century American Women Poets. Ellen Bass and Florence Howe, eds. New York: Doubleday.
“Sanctuary” was a finalist in the 2006 Runes Award competition.
“Benediction” was first runner-up in the 2003 Rita Dove Poetry Award,
under the title “The Blessing,” Joy Harjo, judge.
The first three sections of “A Gathering” received 2nd place in “In the Beginning Was the Word” national competition (Portland, Oregon), September 2002, under the title “For Mary.”