“We can live quiet, apparently sedate lives if we express our wildness by risking and leaping in our writing…The strangest, most far-out renegade part of ourselves can be expressed in a poem while we sit quietly in our kitchen or bedroom. This can save our lives.”
- Susan Goldsmith Wooldridge
books
Susan’s books are a gateway to imagination, an invitation to listen and express the wild, unexpected aspects of self…
workshops
Susan brings tools and techniques to workshops designed to help you feel excited about writing (and teaching) poetry…
coaching
Susan would love to meet you one-on-one on Zoom or in person to help you begin to play with language, explore your creativity, overcome blocks and…
“Image is the root of imagination.”
Susan Wooldridge’s book poemcrazy: freeing your life with words was published in 1996 by Clarkson Potter/Random House, and is now in its 32nd printing, with 27 paperback reprintings from Three Rivers/Crown.
Anne Lamott wrote, “This is a wonderful book–smart, wide-eyed, joyful, helpful, inspiring. You’re going to love it, and love writing poetry more for having read it.”
Risk
Play
Heart
Joy
“Poems arrive. They hide in feelings and images, in weeds and delivery vans, daring us to notice and give them form with our words."
To work with me one-on-one or schedule a group workshop in person or on zoom…
