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RESUME BIO
Kelsey Bigelow is a poet and speaker based in Des Moines. She spends her time working as a mental health poet sharing this therapeutic tool with audiences of all ages across the world. She is the author of "Far From Broken" (2024), "The Coffee Cherry" (2023), "Depression Holders and Secret Keepers" (2021), and "Sprig of Lilac" (2018). Her work is published with Central Avenue Publishing, Pile Press, Lyrical Iowa, Backchannels Journal, Spirit Lake Review, and elsewhere. Kelsey is a 2024 Pushcart Prize nominee, a 2023 Button Poetry Video Contest Finalist, and a 2023 Central Avenue Poetry Prize shortlist finalist.
She's the founder and leader of the Des Moines Poetry Workshop, the chair for the Iowa Poetry Association Poetry Slam, the co-tournament director for the BlackBerry Peach National Poetry Slam, and more.
Get to know Kelsey at kelkaybpoetry.com and follow her on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, Twitter, or YouTube: @kelkaybpoetry.
FUN BIO
Kelsey Bigelow is a poet and speaker based in Des Moines. She aims to be the motivator and mentor people don't always get in life. Kelsey spends her time working as a mental health poet sharing this therapeutic tool with audiences of all ages across the world.She believes we grow in empathy by talking about our shared experiences, no matter how difficult.
See Kelsey's laundry list of experience at kelkaybpoetry.com
As a multi-slam champion, published poet, workshop leader, and more, Kelsey is on a mission to show others two things:
1. You can live the life you dream.
2. It does get better.
Homebase
Des Moines, IA
Focuses
Spoken Word
Page Poetry
Keynotes
Years of Experience
2014 - Present
Recording Studio
Waveform Music
Website
kelkaybpoetry.com
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Recording Studio: Waveform Music | Bob Fitch
Photographers: Janet Eckles, Matt Tupper, Ashton Jordan, Dan Troxell
Logo and brand designer: Hannah Thorson