Altered Vows is a four-part erasure/blackout poem where poet Kelsey Bigelow takes the reader on her post-divorce healing journey. She discovered that using the exercise of erasure poetry revealed the underlying self-love hidden within her marriage. This poem erases wedding vows, the script to the marriage ceremony, and the divorce decree. What comes of the process reminds us all about how important it is to choose ourselves as equally as we choose romantic love.
Altered Vows is a four-part erasure/blackout poem where poet Kelsey Bigelow takes the reader on her post-divorce healing journey. She discovered that using the exercise of erasure poetry revealed the underlying self-love hidden within her marriage. This poem erases wedding vows, the script to the marriage ceremony, and the divorce decree. What comes of the process reminds us all about how important it is to choose ourselves as equally as we choose romantic love.
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. Kelsey is 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.
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