Khalisa Rae is an activist, poet, and educator in Durham, North Carolina, and a graduate of the Queens University MFA program. She is the winner of the 2020 Bright Wings Poetry Contest.

In this Bonus episode, Stephen Roach and Ashley Blake talk with Khalisa Rae about poetry and the importance of telling our story. Khalisa performs two of her poems, including her winning poem, The Way Out and the title poem from her upcoming collection, Ghost In A Black Girl's Throat.

You can read Khalisa's and the other winning poets at: http://www.makersandmystics.com/brightwings

Artist-Activist, black artists, Bonus Episode, poetry, spoken word artist, spoken word, storytelling, Bright Wings PoetryStephen RoachSeptember 16, 2020Bright Wings, Khalisa Rae, poetry, poet, black poet, women writers, contest winner

Bright Wings Poetry: A Reading

Nadine Ellsworth-Moran is the winner of our first annual Bright Wings poetry contest. Nadine is a Georgia resident where she works in full-time ministry while pursuing her love of writing. Her essays and poems have appeared in Interpretation, The Presbyterian Outlook, Structo, Kakalak, and Saint Katherine Review, among others.

In this episode, Stephen is joined by contest panel judge and poet, Amy Orazio and features a reading of Nadine’s winning poem by the author.

Topics in this episode include resilience, tenacity and constructive ways of handling rejections.

Read Nadine Ellsworth-Moran’s winning poem here.

See all contest winners and runner ups here.

Bonus EpisodeStephen RoachSeptember 27, 2019poetry, poet, mystical poetry, Bright Wings