Poetry Palooza, a free three-day poetry event at Grandview University, starts today.

• In honor of the event, local poet Kelsey Bigelow is sharing her poem, originally published in her book, "Far From Broken."

MY COMPASS

Memory often fails me

losing myself in the madness

feeling directionless

reflectionless

But the page holds my place

makes itself anything I may need that day

like a mirror

a compass

a white noise machine

a memory

The page is my lineless welcome mat

bringing me home

so I can see myself in the words