Katrina Serwe thought she was a terrible poet, if a poet at all, until recently. She lived mostly in the left hemisphere of her brain for the first few decades of her adult life. She worked as a therapist, professor, and researcher in the field of occupational therapy, holding BS, MS, and PhD degrees. After she discovered her love of poetry, Katrina began to spend more time in her right brain and in nature. She combined her two favorite things (hiking and writing poems) in a made-up activity she calls poemwalking.
Katrina’s poems have been featured in a variety of publications including the Blue Heron Review, The Solitary Plover, Bramble, Moss Piglet, The Little Book Project, Portage Magazine, The WFOP Poets’ Calendar, Scrawl Place, and in the anthology The Lake is Mother to Us All. Her poem “Ephemeral” was the third-place winner of The Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets (WFOP) 2023 Triad: Kay Saunders Memorial Emerging Poet award and her poem “What If Everywhere Were Like This?” won first place in the Wisconsin Writers Association 2024 Jade Ring Contest for poetry.
You are most likely to find Katrina on a hiking trail with a pen and notebook in her pack. You can follow her journey on Instagram or Facebook.
Katrina’s poems have been featured in a variety of publications including the Blue Heron Review, The Solitary Plover, Bramble, Moss Piglet, The Little Book Project, Portage Magazine, The WFOP Poets’ Calendar, Scrawl Place, and in the anthology The Lake is Mother to Us All. Her poem “Ephemeral” was the third-place winner of The Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets (WFOP) 2023 Triad: Kay Saunders Memorial Emerging Poet award and her poem “What If Everywhere Were Like This?” won first place in the Wisconsin Writers Association 2024 Jade Ring Contest for poetry.