On poetry:
I read and write poetry to explore the experience of living, the mystery of existence, our connection to the universe and all things within it. I’m interested in complementary elements, such as sound and quietness, movement and stillness. My poems are set in the natural world and trace sensations of being in this place at this moment.
On visual art:
In making visual art, as in writing poems, I study the material to approach the spiritual, an attempt at transcendence that is rooted in nature. I make assemblages primarily out of natural elements and place them in a stark universe, wilderness, a setting for apprehension, appreciation of beauty, and contemplation.
Her background:
Katrinka Moore started out in dance and choreography, made a brief foray into performance art, and shifted to poetry, eventually bringing visual components into her work.
She is the author of Diminuendo, Wayfarers, Numa, Thief, and This is Not a Story.
This is Not a Story won the New Women’s Voices Prize in 2003 and Thief was a contest finalist in 2008 for Marsh Hawk Press, Cleveland State University Poetry Center, and the Wick Poetry Prize.
Moore has poems in the Paulinskill Poetry Project’s Voices from Here, Vol. II, Milkweed Editions’ Stories from Where We Live, The Best of the Texas Poetry Calendar, Dos Gatos Press’ Weaving the Terrain, and This Full Green Hour, an anthology of the One O’clock Poets.
Her work appears in many online and print journals, including Brooklyn Review, Cold Mountain Review, Dépositions le blog, Ducts, Exposition Review, Feral, First Literary Review-East, Found Poetry Review, Gyroscope Review, Hole in the Head Review, Leaping Clear, MungBeing, Otoliths, Poetry Motel, Snorkel, SWIMM, Terrain, The Little Magazine, The Stillwater Review, and Wild Roof.
