{"title":"Katrina Serwe","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"first-steps-poemwalking-the-ice-age-national-scenic-trail-in-the-northern-kettle-moraine-paperback","title":"First Steps: Poemwalking the Ice Age National Scenic Trail in the Northern Kettle Moraine - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is and it isn't a loop trail- \/ it can be if you want. \/ I choose the tower view of wind- \/ sculpted lake in gray marble, \/ splashes of vermilion on green \/ like the first raindrops of fall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWeather breaks over couplets and gathers into fat stanzas as these poems travel Wisconsin's Ice Age Trail. The sound of vegetation, mold, and stones against stones under the soles of the speaker's boots is accomplished with musicality and the precise language Katrina Serwe selects as carefully as the next step on the trail.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection is both a travelogue and a record of one of our country's most fragile places, and is highly recommended to readers of nature poetry and prose seeking an immersive experience with an unusual place. Serwe has crafted a prestige guidebook from her remarkable poems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFirst Steps\u003c\/em\u003e was a 2024 selection of the Brain Mill Press + Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets Chapbook Contest. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51378550243551,"sku":"9781948559904","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/JOpJ3A0qsV9781948559904.webp?v=1789258029"},{"product_id":"a-thousand-miles-of-poetry-poemwalking-wisconsins-ice-age-national-scenic-trail-paperback","title":"A Thousand Miles of Poetry Poemwalking Wisconsin's Ice Age National Scenic Trail - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWisconsin's Ice Age National Scenic Trail\u003c\/strong\u003e is a dream woven in single-track, multi-use, bike trails, and back roads. It's tacked together through shared public spaces, private lands and easements. Every year the trail gains miles toward the goal of uninterrupted path ribboning off-road over 1,200 miles of Wisconsin's glacial terrain.In this evocative poetry collection, poet, hiker, and outdoor enthusiast Katrina Serwe traces a thousand-mile odyssey along the Ice Age Trail, each segment etched into verse. Poemwalking, as Serwe describes it, captures the trail's pulse across every season, woven into reflections, layered metaphors, and the whispers of ancient moraines. These poems, like the glacial till that inspired them, walk the reader over the rugged and gentle landscapes of Wisconsin, shaped by the energy and ice of long ago.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51378726928607,"sku":"9798349322549","price":32.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/cUaIHzIlAt9798349322549.webp?v=1789261595"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/katrina-serwe.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}