Kianna Greene is a poet, writer, and educator.
Kianna Greene is a poet and writer living in Orlando, Florida, where she teaches creative writing at the University of Central Florida.
Nominated twice for a Pushcart Prize, Kianna is an alumna of The Kenyon Review’s Writers Workshop and currently serves as an Associate Poetry Editor for The Florida Review and Director of The Cypress Dome, the University of Central Florida’s undergraduate literary journal.
In her work, Kianna is specifically interested in combining elements of poetry and creative nonfiction to explore narration through a vulnerable speaker. Inspired by the redemptive nature of Christianity, Kianna uses writing as a means of reconciliation, allowing her to rebirth experiences, rewrite personal and familial history, and forgive things she can now only change with words. Currently, she is working on her first collection of poems inspired by the instinct of loneliness.
Recent Awards and Publications
Finalist in Frontier Poetry’s 2025 Misfit Poems Prize
Poetry
“....once my
mother, folding laundry, showing me
how to fix the fitted sheets, where
to place my fists,
when to let the fabric go,
said I never meant to
make you feel unsafe. I heard
I only wanted to be
rid of myself, never of you.
I wish it comforted me.”