Kati Mohr (she | they)
- Born in 1976
- German artist and poet
- Known online as pi & anne
- I recently started using Makoto as a pen name.
- Tanka, haiku, senryū, art
I am deeply passionate about exploring the filters that people apply, because how we see things often says more about ourselves than about the things themselves. I placed second in the Marlene Mountain Memorial Contest 2023 with “the fine slackline” and my haibun “All These Things” received a Touchstone Award in 2024.
Find my boiled-over mind on my blog, in various journals, on Bluesky, and on Instagram (in hibernation).
Reading, then writing
for the sake of feeling genuinely:
the butterfly
returns.
—Makoto
What does pi & anne stand for?
When I first started posting poems on Instagram, I wondered what drives me and what best embodies my character … A fox and a rabbit came to mind.
The fox represents my logical side, my deep interest in learning and in getting to the bottom of things. I’m smart and know exactly what talks to me (and what doesn’t). The rabbit: intuitive and creative, loves to play with things, is loyal and sensitive. My dream was to bring both sides into harmony . . . I call the fox PI (π) and the rabbit ANNE (after Anne of Green Gables). And yes, that still applies to me.
Why Makoto?
‘Makoto’ is Japanese and, depending on how it’s written, means truth, sincerity, faithfulness, integrity, honesty, reality, fact or devotion. This name resonates with what matters to me most and what I believe in, and that brings me great joy. In a way, it’s as if I’ve found the door to my home, to myself.
And did you know that ‘Makoto’ is a unisex name? That makes me even happier!
pi & anne 