It Will Come: A Lesson from René Rilke
Everything must be carried to term before it is born. To wait with deep humility and patience for the hour when a new clarity is delivered: that alone is to liv...
Author: Khaya Ronkainen
Khaya Ronkainen writes poetry, creative nonfiction and fiction. This blog explores all things writing and living, aka personal history, cross-cultural experiences, nature, language, and the many ways people carry home within and across borders.
Making Room for Love’s New Shape: Sense of Self
Our mothers are often among the most influential people in our lives. It may be why so many of us think of them, with certainty, as our role models. Yet, as Mar...
Making Room for Truth: Compassion
Recently, I was listening to the Slowdown poetry podcast when Maggie Smith said something that stopped me in my tracks: “We are imperfect, and the people we lov...