Making Room for Wanting: love, privacy, and the unsaid
February arrives with its loud-hearted instructions: roses, reservations, and grand declarations. But these days I’m living inside a quieter register of love; t...
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.
I Am a Writer: A Refrain for the Unbowed
I am a writerWords are the toolsI gather to tell stories I am a writerWords are the weaponsI pick up to fight injustice I am a writerWords are the imaginationI ...
A Word Arrives Like A Bird
I often joke that if there’s such a thing as an afterlife, I’ll definitely come back as a swan. It’s my favourite bird. I love everything about it: the elegance...