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Poetry

Purposeful Exploration of Life

Posted on 04/17/2024 by Khaya Ronkainen

to capture beauty and share joy is blasphemy.challenging the decree by gods of productivityis to explore life before living it with purpose. to shut the world o...

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Life in Verse & Visuals

khaya.ronkainen

Poetry | Creative Nonfiction | Fiction
📖 // debut DISTORTED IS THE VIEW out June 9, 2026 🇿🇦🇫🇮🌍

WRITING PROCESS: This is a story I didn’t even kno WRITING PROCESS: This is a story I didn’t even know I was carrying. As we know, memory is fickle, just as our minds sometimes interpret silence and create stories to fill the void. That fickleness was a gift that ushered me into fiction... 📖✍🏾

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Seasons Defined Seasons Defined
reviews: 5
ratings: 6 (avg rating 4.83)

From the Depths of Darkness: A Collection of Dark Poetry Left in the Light From the Depths of Darkness: A Collection of Dark Poetry Left in the Light
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ratings: 2 (avg rating 5.00)

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