tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post4099595209615611523..comments2023-11-05T07:53:12.708-05:00Comments on Poets United: Life of a Poet ~ Khaya RonkainenRosemary Nissen-Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-46331022613216506022018-02-11T04:51:43.253-05:002018-02-11T04:51:43.253-05:00Thank you dear Stacy for taking time to read and y...Thank you dear Stacy for taking time to read and your kind comment. Yeah, I thought it'd be good to share a bit about myself with my blog community. Glad you enjoyed this interview. Big Hugs!!<br /><br />btw, I'll be writing to you soon. :-)Khaya Ronkainenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06286352495379234651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-49148298711199393992018-02-10T19:42:50.027-05:002018-02-10T19:42:50.027-05:00So nice to get to know you more Khaya! I loved thi...So nice to get to know you more Khaya! I loved this interview! I love that picture of you on your blog!! And, the snow scene is amazing! Wow! I really loved reading about where you came from and how you are enjoying Finland! Big Hugs and Keep Being You! Magic Love Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14133368208464734546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-42289625322519699182018-02-10T04:53:49.900-05:002018-02-10T04:53:49.900-05:00Thanks for reading Maga!Thanks for reading Maga!Khaya Ronkainenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06286352495379234651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-11488292811884919282018-02-09T16:02:19.576-05:002018-02-09T16:02:19.576-05:00Dear Khaya, I love your thoughts on the nature of ...Dear Khaya, I love your thoughts on the nature of generosity, on how a close relationship with the land affects people, on how you use all of it to feed your poetry.<br /><br />Sherry, thanks for letting us know Khaya a bit better. Magaly Guerrerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18295455026184103230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-80447775702732319112018-02-08T13:31:27.672-05:002018-02-08T13:31:27.672-05:00Dear Susan! It makes me super happy to hear that y...Dear Susan! It makes me super happy to hear that you find my voice refreshing, and approach unique. It can be difficult at times to write from the heart and stay in one's own lane, more especially here in the blogosphere. Because "we are writing for the machine", isn't it?<br /><br />I appreciate you taking time to read, and also checking out my Instagram page. Thank you for your kind comments and welcome!Khaya Ronkainenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06286352495379234651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-42744314986090589142018-02-08T11:02:31.505-05:002018-02-08T11:02:31.505-05:00You forgot to mention all the verbal images and ha...You forgot to mention all the verbal images and haiku at the instagram site. I couldn't comment there because I don't have an account, but I find your work exceedingly beautiful!Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-31084828726103651352018-02-08T01:04:41.335-05:002018-02-08T01:04:41.335-05:00I'm 3 days late to your feature, Sherry and Kh...I'm 3 days late to your feature, Sherry and Khaya. Apologies. I've felt refreshed by your voice, Khaya, and this interview confirms your unique approach to life and art (poetry). I visited your friend's link and will visit the photography. I'm interested in seeing the contrasts through your eyes. I particularly love this: "Chanting of clan praises is poetry itself; oral poetry that overlaps with a song." and how you speak of your soul alive in words. That is truly the root, isn't it? And in the Summer/Autumn poem, I love the personifications and actions of nature in all its parts. I am delighted to be able to read more of your work here with us. Thank you both and welcome Khaya!Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-4253365567294727262018-02-07T23:39:29.109-05:002018-02-07T23:39:29.109-05:00Hi Gillena! So glad you enjoyed that poem, I wrote...Hi Gillena! So glad you enjoyed that poem, I wrote it with such passion at the time. :-) Much love...Khaya Ronkainenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06286352495379234651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-86325548433177429612018-02-07T15:26:10.197-05:002018-02-07T15:26:10.197-05:00Yes, i recognize that many injustices have happene...Yes, i recognize that many injustices have happened and continue to happen, and this was a good instruction to me that, with the best of intentions, i commit them myself. Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-48969440725489668662018-02-07T14:17:53.511-05:002018-02-07T14:17:53.511-05:00I enjoyed so much "Word Roots" and thank...I enjoyed so much "Word Roots" and thank you Khya for sharing your very interesting worlds of South Africa and Finland<br /><br />Thanks Sherry for another Up Close poet friend<br /><br />much love...Gillena Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09191865405561549074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-57478368804547412212018-02-07T13:50:30.090-05:002018-02-07T13:50:30.090-05:00Many thanks. :-)Many thanks. :-)Khaya Ronkainenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06286352495379234651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-68132492800118728742018-02-07T13:49:25.609-05:002018-02-07T13:49:25.609-05:00Thank you Khutsie for pointing out the error, Sher...Thank you Khutsie for pointing out the error, Sherry for rectifying it, and Robin for your support!Khaya Ronkainenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06286352495379234651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-44925243106265215762018-02-07T13:01:16.091-05:002018-02-07T13:01:16.091-05:00Thanks Sherry, I appreciate that, kenya is also li...Thanks Sherry, I appreciate that, kenya is also like a second home for me have lots of friends and community in Nairobi. I really did enjoy your article but we just need to be sensitive about these issues, because so many of us are awakening from the pain of the injustices of the past even the injustices we still face. @Khaya, I completely understand such things can happen Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07300236141432109513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-40950572875525309052018-02-07T12:31:45.134-05:002018-02-07T12:31:45.134-05:00I have now made the corrections in the article. Wh...I have now made the corrections in the article. When I sent Khaya her questions, I did not know which part of Africa she was from. My negligence was in not catching that I had originally written Africa and needed to go back and substitute South Africa. Lesson learned. Thankfully, we never stop learning. Smiles.Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-37947188842816200442018-02-07T12:15:04.581-05:002018-02-07T12:15:04.581-05:00My sincere apologies to both Khaya and to you, Khu...My sincere apologies to both Khaya and to you, Khutsie. I do know, of course, that South Africa is a beautiful and vibrant country. And that not all Africans live rurally. In fact, I have an adopted family in Kenya, who have taken me to their hearts, who lived rurally and whose son through sheer force of will put himself through school and is now a member of the Legislative Assembly, helping many others. So the connection I made was with how far those who DO live rurally can climb. Any error or offense given was unintended and fully mine. I do apologize. Also, I am sorry not to have responded sooner. I only this morning saw this comment. Peace to you.Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01926508656571639801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-82969823790667867062018-02-07T11:15:34.048-05:002018-02-07T11:15:34.048-05:00Hi Khutsie! Thank you for reading and your input o...Hi Khutsie! Thank you for reading and your input on the African and South African matter. I regret that it left a bad taste in your mouth.<br /><br />In defense of the interviewer, this is a simple and genuine typing error. The interviewer is well-versed, and fully aware that I'm from South Africa.<br /><br />If any blame, you could put it on me for not picking up the error. Considering that I earn some of my living proofreading other people's writing, it just goes to show nothing can be absolutely free from imperfections.<br /><br />Khaya Ronkainenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06286352495379234651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-4702297642960497082018-02-07T09:51:15.375-05:002018-02-07T09:51:15.375-05:00I'm so pleased to hear that you've been en...I'm so pleased to hear that you've been enjoying my presence here, Rosemary. It means a lot to me. Thank you for your reading.<br /><br />Btw, I immensely enjoy reading your columns "Thought-provokers" and "I wish I'd written this" even though I don't often comment. I'm always looking forward to reading them. Thank you!Khaya Ronkainenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06286352495379234651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-32650467637168705782018-02-07T05:23:27.453-05:002018-02-07T05:23:27.453-05:00While other readers would normally be grateful for...While other readers would normally be grateful for others opinions, education is the tool to correct any errors not criticism. These interviews are subject to review by the subject and any obvious error would normally be corrected in the hective interactive correspondence prior to publication. When reading it earlier I clearly understood African to mean South African (with me slipping in South) automatically. I am sure if Khaya wishes it the corrections can be made.Old Egghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14727444489103758018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-30331703735581317602018-02-07T04:18:05.073-05:002018-02-07T04:18:05.073-05:00Khaya this is brilliant, I really got to learn a l...Khaya this is brilliant, I really got to learn a lot about you. Also love the Xhosa outfit you wore in one of the pics, I do not know why I assumed you were Zulu, because maybe we talked about the KZN at some point. However the lack of research on the interviewer's side is showing and it greatly unsettles me, South Africa is a country in Africa and Africa is not a country full of impoverished but happy grateful people, its a continent full of many countries and diverse people. I would not be shocked if Sherry asked me to speak African or something to you, does she even know our languages are diverse that you and I do not even speak the same language. You can't be saying Africa is a country in 2018 especially after Trump's comments, in an interview with an African no less. The fact that she goes on to perpetuate this belief (that Africa is a country) throughout the article leaves me speechless. Why couldn't she just focus on South Africa since you are from there, South Africa is such a huge, beautiful and diverse country that she could have not lacked any material for the interview. Or even asking more about the places you lived in prior to Finland just for her own education. I am sorry that this sounds negative but the "Africans" are so tired of such laziness from the so called "people of the first world." I believe that Sherry can do so much better, in fact in the future she should do better.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07300236141432109513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-75945036528207497402018-02-07T04:04:37.751-05:002018-02-07T04:04:37.751-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07300236141432109513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-83082812086832361452018-02-07T00:41:34.616-05:002018-02-07T00:41:34.616-05:00What a truly fascinating interview! Thanks, Sherry...What a truly fascinating interview! Thanks, Sherry and Khaya. Khaya, you seem to me full of excitement at al aspects of life – and I love it! I have been enjoying your presence here at PU, and now will be doing so more than ever.Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-90010254615007577192018-02-06T23:58:41.891-05:002018-02-06T23:58:41.891-05:00I can't thank you enough, Sherry. "Yes&qu...I can't thank you enough, Sherry. "Yes" is such a short word yet the value of the word leads to more opportunities, and meeting like-minded people. Thank you!Khaya Ronkainenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06286352495379234651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-30446568410981718882018-02-06T23:54:52.700-05:002018-02-06T23:54:52.700-05:00I'm super pleased that you enjoyed my chat wit...I'm super pleased that you enjoyed my chat with Sherry. She knows how to ask the right questions! Thank you, Sara. Much appreciated!Khaya Ronkainenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06286352495379234651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-62565572355417873042018-02-06T23:51:14.723-05:002018-02-06T23:51:14.723-05:00Thank you so much Donna for your warm welcome. I&#...Thank you so much Donna for your warm welcome. I'm happy too to have found this lovely and supportive community.Khaya Ronkainenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06286352495379234651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-81151051757367145552018-02-06T19:23:27.667-05:002018-02-06T19:23:27.667-05:00So happy you enjoyed this feature and meeting this...So happy you enjoyed this feature and meeting this talented poet, my friends. I knew you would! Khaya, thank you once again for saying yes!Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.com