Best Stories of Ravyne Hawke

Summary

Ravyne Hawke, a Medium writer, shares a curated list of her favorite pieces across poetry, fiction, personal essays, and articles, with a focus on dark, personal themes and her journey with mental health.

Abstract

The website content is a personal compilation by Ravyne Hawke, who expresses gratitude to Dr Mehmet Yildiz for inspiring her to share her preferred writings with the Illumination community. Hawke's selections span various genres, reflecting her versatility as a writer. She introduces her favorite poetry, which tends to be free verse and often delves into her own experiences and struggles, including her battles with Uterine Cancer and memory loss. In the fiction category, she highlights her love for concise storytelling, particularly drabbles—stories told in exactly 100 words. Hawke also addresses mental health in her personal essays, drawing from her lifelong struggle with depression and experiences with eating disorders and body dysmorphia. Additionally, she includes articles on broader topics such as the impact of psychedelics and the dynamics of auras and empaths. The writer's works are characterized by a deeply personal and introspective style, aiming to connect with readers on themes of relationships, spirituality, life lessons, and the LGBTQ+ community.

Opinions

Hawke values the encouragement from Dr Mehmet Yildiz in sharing her work, indicating a supportive writing community.
She takes pride in her poetry, particularly those that are autobiographical and explore darker themes.
Hawke enjoys the challenge of flash fiction and drabbles, praising the power of brevity in storytelling.
Her essays on mental health reflect a commitment to raising awareness and fostering understanding about these conditions.
She is an advocate for the legalization of psychedelics, suggesting a transformative personal experience with them.
Hawke's interest in spirituality and the metaphysical is evident in her writings about auras and empaths.
She identifies most with writing that addresses Relationships, Spirituality, Life Lessons, Mental Health, and the LGBTQ+ community, indicating these are important aspects of her identity and advocacy.

The Writer Shares Her Favorites

I want to give a big thank you to Dr Mehmet Yildiz for encouraging us to share our favorite pieces of writing with the Illumination community. Since I write poetry, fiction, personal essays and articles, I will share a few from each category.

POETRY

I have written a lot of poetry here on Medium — some new and some refurbished from decades ago. My poetry is normally personal, dark, confessional and free verse. Here is my favorite in this category — it is about all I gave up to fulfill my dreams and the final realization of just what Uterine Cancer took from me:

This poem is my first curated piece on Medium. It tells about losing my memory as a child from being in a coma and all that I lost as a result:

And finally, I love writing Haiku, Senryu and Haibun. Here is my favorite — it tells the story of one of the last times I am with a close friend at a river for the day:

FICTION

I’d almost always written poetry and it wasn’t until I took a flash fiction writing course in college that I realized how much I loved fitting an entire story into as few words as possible. Here are a few of my favorite:

PERSONAL ESSAYS

I tend to write about Mental Health frequently. As one who has suffered depression for most of her life, I like to share my personal experiences and journey to wellness with others. Here are a couple of personal essays I’ve written on the subject:

ARTICLES

And finally, I have written a few articles on various subjects, but these two are my favorites:

Thank you so much for reading my list here. I hope you find something of interest.

Best Stories of Ravyne Hawke

The Writer Shares Her Favorites

Pondering My Womb

poetry

The Mourning of You

a poem of deep loss

Reflections at the River

A Haiku/Senryu Haibun Compilation

A Night of Reckoning

A Drabble (100 word story) — Dark Tales Series

Forever Changed

A Drabble that highlights inevitable change and death

For Tomorrow We Die

Flash Fiction — Dark Tales Series

My Journey Through Eating Disorders and Body Dysmorphia

From Teenage Bulimia to Adulthood Binge-Eating and the Hatred of My Body Throughout

I Am Both Mourning and Night, No Joy Lives Here

Creative Non-Fiction on Life with Depression

Psychedelics: Expanding Consciousness, Creativity and Interconnectedness

How the use of psychedelics opened my eyes to new possibilities and why I am now an advocate for legalization

On Auras and Empaths

How Energy Affects Me