Koru Magazine

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Nazaret Ranea, United Kingdom

We’ve kissed a hundred times,
we’ve kissed a thousand times,
we’ve kissed a million times now,
in sticky dance floors, dark cinemas,
museums, in church...
But never to this view, this song.
How lucky were we that
the sea doesn’t close.

Nazaret Ranea was born in 1999 in Malaga, Spain and now resides in Edinburgh, Scotland. She is an emerging poet recognized as one of Scotland's Young Makars in 2023, the author of the zine My Men,and is currently working on her debut anthology. She frequently collaborates with BBC Scotland, and debuted at the 2023 Fringe festival. Explore more on nazaretranea.com and her social media: @nazareterreese @NazaretRanea.