by Ryan Oelke | Aug 14, 2016 | Poetry
All the sounds of the world will break your heart if you listen with surrendered ears.
by Ryan Oelke | Mar 11, 2016 | Poetry
You want to imagine God, and there you have already lost your way. God has never been divided into any one thing – Everywhere you look Every thought you have Every yes Every no Every longing Every despair Every moment of complete satisfaction Every moment of...
by Ryan Oelke | Jan 30, 2016 | Poetry
Love is necessarily life and death: Circular breathing she uses to play her melody. We are the tenderest of notes, the most boisterous of crescendos, the rumble in the floorboards beneath her feet, and the faint echo lingering in the desperate ears of the hopeful. The...
by Ryan Oelke | Dec 15, 2015 | Poetry
flawed no up or down no left or right no forward or behind no escape from this no hate or sympathy no judgement or pardon no confusion or understanding no escape from this no darkness or light no confusion or faith no question or answer know don’t know no escape from...
by Ryan Oelke | Nov 23, 2015 | Poetry
what knows this? a tender question mark lives in the center of awareness it speaks to us through our hearts when we’re confused and alone it rushes out the pores of our feet when we run through the grass, so fast it’s looking back at us right now: what knows this?...
by Ryan Oelke | Oct 4, 2015 | Poetry
The sound of grace is heard the more we are open, free of pretense, yet full of presence, easily heard in the simplest of things, but nonetheless, heard in absolutely everything. It’s the sound of the universe listening to us through every form. It’s the sound of Love...