Böcker av Ryan Diaz

"Crushed by his ideals the wounded monk contemplates the meaning of summer." This line, central to Ryan's long poem, A Wounded Monk, captures the essence of this short but powerful collection.In A Wounded Monk Diaz explores the nature of meaning and becoming, using the story of an idealistic acolyte to explore his own complex relationship to spirituality and faith.This, alongside the collection's subsequent poems, forms a distinct portrait of the poet's own interior life and in turn invites the reader to consider their own place in the complex network of relationships we call existence.

Inspired by Haiku and other forms of short poetry, Like Falling Leaves, is a love letter to the brief and the beautiful. In twenty-four short poems, Ryan takes the reader through the awesome and ordinary, ruminating on everyday experience, religious discovery, and the fraught relationship between humanity and the natural world. While easily read in a single sitting, this collection is meant to be read slowly, a satisfying read for those longing to slow down in a world that only knows the demands of speed.