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  • Writer: rypennington94
    rypennington94
  • 14 hours ago
  • 1 min read

a poem



The footpath for mending lay bare,

haunting steps behind

and spying steps ahead 

release their crushing weight.


Imagination wells in green eyes

and tears of survival caress

the wounded ground

with tender care.


Knocking on heart's door,

God asks if you want to play

with the flowers.

The tulips smile as you learn again.


As always, your presence is more than enough.

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my fun bio:​

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My name is Ryan Pennington. I'm an obnoxious Nebraska Husker fan (who doesn't even love corn or the color red). My favorite bands are Twenty One Pilots, Paramore, and Kings Kaleidoscope. I enjoy walking, making analog collages, playing piano, getting lost in good music, and traveling to concerts with my wife. Green is my favorite color and my tattoos prove it. 💚​​

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my spruced up bio: 

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Ryan Pennington is a pastor-poet, communicator, and educator whose work explores the sacred architecture of ordinary beauty and inevitable pain. A lifelong Midwesterner, Ryan spent the first half of his life in Nebraska before settling in South Dakota, where the seasonal rhythms of the Great Plains deeply inform his writing.

He holds a B.A. in Theology from the University of Sioux Falls and an M.Div. from Kairos University (formerly Sioux Falls Seminary). After nine years in pastoral ministry, Ryan now serves within the Sioux Falls School District, maintaining a creative practice through writing poetry and prayers, creating analog collage, taking endless pictures and videos of everything beautiful, and inviting others into a more beautiful reality on social media.

His debut collection of poetry and prayer, Both And, is slated for publication in 2026.

He lives in Sioux Falls with his wife, Crystal, and their cat.​​

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