Section: «Poems»

Verse (ancient Greek ὁ στίχος — row, structure), a term in versification used in several meanings: artistic speech organized by division into rhythmically commensurate segments; poetry in the narrow sense; in particular, it implies the properties of versification of a particular tradition ("antique verse", "Akhmatova's verse", etc.); a line of poetic text organized according to a certain rhythmic pattern ("My uncle of the most honest rules").

Moments Before The Passing Of The Universe... (Version I I

And the world remained closed,absence of Life, blood and oxygen;rivers, white watermerging with brooks-and streams...rising up-into the oceans and..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Moments Before The Passing Of The Universe...

And the world remained closed,absence of Life as we knew it;rivers, white water rafting o'erbrooks and streams...rising up-with..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Moments Before Gethsemane...

Below is a Senryu.It's structuralformat follows thatof the required Syl-labic adherence ofTraditional Haiku.He Took of His FleshImbibed in His Sacred..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Mindfields

When the answers to the questions that have plagued-are revealed, no longer paradox, strange or sphinx,it be then I do foresee the movement of Steeds..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Mind Over Mattered? { Prose In Monological Format }

And...yet still now, you are confirmed by the notionthat so long as the Mind be strong the Heart will thenalways follow, and because so, I find cause..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Midnight...

A Senyru with the employmentof the Syllabic adherence ofTraditional Zen style Haiku.Changing of the Day'sYesterday Becomes TodayBy the Hand's of Time

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Metal Birds Of Elysium

The touch-down was irasciblein mood, in tone, in nascence,metal wings cutting off tree-tops;breeze became wind, wind became Kansas,swamp tips severed..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Mesothelioma... -

Mesothelioma... - Poem by Frank James Ryan Jr...FjRThe flaking shed from the ceilinglike flurries of snow in November...Lightly and deliberate,as if..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Memorial Day- M M X V I { In Memory Of Those Who Gave Of Themselves For Us } -

Lost in the fear of our own fearsare events that trump most fearsin spades, especially on this dayMemorial Day, and for a moment, Iam thinking how it..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Mass Of The Resurrection { Processus Silenti }

Mass Of The Resurrection { Processus Silenti }..............The Crucifer marched solemnly,as he led the great processionof the Mass for the now..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Masquerade- [ Opus I & I I ]

_______ I/II _______{The Weakness of Strength/The Ugliness of Beauty }So addicted to transfiguration,beauty pinching nerve 'n flesh -from the..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Masqued Erotica...

I asked if she'd spend the nightHer answer puzzled meOnly if we fightWas her reply to meAback I stood, with a hesitant grinAnd asked her to..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

March For Life 2015 [ Author's Advisory-Graphic Content ]

Dead movement verberates,twitching from the flushof a deep pooled canalof blood and saline.Still, movement verberates,coursing past the twigsof a..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Magic Or Witchcraft...

A Modern-Contemporary Haikuw/ the syllabic requirementof Traditional Zen style'KuLevitating fleshSlight of Hand or Incubus...,Magic or Witchcraft?

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

M O L O T O V

A Senryu composed with the employmentof the syllabic requirement of Haiku.A Poor Mans GrenadeServed Through The Tavern Window;The Cocktail of D E A T..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

M M X V... - Rev -

Understanding the broad scope of all that has beenfor two-hundred scores of years......probably more,Is to realize that regardless of what the..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

M A S Q U E (A Non-Traditional Sonnet)

Veiled to silhouette ''Itself'' 'fore God's penumbraCursed and cast to the black charred chaos of HadesArrives by sin to place Its thorned badge of..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Loving You- { Makes Me Feel Quite Immortal }

Finding you was magnificence Incarnate,You spoke about your life n' Intuition;Inquisitive dialogue spurred Interest-Subliminally, subtlely raising..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Love Is Love Is Love { For My Daughter } (Repost)

_________Author's Prologue____________Originally written for my (then) 12 year old daughteron her challenge for me to write a rhyming poem inless..

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Love Is Love Is Love { A Valentine } (Rep)

_________Author's Prologue____________Originally written for my (then) 12 year old daughteron her challenge for me to write a rhyming poem inless..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Lost My Poem On Site, Unseen! (Repost)

The site misplaced a poem of mine,It flew this coop on December nine.I wrote the PH Team a noteAbout this poem That I wroteOn Autumn, and its harvest..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Lord Ocean Of The Earth...

A Modern-Contemporary Haikuwith syllabic adherence ofTraditional Haiku Verse.....The Ocean Rises,Tides Command Earths Destiny;Land Can Only..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Living Just A Mile Away From Edgar Allan Poe...

There's a Town about a milejust east of where I live,called Bronxville, though-the community is far northof the Bronx. Affluent, anda tad Clintonish..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Live Free Or Die (Proud To Be American)

Contemporary Haiku formattedwith the Syllabic requirementof Traditional Zen HaikuAmerica's HeartBeats Through Freedoms Pulse and PrideTo Realize Our..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Little Christmas { Feast Of The Epiphany- An Acrostic Verse }

The Christian Feast of The Epiphanyis known by a myriad of alternate names,such as The Coming of The Magi, ThreeKing's Day, Visitation of The Three..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.