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").
An Allegiance Of Hope (A Thanksgiving Psalm)
'tis a time for harvesting peace in crisis'tis a time for harnessing cultural vices'tis a time for mending bridges and fence'tis a time for extending..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
America's Pastime Will Never Die...
A senyru formatted with theemployment of Traditional ZenHaiku'sSyllabic requirement...Hear The Crack of BatsEcho 'cross Silent BleechersBaseball..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
Alzheimers-[ No ''body'' Should Become A ''soul''like This]
Alzheimers-[ No ''Body'' Should Become A ''soul''Like This]When do the moments begin to moveon wings of hours veiled and skewed;and what to say to..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
Alternative Recall
Modern Senryu with the employment of thesyllabic structure of Traditional Haiku-Time Cannot EchoThe Cherished Moments In Life-That Memories Can.
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
All They Who Take Umbrage With The Power Of Wisdom
There be a solipsistic facade that exudes them,for all they who take umbrage with Wisdom,who in truth fall anemic of confidence, when -consternation..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
All The Beautiful People Of The World...
They come, from one hundred ninety-four nations,that are settled on seven recognized continents.They're people of a teeming of color 'n..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
Afterhoursrockatmckinleyspuboffriversidedrive
A wee bit 'o jocund to awaken orfall asleep to, with a dry splashof an over easy cryptic poem to go!At McKinleys PubOff Riverside DriveAfter..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
After The Minefields Are Cleared
When the answers to the questions that have plagued-are revealed, no longer veiled, strange or sphinx,it be then I foresee the movement of White..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
Across The Rhythm Of Time In Presto
Time is that which tells us nothing morethan a specific position of hands, moving-forward, relentless, like music in Presto,at times, arrhythmic, as..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
About The Mercy Of A Nightmare...
A Modern Contemporary Haikuwith adherence to Traditional,Haikus Syllabic requirement.The Cars Crashed Head-on;*''There, But For The Grace of God-Go..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
About Pleasure....
Contemporary haiku with the employment oftraditional haikus syllabic requirement.Midnight RomanticI Raise My Chalice of YenImbibe Its Sweet Pour...
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
A World's Odd's Of Merging...
Odd's of coming home for a slice....of Mum's Key-Lime Pie,Or watching a virgin sunset bleeding into twilights backdropOr, spending fourty dollars..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
A Visit To The Holy Tomb Of The Saints-{ The Catacombs On New York's Westside } (Revision Of Original 2006 Post.)
I Visited the Tomb of Gods Holy SaintsAt the catacombs, beneath blackened soilCracked cobblestone, its entry pathOuter walls wrapped in pea-green..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
A Turn Of The Cards { V I I - V I I - V I I } (Rp) - Poem By Frank James Ryan Jr (Fjr)
______________VII-VII-VII _____________When comes my time to fold or call....what shall I see?A comet bright, black holes in space, a House of..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
A Tale Of Two Siblings...
Comes one, comes the otherOne be sister, one be brotherAnd tho' DNA' s the same,And they share the same last name,They will clash, and berateOne..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
A Sudden Purge From The Mind Of A Jaded Writer
Winds upon themselves do carry-Hedgerows of natures breath,Yarrows stretched in fullest breadth,Narrows long in range and depth,Arrows splitting life..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
A Succinct Symmetric Sex Story...
Nakedly conversing, yet fully dressed,disrobing each other....virtually;technology..... the compensation,allowing words, voices to fill-the senses..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
A Space Of Time Inside A Dream...
Momentary space in time,hands of the clock still forward move,ostensibly much slower now,the landscape queerly abstract,to be deemed presage or..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
A Souls Final Blessing Inside A Cathedral...
A Surrealism themed Senyru with theemployment of the Syllabic Require-ment of Traditional Zen Haiku...The Casket Was BlestMyrrh Burnsa Mundungus..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
A Soldier's Story, Saigon 1973
The Subluxation-We engaged the Crooked PathWith trees dropping small grey pineapplesI wanted to fight, not to run...The Suffocation-We choked on..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
A Soldiers Poem On His Way Home From Battle
A Soldiers Poem On His Way Home From Battle - Poem by Frank James Ryan Jr (FjR)____ P R O L O G U E ______A wings full of warriors were saved,a..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
A Soldier's Christmas Promise To His Daughter
Daddy, must you go to war?I'll be back before you know it, hun,Just in time for Christmas cheer.And, so, came the twenty-third,of December and her..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
A Smile May Not Be Just A Smile...
Standing alone in the sand, bored,you begin to count to yourselfthe grains pushing 'tween your ten toes;a young girl trim and pretty walks by,your..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
A Rock Solid Warning From Above...
A wee bit'o fun, this one wuz'!Hope y'u enjoy it too...FjRI never gather mossTho'some call me drossI'm taken by surpriseby so many who drivePast my..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
A Prescience Within A Dream{ Inspired By Edgar Allan Poe}
Standing over a prescience I saw -an ocean carrying bodies coldon jagged tide, bobbing, colliding -joints snapping like wooden matchsticks,in all..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.