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").

The Wisdom Of Revelation { Just A Personal Prosaic Adaptation })

'For Here Is Wisdom'', John wrote with passionate convictionon parchment, produced from one of the Seven Churches-as mentioned in his Book of..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

No-Sirrom - The End

Strange as People can be at times,cryptic Senryu's carry strange lines.Lighted fires be violently warmFor all the Riders on the Storm.Think about..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

A Perfect Love For Forevermore

In us, my lov' there was no beginning,and ther'll be no end...evermore.We could have been souls from a universebonded by the starsthat we watched one..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Irish Sea Fishing After The Storm

Bite of the sea on an August nightfrom a nascent dark billow hauntingobsidian black- all eye's to the windas quelling clouds are overcome,whisked..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

' The S E E R { Born Of The Third-Eye }

Old woman rocking in her Gooseneck chair,Embroidering scarves, with ominous stare,Rolling white paper, Maryjane by her side,Pining all who swear- by..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Autumn & Springtide...Kaleidoscopic Majesty

The essence of hickory wafted higho'er gatherings of naked treetops,while the flailing of fragile limbsfrom the infant Japanese Maples,drew vex from..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Reaching For Satellites { Dimensions & Speculations }

All they who seek satellites with parallel orbitshall never realize their latitude.... en maxum;to conquer that which be so deemed timelesswarrants..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

April's Springtide Haiku { Shakespearian Style? }

Traditional Zen Haiku with a weesprinkling of Shakespearian lexia.Traditional Zen Haiku with ahumble attempt at how WilliamShakespeare might have..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

A Duet Of April Haiku...

~A Duet of Traditional Zen-Haiku inhonour of Spring's month of April~__-統的な禅俳句__________I _________Showers In AprilNourished breath of..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

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.

The Time Before Dying...

In seperate worlds, they breathe now;so sad, these worlds, like coffins,each silent to the other,yet life be ever present,just enough to offer..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Tale Of A Single Teardrop

One single Teardrop,pearl shaped...glistening,dangling on the tipof A fluttering eye-lash,for a moment suspended,and impulse incepts;'twas a mere..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Deaths Overture Passage I I- [ In Search Of Closures Covenant ]

And, Death... when you come for me,I'll ask but one request;that you deign me the courage to fear..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Deaths Overture Passage I - [ The Coming And The Crossing ]

And when you come for mepass o'er me gently,with wraithless, sweet gateway-Need to stare thru' those hollow sockets-whose wells have come to carry..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

V O R T E X

Contemporary Haiku with the employmentof the 5- 7- 5- Syllabic adherence re-quired in Traditional Zen Style Haiku.Circled Wind of Death'Less Your..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

One Butterflies Query To A Little Girl's Precociousness

One early morning as the Sun drew Dawnan Ediths Checkerboard spoke to a child,asked, why do butterflies die so young, then smiled.I have no idea, I..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

' From The Black Into The Light...

In the blackest of darkness there still bea magnificent beacon behind this opaque-firewall of darkness ostensibly thwartingyour desire to draw light..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

' By The White Streams Of Killclarke-{ In Honour Of St. Patrick's Day }

And the stream was long and narrowRunning 'side.....the crooked marrowOf the smoked-black, wooded barkThrough the dark woods of KillclarkeAnd, on..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Aye! The Birthday Ballad Of Sean Mcgivins { In Honour Of St. Patrick's Day- 'o Wee Bit 'uv Gaelic Humour Fer Ya Readin' }

Aye, 'th mugs were lifted heaven highto roast an' toast Sean McGivins life;one's birthday falls buh' once a year,an' in Dublin it falls fr'm casks of..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Psalm 777 { For The Victims Of Infantile Homicide }

Life, the moment when conception is existent...Existence, moments within a range of forward Time...Time, a frozen moment ossified by Death...Death..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Purgatory...{ Queries & Quandaries }

They say an odyssea begins at Death's moment,some intransigent state of immortal existence,reflection, atonement for mortal imbruement,incurred from..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Dominance & Consequence { The Path To Jahannum }

Dominance, not so far from footstepsclosing in like a precipice waiting-for someone, anyone....to challengethe nascent discharge of Armageddon-of..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

The Gardeners Of Autumn Bring...(Rp)

The essence of hickory wafted higho'er gatherings of naked treetops,while the flailing of fragile limbsfrom the infant Japanese Maples,drew vex from..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Spirited Wisdom By Tongue Of Fire

Wisdom can be defined as acumens brother in arms;I think Rome could have been actually built in one day,It just wouldn't have seen th' sunrise of a..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

What If Life Were Just Chapters In A Book Of Dreams?

And, what difference would it make...if life were just a dream,As if we owned th' magic wand, to wake up an' smell th' coffee.Bright, colorless..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.