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").

Estranged (Snap Shot Poem)

I wanted to feel close to you,yes, I sat in your back yard.It was a cool rainy eve, Oabout 9: pm I believe. I waitedhoping for a glimpse but..

© Melvina Germain

Erotic Joy

The warm breezeof ecstasycaressed my naked body,holding me suspendedin a cloud like haze.Embracing,every climactic moment,I found myself,joyously..

© Melvina Germain

Epiphany Number Two

You were my direction, my north, south, east west.My Monday to Friday, even Sunday's best.My rainy days and snowy nights.My moonlight, my dawn, my..

© Melvina Germain

Epiphany Number Three

Choose happy nights of lust,and crazy sex upon the floor.For satisfaction is far greater,when the cruelty of love,leaves through the door.

© Melvina Germain

Epiphany (Number One)

Embroidered words fall upon thy page,as the blue cloth of night sits beneath the pale moon.Peppered thoughts pondering,a remembrance of..

© Melvina Germain

End The Madness

Lies and deceitare sickening, but oneslove keeps peering through.Now the one who loves youmost has seen the real you.So before you put thatchemical..

© Melvina Germain

Emotions Run Deep/Deception Ends & Let The Truth Begin

Emotions Run DeepDeep In The Valley Of Pain.I fear the pouring of rain,radiating deep within my soulan emotion I can not hold.Deception EndsPeering..

© Melvina Germain

Embracing You

Rummaging through sifted thoughts, carrying a torch fora spectacle housed in the shell of a human. Loss of self respect,loss of financial stability..

© Melvina Germain

Embarrassing To Say The Least

Embarrassing to say the leastI received a rather rushed call from my daughter this afternoon. Mom, tonight we have tickets for Annieremember, I said..

© Melvina Germain

Ecstasy- - -Bliss- - -Final Resting Place

The amber toned moon glowed in an enchantedSequence of color..The nuance flowed synergistically creating amelancholy image of timeless motion.Behind..

© Melvina Germain

Ebony's Hell

Hurled stones rock thy cradle,sleep not on velvet sheets.Red eyes full of fire,torment lives within thee deep.

© Melvina Germain

Ebony Night....Sleep Well Folks

The ebony night with stars so bright brings forth the beauty of a winters nightbetween warm soft sheets. Close your eyes people and enjoy a night of..

© Melvina Germain

Ebony And Ivory (Here's A Lovely For All Of You)

So I share these words with youa dashing man with eyes so blue.That thick white hair I do desireyou truly set my soul on fire.You know I don't care..

© Melvina Germain

Ebony And Ivory (2)

He was a Black man ya knowblacker than the ace of spades.I guess you can call him Blue blackthat's just how he was made.Well he met himself a white..

© Melvina Germain

Ebony And Ivory

So I share these words with youa dashing man with eyes so blue.That thick white hair I do desireyou truly set my soul on fire.You know I don't care..

© Melvina Germain

Earth Angel

Do you know who you are, earth angel.You leave a lasting impression,to everyone you see and touch,You do it at your own discretion, andyou do it oh..

© Melvina Germain

Doth Dark Seeds Win The Battle (Sharing A Poem Once Again With All Of You) .....

Phantom of the deep, ripe with sin.Heartless as he speaks, a bully thrives.From the glasshouse on high,daggers thrust all who survive. Ye are..

© Melvina Germain

Don'T Let Love Pass You By

Would you allow love to pass you by, are you interested in someone but feel theyare just too good for you. It might surprise you to know that person..

© Melvina Germain

Don'T Go

Don't GoIf you leave me,I shall diea death of loneliness.My life will changeand never be the same again.My throat will seize up,as I ponder on the..

© Melvina Germain

Don'T Get Left Out In The Cold...

Frank was a simple manwith a heart, full of love.All he wanted, was a oneman woman, you see, hewas a one woman man.Kind, helpful, honest andO so..

© Melvina Germain

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.

Haiku For Statistical Accuracy (A Quad-Set Haiku)

A Modern-Contemporary Haikuw/ syllabic requirement ofTraditional Zen style HaikuFast Growing QueriesOn Statistical ValuesOversight or Site?Marketing..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

' Icedancer- Il Ballo Della Principessa Di Ghiaccio -

_________OVERTURE___________In engaging a walk, 'pon a Winter's crisp morn,On a snow-feathered path,Draped by ice-ladened branches,My eye's found a..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Haiku For The Anti-Terrorizing Of The World...

Modern-Contemporary Haikuw/syllabic requirement ofTraditional Zen style'KuThe World Near The GripsOf Their Dirtied FingertipsIce Is Void of Soap.

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

A Mothers Anathema...

Drawn from the concrete wellbuckets pulled by rope-burnt palms,the chilling bounce of a mothers screamsagainst the damp echoof narrow concrete..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.