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").
Impotence...
Ha! Yes, I knew it,I knew I'd bring ya' to it!Titles that facinatewill always make you take the bait.Now, Webster defines this termas not a very..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
A Shakespearian Spring 'Ku...
Traditional Zen Haiku with a weesprinkling of Shakespearian lexia.March On, ye, cold beastApril, she comes to drench theeMay shalt reap thy seeds.
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Gift Of The Silent Word...
The pen marks the paperthat marks the quantumof literary amplitudethat one's been given,as a gift from sourcesmany believe as mysteryrather than..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
Code-Blueless...
A Senryu with the Syllabicrequirement of TraditionalHaiku...(5...7...5)Why Call Nine-One-OneWhen the Victims' Been DeclaredA Stiff Eighty-Six...
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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..
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The Peaks & Valleys Of P. H.
With glitches galoreAs you try to tourYour second homeThat holds your poemsThere's intrepidnessAs you dare to submitYour post on the gridAs you..
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Standing On A Bridge Looking Down At Life - Poem By Frank James Ryan Jr (Fjr)
The water looked up at the man's face;said, 'come with me, let's take a midnight swim'.He could barely hear the slap of waters prattle,over the sour..
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Life Inside A Mercurial Mind
With quavering breath,you gently liftthe dutch wood doorthat carries the onewho sleeps inside,the one who just kissedyesterday, on her pallid..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
Upon Maturation
Pearl white, ash black infant sparrowsStaring...at the empty bottles of MerlotMesmerized...by their hued rufescenceBemused, to the slow bleeding..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
' La Mort De L'amour-
Said, you needed some time, so I watched you walk away,determination was never a suit of strength worn by you.I hadn't seen you in weeks after you..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
Immortal Grace { The Da Vinci Ode } (Revised)
In the portrait you seeyears of legacy,an artisans treasureof full bountied measure.Each dove feathered strokeflecks a virtuous scopeof immortal..
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The Consummation
'The Consummation - Poem by Frank James Ryan Jr (FjR)Serendipitously, we consummated;must have been the hard thunder-that distanced me from..
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Cynical Senryu's Of Six
Below is an Hexadic nexus of Sernryu'sof abstract, cryptic nature & deliveredfor your hopeful intrigue. All of themwere composed via the..
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When Death Doth Cometh 'fore Ye { For A Friend }
After Death Hath Cometh 'fore Ye { For A Friend } - Poem by Frank James Ryan Jr (FjR)In separate worlds live surfeit minds,disagreement veiled by..
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Parallel 69 { A Pentad-Senryu }(Sensual Content)
Won't you come with meTo Utopic DimensionsHoneyed Dreams sublime?Do you thirst like me,For a taste of Rhapsody..?Take me in....imbibe.You are warm..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
Quinary Couplets On Life For The Musing Cynic...
Does one really know when catastrophe will strike?Some sense portent of the bizarre by malediction.Did the Mayans really understand God, and..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
Heroes (Elegy For A Friend)
Sacrificing the ordinary...they ridestone white horses sans the reignsover black, cold tumorous mountains,and they do so... because they..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Equal Night [contemporary Haiku ]
Below is a Contemporary Style Haiku.Although It's Nature theme andSyllabic structure complies withTraditional Haiku, the absence ofSharp image and..
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The Right To Verse Free...
A Contemporary Haiku with theemployment of the required syllabicadherence of Traditional Zen HaikuThe First AmendmentIs Poetry's Quill of GoldWhose..
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Woman On Fire...
A Contemporary Haiku with theemployment of the required syllabicadherence of Traditional Zen HaikuSmitten by Her Eye'sHe Saw Within Them a RageOf..
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An Execution [ A Sestet Senryu ]
Below is an example of a Sestet SeryuThe metering however, is employed viathe 5-7-5 syllabic requirement of Tra-ditional Zen style Haiku.Hope you..
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On The Breeze Of Christmas Bells
???????????A Triad Senyru for theClebration of Christmas???????????The Whistle of WindO'erthe Church Steeples BelfryChristmas Chimes in AirPeople..
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The Last Days Of Earth { A Clockwork Destiny I I } (Rev.)
winnowing, at the likes of ourselves,minded like narrowed corridors;we occularise antithesis, like charlatans,in lieu of the antipathy, that of..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Poem That Might Just Blow You Away!
Authors Note-The below work is my attempt to pena simple poem void of POE-etical twist & turns,mystery & cryptics, not to mention Life..
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' My Nirvana Love (Romanticism W/ Envoy)
When I see your face in the night,I'm dreaming.When I sense your aura about me,I'm trancing.When I feel your warmth upon meI waken to my senses..
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