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").

Death After Life (*contains Graphic Depiction*) -

This work contains graphic depictionthat some may find disturbing to read.It has been modified & reposted..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Day's Of Jasmine...

Awoke this morning to a gentle mist,something told me to close my eyes,for a moment, and when I obligedI sensed an aromatic breeze in airof Jasmine..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Dark Space, Hemispheres, & Emerald City

Been thinking a lot about spacethat lies between our hemispheres,of our gray, mercurial brainworks,and could this be the link we've lost,the one that..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Dark Edges Of The Hemispheres

Dotage, pervades upon the ashen grey,final wisps of an old rankled Brain,someone's here; do you know their name?Hemispheric universe sore..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Damning The Deathwatch By The Eye Of Carpe Diem

The river will never catch youif you understand white water.Lightening will never strike youif you heed to distant thunder.Symbols can never haunt..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Damn To Serendipity!

Finding the opaque prism,Steering a bull by its horns,Digging for water on Gobi,Expecting peace in the EastBooking two tickets to HendrixTwo minutes..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Da Nang, Vietnam, In August Of '68...

And when the locks were snapped and the cages openedThey all looked the same, as to say, they were dying.While overhead the titillating sound of..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

D E M E N T I A { Stage 7 } (Rev/Rep)

Dotage, pervades upon th' ashen grey -silent whisps...of an old rankled Brain.Hemispheric's universe sore estranged,obstruction, occlusion, erosion..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Crystal On Winterscape

Sprays of windglaced ice-dust....freezing mornings dew,on the fresh needled spruce, immune to autumns wake -of feral gusts, that sent sprite colour..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Cryptic 'crostic A La Poe { A Tribute To Edgar Allan Poe }

________ PROLOGUE________Within this cryptic, acrostic poemBe-lies one word that owns 2 homesForesight will not beget your findTh' stairway thru..

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Crucifixion Of Th' Soul...

_____________I_____________Lifes Crosses sometimes be hoisted with FearYet carried to their ends thru Faith'n HeartYet y'u obfuscate y'our Life to..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Creations Of Sunsets In August

Creations Of Sunsets In August- - Poem by Frank James Ryan Jr (FjR)I've watched the iridescent pour, of an August Sunsetinto a rippling sea, turning..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Couplets On Life For The Musing Cynicals To Cynically Muse Upon...

One never really knows when anathema will strike;Some sense portent of th' bizarre by....malediction.Did th' Mayans really understand God, and..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Conundrums Consequence...

Conundrums Consequence...History is not always faithful,times and tone portray dueling chaos,events become a scene from Golgotha,with its teflon and..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Come Judgement Day...

One Day, black flame will touch the Sunexpiating atoms, time and Lifeleaving nothing more or less than this:nothing BIG...nothing with a BANG;science..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Columbus Day Izzzzz Ovah & Dun!

The banner yet fliesRed demon to the eyesOn Site and into SightSomeone 86 this Byte? !Sad to say most passed onWriting a memoriumFor ole' Chris and..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Collateral . . .

Senryu Verse with the employment of thesyllabic adherence of Traditional HaikuLiquid Shades of RedThe Metal Birds Watch OverTheir pick-up Below

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Climax...

Obeisance, your kindly gestureas if captains of shipspassing close in the night,within human reach,breaching 'quatic laws,yet, e'er in romance -of..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Cix-El-Syd { Meop Citsorca Na}

Discomfit congenitally served though Wisdom never compromised,Yet, they, who shade their common sense by shroud of ignorance-Solipsizes their very..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Christmas Columbus Day! (Rep)

Red Banner, Bright RedCyber flying overheadBelow the PH MastheadLike Dawn of the DeadIt keeps popping upEnough is EnoughEvery 5 or 6 clicksIt makes..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White...

There was a clock that saton a wood sewing table,in the foyer of our homeso many years ago.I can see it, feel andalmost hear that sweet clockfrom..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Cheating Chaos From The Throws Of Darkness

_______ Author's Prologue _______Below... is an excerpt 'based'on my Short-Story fictional Horror titled, ''Tap TheSyringe Twice''...And for the sake..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Cause And Consequence

Don't preach your vermin 'pon my soulMy ears be deaf to the dross you tollThe axis of Earth, she soon shall bendto the likes of you- And thus, The..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

'Cathedral Of The Divine { Senryu }

A Prolix Prologue To A Succinct Work (Senryu)In New York City, there are many Churches thatover the years have become both secular and non-secular..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Castle ~of~ Spirits~ Happy Halloween ~

Revised & Reposted each year for HalloweenA wee bit of a strange, sensual Theme...FjR___________ I _______________ A p p a r i t i o n s ~ A x i..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.