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 Sad Fields After Oz...
The below Senryu is constructed byemploying the Syllabic requirementof Traditional Zen Haiku..........In The Land of OzPoppy Fields Brought Gentle..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The S C R E A M
Modern Contemporary Haikuwith the employment of thesyllabic requirement ofTraditional style Haiku.___________________Expressionism,Horror 'gainst An..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Russians Are Coming To Play Roulette...
'tween the grey and the sageTher' be nary fair roomfor talk, negotiationas that's how it goes,when weakness fears strength,and thus senses pawnto..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Rush Of The Write & Wrongs In The Wee Morning Hours, By Window...
The Rush Of The Write & Wrongs In The Wee Morning Hours, By Window... _____________________________Who say's Frank James Ryan can't get awayfrom..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The River! The River!
So begins my story, strange...Young woman in tattered clothes,looking years far beyond her age,lips move, prattling to herself -sitting at a..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Rise & Fall Of The Magnolia
A Traditional Haiku,Nature themed, andwith full adherenceto its (5 - 7- 5)syllabic requirement.Magnolias Brief LifeAprils Branch, Mauve and White..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The 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.
The Questions {* A Sensual Pentad Senryu }
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.
The Psalm Of'' S '' { An Unorthodox Sonnet }
Symbols, numerical signs,Symptoms of social malignancySocieties legacy for thoseSinister minds with twisted ideasSacred to no-one but they..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Problem With Our World In 10 Words, No Less...
The Problem With Our World In 10 Words, No Less..._______________Author's Quip _______________Hmmm, well, perhaps more befitting as a quote, than a..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Poppy Isn't Only A Flower...
Poppies, red and pretty be...Intensely fantasial,as they be malignantlike Autumns leavesin the grip of Winter.Self-inflicted disease,despite outward..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Point Of Submission [ Deictic Conclusions ]
You obfuscate these events as if somehowYou have been given pontiffical judgementMight I ask where your source of blaspheme comesand coronates you..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Passing...
A Senryu constructed with theemployment of the syllabicrequirement of Traditional Haiku.Death Be Just a PassFrom Body's Final Breath To-Soul's..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The October Of Autumn...
October leaves behind..........its charm,November winds fracture wooded arms,Scent o' flowers trail impending doomIn Mother Natures...cold gravid..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Occupants Of St. Brigit's Church At Midnight...
The below Senryu poem is composed with theSyllabic requirement of Traditional Haiku...Aura Coats The Pews,Midnight at Saint Brigit's Church;Angels..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Night Of The Woodshed { The 50 Year Haunting }
Beneath the floor of the woodshed,that terrified a towns folk,the shed they labeled Macabre,from their fear of its strange, dark story,one stormy..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Narrow Path Of Life{ In 50 Words/65 Syllables, Exactly)
Orphaned...,heknewnotwhatLifehadtooffer.Sohejourneyedofftoexperiencewhathe'dmissedforsolong.Then,oneyearlaterhereturnedfromhisventure,wentintoseclusio..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Mystery Of The Seventh Sheep...
(((((A SHORT STORY)))))While taking a drive past a smallcountry town one early Sunday morn-ing, I saw a field of seven sheepgathering for their..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Moments 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.
The Misunderstanding Of Poetry
Melodrama has ne're been my cups worth o' tea'Less th' center stage spotlight be fixed on meCross pens are mightier than th' sterling swordYet I'd..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Majique Of New York [ A Stairstep Acrostical Dectina-Refrain ]
InNew York,No one sleeps,Even Dave Blaine!Waving Majique sparks-Your eyes cannot un-masque.Overlooking, Chrysler's Sphere,Rising 'neath...... the..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Macabre At Jonothan's Brook...
Oh! That night...the night they camewhen the birch woods snapped and fellin the deeps of Jonothan's Brookcoursing water mixed with blood,as if the..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Lost Lullaby
Bore within the Mothers of DeathImpervious to the née fresh breathTurning in their graves, be thoseGrieving for the lost living..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Line
Sometimes in Life we must take a stand,after burning our sacrificial lambs,when it's time to strike that proverbial Line-for what we believe in, for..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Lame Shame Game...
The three of them all came togetherto embarrass the people who gave themthe free space and tools to play themfor whatever reasons, all of which-would..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.