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 Lambs Will Know Before Us (Presented In Couplet Format)
Yellow orb veils Moon...gravitous,shocking the brains of Mother Earth,lambs in fields, eyes to the sky,they live by congenital presage;the world..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The 'ku Courting Of Madame Butterfly...
Traditional Zen style Haiku,Nature themed and in full ad-herence to syllabic requirement.Passionate Wing-ThrustWooing Mate From Cypress TreeButterfly..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Kings Who Rule The Chessboard, Site Unseen
They are the KingsWe are the pawns,not even the Knightsto humor us allSo we'll keep on playing their numbers gamewhen the fact is...it's a..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Kinda' Stuff That Killed Vaudville {in Couplets, No Less}
'Let sleeping dogs lie', is what they say,whoever the hell these 'THEY' are;And besides how I abhor all cliché-in poetry, essay, a note from a..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Jack Kavorkian Diet (Revised)
What has happened to you?your hourglass is waningof its sand-grain of life;so obvious your changesI have frequent nightmaresof your deep set eyesand..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Iron Clad Diet, By Request
A different kind of Senryu.One I rarely deign to doSyllabic in Traditional Ku'!- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -AND NOW PRESENTING THE WORK..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Inexplicables Of The Entrtance To Death
Of Death and its entrancethere be no allowanceto pause(...) or abrogateto a fiber, bare of heart,this entity be puissant-its mission.....
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Incredible Blight On Site Unseen (A Pentamerous Haiku)
~P R O L O G U E~Freedom of SpeechIs a Right to Preach,Write as we please...Without fear of delete,Or a ban from our seat-As members of means,So long..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Imagist And The Thespian
You are a Thespian of stage and festI am an Imagist of literary dreamYou can sing, dance on Broadway stagePour amongst the criics pageBut, you'll..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Hunt...{ A Metaphoric Work }
As I walk alone in a world all my own-I ponder the paths that have crossed my way;A doctor, a plumber, a proctor, a drummer,So many miles of dreams..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Human Brain On Drugs (An Unorthodox Sonnet)
Choking 'pon herbs an' chemicalTwisted Brain absent of breathBoth Halves anti-symmetricalIn all essence waiting on DeathStill th' User bleeds for th'..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Hour Glass Is Never Full...
The hour-glass broke,and the sand grain watched the smokespiraling from the shards of glass,traveling grey on natures breath,and gravity, 'till..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Highway...
The Highway always narrowsno matter how straight it looks,three lanes become just two, then oneand in the mania we miss our exit.There are pot holes..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The High-Cooing Courting Of Madame Butterfly...
Traditional Zen style Haiku,Nature themed and in full ad-herence to syllabic requirement.Passionate Wing-ThrustWooing Mate From Cypress TreeButterfly..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Harboring Of Fears Within...
With quavering limbs and breath,you gently lift the pine wood doorthat carries the one who sleeps inside,the one you kissed just yesterday,the one..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Hallowed Tomb Of The Saints... {a Visit To The Catacombs 'neath The River Hudson}...[revision]
Visited the Tomb of the Saints last weekat the catacombs, 'neath the River, Hudson,Cracked cobblestone... carves its gruff path,outer walls wrapped..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Great Coca-Cola Caper Of '69...
The Great Coca-Cola Caper of '69...A Short Story or A Touch of ProseYou be the Judge, and Jury......so longas you recuse as the Executioner!Hope You..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Good Shepherd Francis { A Papal Laudation }
Death! What event be more imperious than Life, for-they who breathe deep, from beneath opaque planes;while, mortalkind continues to live by War and..
© 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.
The Fire Within The Heart -
A Senryu with the employmentof the syllabic requirement ofTraditional Zen style HaikuYour Flesh Upon MineThe Friction Is MaddeningCome With Me, Sweet..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Feast Of All Soul's Day (November 2nd)
A Senryu Verse with the employmentof the syllabic requirement [5-7-5]of Traditional Zen style Haiku.November Second,Purgatory Becomes Hope-For Souls..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Fall Of The Plagiarist...
Pleased to meet you, Mr. Poet.I have seen your jacket of work,supposed epic tales of Lifethat you, yourself quilled,through Wisdom of Poetry,along..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Fall Of Providence
In the center of a Dak-To paddy-fieldlaid the last of the dead...smolderinglike a box of lit Corona's, strewn.....,and the scent was..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Exception To Enter Charlotte's Web -
Sometimes the needles in her brain contract,as if miasma penetrated her hemispheres,dormant 'til the presentations rouse her stem,by way of..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Esoteric Mind Of The Abstract Poet
Kaleidoscopic imagistspining to find their place,steady as the marionettedangling over a child -recklessly, drunkingly,grade school..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.