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 Equation...
______________I_______________________ ASSUMPTION_________Massages my proclivity to invoke my born prowess,portentous bravado inspires the verveof..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Empath. . .
E M P A T H... (Rv-Rp) - Poem by Frank James Ryan Jr (FjR)Empath may obscure the finality,as inveterated passion for the sickburns the soul of the..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Dyslexic Course Of Life...
A N D...Of Death and its entrancenegotiation, not an optionas this entity be puissant-to pause(...) or abrogation,to a fiber.... bare of heart,its..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Deliverance { Song Of Natures Renaissance }(Rv-Rp)
Caught a hint of ochre,from the corner of my eyedripping from an April dawn,warming the tipsof frail infant twigs,imbibing the chillof natures spring..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Death Rattle Echoes From The East...
Who knew about Isis, ten years ago?Who knew them even five years ago?We were warned by a Presidentten years ago; tho' no recorded name.But, he..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Death Of Earth
Below is a Contemporary Haikutraditionally structured withits syllabic requirement(5-7-5)Planet Earth CanceredBy The Throes of HumankindSet The..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Day New York City Almost Slept...
The City,The buildings,scraping,blue skies-that were reallyazure, puffy, calm,but it mattered notthis day...that day,the day the skyturned blacklike..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Dark Side Of Living In A Small Town...
The Dark Side Of Living In A Small Town...The below work is a shorttell-tale constructed inthree connecting Senryuswith the employment ofthe 5-7-5..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Crows Of Autumn, Black (For Edgar Allan Poe) -(Rep.)
Comes the cold, black, Death of Autumn,harboring its' pique on naked limb;stirring damp, feral windsto the hawking, stalking,insidious squawking...of..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Crossing Of Rubicon
Counterclockwise....a movement Destiny won't deignJust another subtle walk-away- from life's reality;One more chance to make the same..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Crossing Beneath The River Styx
Under dark streams and oceanswhere Death wallows deep-beneath the iced-capped blueto visit the waiting dead,and their purgatory souls,upon the River..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
'The Consummation
'The Consummation - Poem by Frank James Ryan Jr (FjR)Serendipitously, we consummated;must have been the hard thunder-that distanced me from..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Connection- For The One That Be You { Pour Ma Reine De Coeurs }
In my life, lov', I'll have no stronger need,then to hear th' pulse of yo'r heart next to mine,feel yo'r soft, velvet hair draping o'er my..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Connection
FjR)In my life lov'....... I'll have no stronger needthen t' hear th' pulse of yo'r heart next t' mine,feel your long velvet hair drape o'er my..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Carrying Of Crosses By Trust And Faith...
I have seen years pass too fast thru' the eyes of many-Crosses shouldered 'til the wood shards splintered deepthat made each Cross the more difficult..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Bright Green Lights Of A New York Night...
O'er th' waters of Hudson each midniteStars o' emerald be seen o'er streetliteIts necklace of light sweeps down lowTo New Yorker's it's just staus..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Bloody Curved Sword Ofdamocles
Where goes the the space beyond the stars-that science can never explain;Elements from all planets in syncdo you think this merely a fluke?Priests..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Black 'n White Of It All...
_____I PROLOGUE____Black is not a colour...unacknowledged-by the Wheel of Spectum,the Spectrum of Colour.So, consider this...and, let us turn our..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Bishop & The Crucifer { Prose }
{ ProseThe Crucifer, a young man, no more thanfifteen, turned to the Twelfth Station of theCross, realizing the great honour it was tobe the one..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Biblical Entrance Of Autumn...
Semi-Traditional Haiku Versewith adherence to the syllabicrequirement of Traditional style.The Death of SummerIs Autumn's Nativity,Nature's Genesis.
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Betrayal Of Benghazi...(Repost)
The below work is a Modern-ContemporaryQuaternary Haiku with adherence to thesyllabic requirement of Traditional 'Ku.Enter The AbyssThat's What It..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Begin Of The End (Content May Be Disturbing To Some)
Senryu Verse with the employment ofTraditional Haiku's syllabic standard._________________________Morphine Quells The MindComa Deafens The Soul..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Arrogance & Insignificance Of Time...
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 Adventures Of Grandpa & Me In August Of '69
My grandparents on my mothers side had a summer homelocated in Cape May, New Jersey, an awesome oceanfront property that overlooked the great..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The 14+h Station Of +he Cross { In Honour & Observation Of The Passion & Death Of The Christ }
________________ I _____________________AFTER SUPPER WAS THROUGH______And, when they reached the apex of 'The Hill',the one they called, Calvary, or..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.