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").
Sonnet For The Dying {4-3-3-4- Format}
And, should my hemispheres ever ossify,Freezing logic's mind from reason's plane,Should I ever be trapped in desuetude-Close my eyes, love, and tell..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
Sometimes Love Is Just Like That, Sometimes...
Sometimes it's time to move on,away from the hurt you've delivereddespite the gold ribbonyour intentions were wrapped in,how you'll miss this..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
Solipsism (Father Of Hubris) -
Certain for pause in the empty spaceof unknowing or lacking cognition,so to speak, and at times it's all-we do when our tongues speak overour..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
Social Infectioin { God Of Genocide }
I am shivering coldby chemical means,by congenital state,through genetic root,that one might toe-tag''socially expired''in cultural terms, of..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
Snow Blind Joe...{ Lyrical Version }
How do you do it...how do you seeIn the eyes of solar brilliancy,Trees obscured from drifts of whiteReflecting off the mid-day's light.Warping angles..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
Sleeping Under Fallen Wood Of The Sacred...
Breathing was shallowthe earwigs were suckingthe death out of pinewood remains-Who goes there?Sweet voices, soprano...a visitation of..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
Senryu Psychosis 1 (An Unborn Series In Womb)
Below is a strange literary exercisein abstractivity, which I may or maynot pursue as a future series....FjRSerendipity;An Air of AccidentalsFrom The..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
Senryu For The Poet Godz...
The below Senryu Is composed with thesyllabic requirement of Haiku poetry.Please Accept This GiftOf Silent Word Quilled To Be-Verse of Deity.©..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
Senryu For Our Soldiers In Arms. { July 4th Tribute }..
A Senryu Verse with the syllabicrequirement of Traditional Haiku.Theme: AMERICA!War Is a Cruel Cross,Shouldered By They Who Take Arms-To Secure..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
Seismologic Simile
Contemporary Haiku with the (5 - 7- 5)syllabic requirement of Traditional Haiku...Humans Are like Land;We Move, We Grow, We Settle-And Fault Like..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
Seer's See Suns' Shadow As Seven Seals Sign... { Terza-Rima Format }
{Dedicated to the Annular Solar Eclipse of May 20th,2012}See Suns eclipse first rear its shadowed spine,glossed, warm skies veiled by wafts of stone..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
Searching For Stonehenge And Paradise { Psalm 777}
__________I___________TIME, TEMPTATION & TRUTHTime will never deign requests,entertain Life's regrets.It's hand's methodic..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
Scenario @ 96
Scenario @ 96May I pour y'u a cup of som' tulsi green teaKeep yo'r demitasse safe in yo'r breakfrontFor yo'r Ladies Club meeting next TuesdayWhen y'u..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
Saturday's Sultry Soho Spinster { An Exercise In Alliteration Format }
Sordidly, she stumbles.....shuffling south of th' sun porch Steinway;Sighing sensually, supined social-service, such superfluous satiation;Stained..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
Santería...{ Artists Against Animal Abuse }
A different yet(IMO) animportant statement con-veyed via senryu styleverse about the shocking& illegal rituals practicedby many organized..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
Sanguinem Luna { Blood Moon }
Colors of 'stil de graine' clothing Moonpassing 'cross the Earths Northern Lightscomets dance vociferously by the Archerpointing his arrow at the..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
Salem's Shivering Senryu { A Triad Senryu }
A Modern-Contemporary Senryu with the employmentof Traditional Haikus Syllabic adherence(5-7-5)The Wood-Held BladeAcross The Jugular VeinOf The Last..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
Sacred { Sacrae Patet Quam Sancta }
Approaching the stone carved fountainon a flesh-toasting noon in Milanthere's allurement for oneto turn palms towards the sky,immerse them beneaththe..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
S N O W B L I N D
How do you do it....how do you seeIn the eyesore of solar resplendency.Trees obscured from drifts of whiteReflecting its sheen off mid-day's..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
S E X U A L ((E N C O U N T E R
A Modern-Contemporary Senryuwritten with the syllabic re-quirement of Traditional Zen-style Haiku...(5...7...5)Erotic MovementFrom A Spot-Lit..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
S E P A R A T I O N
Separation can be fatalwhen the principals are analin their patterned little world,depending on one anotherfor their next breadth exhale-of breath..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
S A V A N T?
A Senryu Verse employed with the syllabicrequirement of Traditional Zen style Haiku.He Had Strange KnowledgeThat Defied Comprehension;As If He Had..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
S A L E M { Haiku }
A Modern-Contemporary Haikuwith the employment of thesyllabic requirement of Trad-ional Zen-Styled Haiku Verse.Sixteen-Ninety-Two,Twenty Souls Were..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
Romancing Against Time...
Awoke to feel your voice seducing me....................................mmmmmmm,so sensuously.Glancing, at th' handsof th' clockon th' wall,counting..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
Romance Be The Colour Aqua...
Somewhere between emerald 'n topaz is a world of aquaCoral 'n rocks that glisten 'neath sea, reflecting off wavesInspiring an aural seascape, that..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.