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").
Lost My Poem On Site, Unseen! (Repost)
The site misplaced a poem of mine,It flew this coop on December nine.I wrote the PH Team a noteAbout this poem That I wroteOn Autumn, and its harvest..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
Lord Ocean Of The Earth...
A Modern-Contemporary Haikuwith syllabic adherence ofTraditional Haiku Verse.....The Ocean Rises,Tides Command Earths Destiny;Land Can Only..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
Living Just A Mile Away From Edgar Allan Poe...
There's a Town about a milejust east of where I live,called Bronxville, though-the community is far northof the Bronx. Affluent, anda tad Clintonish..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
Live Free Or Die (Proud To Be American)
Contemporary Haiku formattedwith the Syllabic requirementof Traditional Zen HaikuAmerica's HeartBeats Through Freedoms Pulse and PrideTo Realize Our..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
Little Christmas { Feast Of The Epiphany- An Acrostic Verse }
The Christian Feast of The Epiphanyis known by a myriad of alternate names,such as The Coming of The Magi, ThreeKing's Day, Visitation of The Three..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
Like A Rolling Stone...
A Modern-Contemporary Haiku with thesyllabic requirement of TraditionalHaiku, along with a wee bit o' humor?They Say Moss Can't GrowNowhere On A..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
Life Lessons From Two Persian Cats...
Two Persian Cats on window sill,Ostensibly staring at nothing.Back to back for hours long;What could they possibly see?Mesmerized, frozen in..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
Life Inside A Mercurial Mind
With quavering breath,you gently liftthe dutch wood doorthat carries the onewho sleeps inside,the one who just kissedyesterday, on her pallid..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
Life Be Too Short For 'o Ruing
Life Be Too Short For 'o Ruing... - Poem by Frank James Ryan Jr (FjR)Read between my words, as I am not about goodbyes;hear my ink-lines speak to you..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
Legend
Congenital self-royalty,in name, not by hubris;lean brown geniuswith a gift rare and freshno excuses for the abstruse,this potpourri of masquesand..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
Leftover Louts . . .
In MississippiThe Air Sometimes Still WreaksOf a Kold Krass Klan.
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
Le Cortège...
Cobblestone had propensityto be snared by rusted shoes.One could hear the Clydesdalemurmuring in pain,the sharp, scraping soundas each hoof slapped..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
Last Tango In The Desert
Disturbingly facing his vacancyno longer his incessant need-to revel in the dip of the Tango,his motion so poised, so purefroze the eye's of the..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
Last Request { Ariel's Aura }.... (Rep.)
Standing close, yet not quite o'er youso as not to disturb your silence;your face wears the curse in shades of ecru,I can still hear the rattle from..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
Lamenting At St.Sixtus Cemetery One Sumner Day In August
Liquid stone feels smooth'pon an August morning sunrise,misted breeze, leaves flutter, dries the lay of the morning dew.Nascent heat, noon..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
Lame Duck Legacy Lost
A Modern-Contemporary TripleHaiku With the employment ofthe Syllabic requirement ofTraditional Haiku along witha wee smack of the jocund?They Say..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
La Fleur Fatale
Ill Darkness befell the Black Moon orchid,Toasted umber bedaubs her curled leaf tips,Coursing arbored veins with a recklessness,Malignancy deep- as..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
L X I X
And in Roman times, as in modern times,hungry men pleasured in fawn.'Twas a gladiators cup to imbibe fromafter running blades 'cross th' necks of..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
Killing Poetry? ...{ An Opinion, Is All In Prosaic Verse }
Poetry is like space...There are no Limits, no Ends,no one perfect piece, yet it provides queries, questand opine that fosters mediocrity to raise..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
Justice Served, American Style...
____________PROLOGUE______________The below work was penned shortly after thelong overdue track-down and execution ofTerrorisms pinnacle leader Osama..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
Just Sex...
A Senryu work with the syllabicand metric adherence of Haiku.'Twas Nothing But Sex,Tho' The Ambience Spoke Love,Trapped 'tween Wants and..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
Just How Long A Breath Of Moment Be...
The worst you say is over now,we hold each others hands in lovejust like when we did three scores agoat the Saint Ignatius High School's..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
June... June...June
JUNE...JUNE...JUNE____(Style: Romanticism) ____This is for June n' all th' Summers it bringsWind chasing bells of a Church steeples ringOle' songs of..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
July Never Jejune { A Tricet Haiku }
Modern Contemporary HaikuWith Traditional FormatEnters With A Blast,It's America's Birthday;Picnics...Fireworks!Then, The Scathing Heat;Waiting On..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
Juéjù... { Poetry Of The Chinese Tang Dynasty-(618ad-907ad) }
____________ PROLOGUE____________Juéjù is a style of jintishi.... ('modern form poetry')that grew popular among Chinese Poet's during theTang Dynasty..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.