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").

Jonathan's Brook... \1st Installment /

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.

Johnny Walker Dead

He was sobering, just enoughto remember the bright lights,and audience he'd deliveredjust some hours ago, or longer?And in his bed now, he can..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

It's Not About Science, Just Satellites...

You should have seen the lookin your skeptical eyeswhen the satellites landedon the empty tarmac,the expectence of encounter,the assumption of..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Involuntary Suicide . . .

Withering, 'neath the eye of the flame in the sky;aesthetically pleasing to the gals walking by-young boy winks; say's lifes' a sweet wine.The..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Integrity...

A Senryu formatted with theemployment of TraditionalHaiku's Syllabic requirement-Word Has No MeaningWhen The Actions Bear AbsenceImpressions Imbrue...

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Insecurity...

Senryu Verse composed with theemployment of Traditional Haikusstrict syllabic requirement...Ignorance on SitePlays a Foolish Game For HitsWith Dreck..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Insecurity (Senryu)

Senryu Verse composed with theemployment of Traditional Haikusstrict syllabic requirement...Ignorance on SitePlays a Foolish Game For HitsWith Dreck..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Infantile Homicide... (Rv-Rp)

Severed limbs, what say you, nowto your God as His Angels weep?Who sent you here from Hades, and-you must think yourself 'Creator'yet I rather think..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Incision...

Flaming heat of cold steel-tiplike the Sea that opened Exodus,a parting from Egypt and Death-the seperation of human fleshafter diprovan empties its..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

In The Holy Death Of Science...

Arrogance...the varicose egos;time in space be nothing morethan synchronized Death;so, I wonder...wonder, wonder I do -'bout satellites, space and..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

In The Autumn Of October { Sonnet X-X I I I }

October leaves behind.....its charm,November winds fracture young limbs,Scent o' flowers hail impending doomIn Mother Nature's cold hearted..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

In Search Of Forever (An Unorthodox Sonnet)

Time, Space and the number of Starsincubating on the far-side of reach,moving like white-caps on Bering,because water is lighter than fire,because..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

In Prelude To Armageddon { Realizing Th' Quandary}

Heard him shout- from th' poisoned cockles of his diaphragm:'I'm th' Skull of Hells dominion, watch my eyes read your mind.Red blindness will engulf..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

In Observation Of Death By Fibonacci's Sequence...

Of a powerless station webe to Death and its plight,void of mortal interventionas this entity be puissant-and its mission imperviousto pause.....

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

In Memory Of J F K {56th Anniversary }

The below work is a Senryu,with the employment of theSyllabic pattern of Trad-itional Zen style Haiku.There Were Shots and ScreamsOne Cold November..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

In Light Of My Darkest Wish

_An Occasion Senryu, with syllabic adherence_An "'Occasion Senryu'" for this Halloween Past...In Light Of This NightI Wish All Scribes on this SiteA..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

In Courting The Black Heart Of Mother Earth

Always by the wake of black skies,being lifted by temperance in huesof darkest sage, like anthracite,its' cynical Eye watching..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

In Awe Of Aquatic Ambience...

Aquatic disturbancemoving shores under-currentI stand in aweat Mother Naturespresence by the shoreHours be scant'til her manic side showersher reign..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

In Admiration Of The Poet Donne...

Quintet Haiku with the employ-ment of Traditional HaikusSyllabic requirement.[FjR]One Hundred Drafts PennedCompulsion And PerfectionA Poet's..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

In Adams Heart One Eve In Eden...{ A Hexad Haiku }

~A Hexad Modern Contemporary Haikuwith the syllabic requirement ofTraditional Zen Style Haiku~Ventricular PulseBeating 'gainst Adam's..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Immovable Object-Ives

Contemporary Senryu Verse with the employmentof Haiku's traditional syllabic adherence...No One Will Breathe SighsOf Relief Until The DayEarth Isn't..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

I'm Coming Home...

A Senryu Verse with the employmentof the syllabic requirement of HaikuMajor Tom Took Flight;Earth Below His Journey Back-To Where He Called..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Ice-Is Sharding From The East...

To hell with their folly for deathof they who live by shibboleth,who raise their offspring to believethat Jews and Christians must be seenas Iblis's..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

I.Q.

Oh, for they who cannot see what's before them,simple deductions...based on repetitive proof;paradigms and paragons that soon become a paradox.Read..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

I Will Not Watch The Lightning Break Before My Eyes { Cinquain-Refrain Format }

I)I will not watch the lightning break...before my eyeswhile tasting the salted breeze.....of nascent storms;as men of brawn pull their sails in heed..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.