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").

Carry Me O'er These Verdant Green Blades { Version I I }

'Twas the August of Summer, nineteen ot threewhen me friend read these words 'fore he passed;Carry me o'er these verdant green blades;'Tis a journey..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Carpe Diem...

Life is meant to live in the ''moment'',tomorrow will arrive if tomorrow should,yesterday are moments lost in real time.Memories are images for..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Can Anybody Tell Me Please, Who The Best Poet Be

''Who be the Best Poet? What be the best poem? It surely not be me, or mine... nor am I even qualified to weigh in on such heavy weight when it comes..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Café 12 After Midnight, Sometime In '79 (Rev./Rep.)

Objects moved vaguelypast peripheral spectrums,through dilated pupils,on a cobblestone passway,in a Village called Greenwich.Our dreams yet to..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

C O L O U R S

Earth tones quell the senses, feed the Death of Chaos;Such deliverance of serenity gives us precious hopethat oxygen always fill our toxic lungs..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

C L A S S L E S S - C R U Z

A Modern-Contemporary Triad Haikuwith the employment of the 5-7-5syllabic requirement of TraditionalZen style Haiku...........FjRWho Takes To The..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

C H I N A -(Rep.)

Senryu, International style...?Asia; Globes Far SideFrom New York's... Lower East Side;I'm In Chinatown!Frank James Ryan Jr (FjR)

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

C 17

A bit of a non sequitur of sortsin the form of a Modern Senryu,or perhaps a Modern Cenryu?Common CourtesyComes Crawling, Crying...Can't Cope;Chaos..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

By The Throes Of November

The below work is a Haiku inTraditional format which hasthree(3) standard requirements.(1)Three Lines(2)Syllabic pattern of 5-7-5(3)Content must be..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

By The Gentle Of The Rain...(Modified & Reposted)

The echo of calming rainfall,falling like white dots off snowcapsupon giant leaves and smaller alike,natures prowess ne're be measuredby any less..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

By Fire Of Dove's Tongue -

If not for the mystery of the Soul,a Ghost could have never been a Dovein deliverance of Virtue, Logic, Reason,and Wisdom- by Tongues of Fire;this..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Bukowski's Red Carpet On Site...(A Tribute)

Bukowski broke all the ruleswe must honor on this Site,explicitly,expressively,direct and colloquial,and, with all respect due,who are we..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Bridging New York By The Hudson...(Rep.) ♡

O'er th' waters of Hudson each midniteStars o' emerald be seen by streetliteSweeping like a necklace, a striking poseTo New Yorker's it's..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Breathe Me Within You

Come breathe me within you,The fervor of my passing,Of our love slowly dancingTo the rhythm of our souls.My breath holds onto yoursBy the cords of..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Breakfast In Bed...{ A Tercet Senryu La Sensuale }

Breakfast' In Bed isthree separate Senryuworks that connect andtell a story. All threewere formatted with theemployment of Haiku'ssyllabic..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Brady's Super Bowl Of Balls

A Senryu yarn for a wee bit o'pen fun that would have surelykilled Vaudeville if it weren'talready long dead and buried...__________________The..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Borne 'pon Th' Gaelic Winds O'er Kellenwood Bay...

So, tell me Mum, did'ya see th spark?'Aye, lad...seems 'twas only yest'rday,'uv the light that split th' bloody barkwhin' th' stork' touch'd..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Book Of Visions...

Visions, bare th' naked scope of futures life's measureStimulates loves rhapsody, wrapped in passions pleasureMagazine-like images canvassing shades..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Blue

A Senryu formatted with theemployment of Traditional ZenHaiku's Syllabic requirement...A Young Girl Was RapedHer Mother Called The PoliceBlue Lives..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Blood Moon... { Rev-Rep }

Joel 2: 31:''And the sun shall be turned into darkness,and the moon into blood''_________________Colours of 'stil de graine' clothing Moonpassing..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Black Thursday (Rev. / Rep.)

There was a kingdom,there was a threadbound by Love;now it restswithout peace,its last fiber,weak, and fragilehypnotically danglingto and..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Black Thursday (Rep.)

There was a kingdom,there was a threadbound by Love;now it restswithout peace,its last fiber,weak, and fragilehypnotically danglingto and..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Black Iced Coffee In The Summer Of Paris { Version Deuxs / L'été En France 2014}

Black Iced Coffee In The Summer Of Paris { Version Trois / L'été En France 2014} - - Poem by Frank James Ryan Jr (FjR)Christopher Bean,coffees best..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Birth Of A City That Never Sleeps...

Below Senryu is constructedwith the employment of 5-7-5Syllabic requirement of HaikuBorn, New AmsterdamA City That Slept At NightSo New York..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Beyond The Beyond (Fourteener W/ Envoy)

The Archer dropped his bow,falling stars began to cryin lumen misted teardrops,while time and space yawned-at the sight of such folly,as they stared..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.