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 Three Crosses Of Golgotha { In Honor & Observation Of Holy Week}
______________ I _______________Crosses of Golgotha, three across -One on the left with his beastly horns,delivering malignance with..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
+ The Feast Of The Lord's Supper (A Quinate Senryu In Honor Of Holy Thursday Of Holy Week)
He broke bread and spokeThey ate the purified breadDrank from a ChaliceHis Body and BloodA Covenant foreverFrom Hill to HeavenThe Time hath drawn..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
+ The 14th Station Of The 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.
+ I N R I + Veil Of Veronica { In Honour & Observance Of Holy Saturday }
''VERONICA WIPES THE FACE OF JESUS''{ The Sixth Station Of The Cross }Ever so fragilely.....He pushed Himself forwardCarrying +h' laboring..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
+ Feast Of The Lord's Supper (A Quinate Senryu In Honor Of Holy Thursday Of Holy Week
+ The Feast Of The Lord's Supper (A Quinate Senryu In Honor Of Holy Thursday Of Holy Week)He broke bread and spokeThey ate the purified breadDrank..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
~ Doors ~
A Senryu for you late 60'sto mid 70's Rockers...FjRStrange Are The PeopleWatching Riders On The StormFrom A Crystal Ship~The End~
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
standing Over Death, Looking Down At Life -
The water looked up at the man's face;said, 'come with me, let's take a midnight swim'.He could barely hear the slap of waters prattle,over the sour..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
June...June...June...June...
Call it Author's Tradition, but since I pennedthe below work in early June of 2007 & I havereposted it each year since 2010.In mid June of2007..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
Autumn's Equinox 9-23 (Haiku)
Modern-Contemporary HaikuTraditional syllabic structure.September Two-ThreeSun In Virgo Changing CourseOn Hemispheres ClockFjR-MMXVII
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
Haiku For The Weeping Willow At St. Sixtus Cemetery...
A Modern-Contemporary Haikuw/ the syllabic adherence ofTraditional Haiku Verse...Like Branches GrievingThrough Their umbra Teardrop swayFor The Souls..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
This Child Within The Man { When Crossroads Connect }
This Child Within The Man...{ When Crossroads Connect } - Poem by Frank James Ryan Jr (FjR)A Summers ride to somewhere,'neath skies twilight..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
Echoes Breathe Deep { Traditional Rondeau Format }
Echoes breathe deep 'neath Church steeples,wind warped chimes chase spiral pathways,stations, novenas, the Passion and the Death.Funeral's tend to..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
...Close The Night....
Melodrama paints a drone prone cyber-scapeof a canvass great poet's would sore abase.P.C. nomads forum up like midnight stalkersseeking knowledge..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
Timothy Leary...
It was 1967...students in college-following directives from their teacher.The sky shook, the earth stood still,Climate change or Nasa's..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Stars, Dreams, The Wish & The Coming
Some nights....there be this brilliant starthat sparks a wink from my curious eye.And closing both eyes, I'll make my wishto feel your soft..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Hourglass Impression...
A Senryu Verse, but with theemployment of the syllabic re-quirement of Traditional Haiku.Why Can't Sand ReplaceThe Rude Tick-Tock of Clocks,More Than..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
' The Harborings Of Fear Within (Rep.)
With quavering breath,you gently lift the dutch wood doorthat carries the one who sleeps inside,the one who just yesterday you kissed,the one who..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Breath Of Angels Upon Me...
Senses alive I felt a presage breathing thru' my Brain,Time dropped its hands to purge spaced indifference,Breadth of science loses range by th' open..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
Order Of Free Masons { Anderson's Constitutions }
Sterile flesh will never existon oxygens' dust-wrapped Purity;so much for pilgrimized folklore.It was a Phoenix, not an Eagleon the first dollar..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
Holocaust
They all stood still, juxtaposed,sore exhausted from the hate;some had lost their Religion,wondering how their Mighty Godcould observe such..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
And If Just For A Moment
But of course you dream, as so do I,'bout the way things ought to be,'bout the barriers that stand between,like negotiating a riptide,on a..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
A Midnight Walk On The Wood Boardwalk By The Sea...
And at midnight we walked alongthe serpentined path by the sea,over thick, moistened planksof aged, splintered wood-imbued with the breezy salted..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
Prayer For A Helping Hand
Long, narrow halls breed echoor do they reach out to the walls,beckoning their dormancyto help silence their repetitive mumurs;And, everyone needs a..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
Children Of Anathema -
Spoon full of rice, 'tis all a feast,the same everyday, the scene never changes,holding their plastic forks up high,using their starved, extended..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
Castle ~of~ Spirits... (Rev./Rep.)
Castle ~of~ Spirits... - Poem by Frank James Ryan Jr (FjR)___________ I _______________ A p p a r i t i o n s ~ A x i s ___Th' nape of my neck..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.