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").
Mother Nature You Must Be The Devil's Advocate!
Ice caps taunt the Captain's winter jauntbut just like an overdose of Rocky Road,eventually it all results in brain freeze;rapid waves rear the white..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
On November 22nd,1963 { In Memorium - John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Fifty-Three years ago this Tuesday afternoon at exactly12: 30pm Central Standard Time/ USA, John FitzgeraldKennedy was pronounced dead from 3 fatal..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
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.
On The Tappan Zee Bridge...
Leaning against a cold steel cableone of four-hundred-and-sixty three,collectively bonding the spineof the strange Tappan-Zee Bridge.Looking down, I..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
Planet 9...
The last frontier for scienceOr the beginning of new dimensionsPerhaps the unsealed pathway to JudgmentThough I rather doubt HE works that wayJust..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
Petrification...
A Contemporary Haiku formatted with theSyllabic requirement of Traditional Haiku.Siberian FleshTurned To Stone in The White DriftsRunning For Their..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
Ariel In My Mind & Dreams { From '' While You Were Asleep''-The Ariel Series' }
I still dream of watching over her sleeping,the smell of love braiding with her vera wang,her presence so perfect as if she really were-asleep for..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
Forever Unknown Till Forever Beknown...
Time, Space and the number of Starsincubating on the far-side of each,moving like waves on the Bering in March,because water is lighter than..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
Haiku For The Purgatory Souls
Haiku For The Purgatory SoulsModern-Contemporary Haiku/Traditional syllabic formMight We Pray For You,Perhaps expedite your time;In Quest of..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
A Simple But Impassioned Love Poem
The words fall short,Expression uneasy,Expectations heighten,Then I lay down my pen.For, there be no wordsto describe my love,how much I want..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
Haiku For Hillary's Hipocrisy
A Modern Contemporary Haiku with theemployment of the required syllabicadherence of Traditional Haiku Verse-You Know How To GuiseFrom Your Greed..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
Upon The Wings Of Natures Genisis
Nestled, tight as crowded shelves-natures sleeping bookends,the youngest in flock, coveting,jockeying for advantage, favor,for maternal warmth..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
On The Pulse Of Maturation...
Pearl white, ash black infant sparrowsStaring...at the empty bottles of merlotMesmerized...by their hued rufescentBemused...to the slow bleeding..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
Mass Of The Resurrection { Processus Silenti }
Mass Of The Resurrection { Processus Silenti }..............The Crucifer marched solemnly,as he led the great processionof the Mass for the now..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
'Twas The Perfect Night For Love, It Was
I watch the pour of a sunset red,dripping into a painters' sea,reflecting the closing skies of day,, beckoning twilights' curtain call,'tween..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Revelation At Sutherman's Bridge... (Rep.)
Sutherman's Bridge collapsed last night,One hundred and four cables unable to swim,had nightmares about the bobbing headsof seventeen bodies of cold..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
Most Popular Poets On Site, Unseen...
The Most Popular Poet's ListIs programabally skewed and fixedStop at a dozen librariesWith multiple laps or P.C'sLog on to PH as A Guest entity,Each..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
Haiku For The Mystery Of Space...
A Modern-Contemporary Haikuw/ the syllabic requirement(5-7-5) of Traditional HaikuIs There Someone There,Outside The Last Realm of Space?If So, Shine..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Colours Of Peace...
Earth tones quell the senses, feed the Death of Chaos;Such deliverance of serenity gives us precious hopethat wisdom come on the wings of a Holy..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
Haiku For The One On The Cross...
Below is a Modern/Contemporary 'Kuwritten in adherence of TraditionalHaikus Syllabic requirement.The Victim Winced HardAs Nails Pierced Four..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
Embers...
If not for the sanctity of the Soul,a Ghost would have never appeared as a Dovein deliverance... of Wisdom, Reason,and Passion... in Tongues of..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
Hillary's Host Of Horrors...
She has her reasons, and more than not-she barks them out on strings of liesvitriolicly, without a single bat-of an eyelash, as she sews her WEBof..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
Haiku For The Crescent Moon
Haiku For The Crescent Moonis a Modern-Contemporary 'Kubut with the employment ofthe(5-7-5) syllabic require-ment of Traditional Haiku.Like A Sliding..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
Epitaph { For A Friend }
In two separate lands lie separate minds,disagreements veiled by assumptive snap -to judgment, off the winds of dross.But trust me, as you surely..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The End Of...Yeah, Uh-Huh-
All insistence is displayed and when so-All resistance will unveil Suns tomorrow;Prognosticator's Grid-line their Cyber War,Procurators hammers..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.