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").

Unimagination

Unimagination... - Poem by Frank James Ryan Jr (FjR)Wings don't always flyIt's just a credible assumptionlike saying every personwith hip bones and..

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Umber (Haiku)

Traditional Zen style Haiku Verseincluding its syllabic adherence-Sweeping Through Bridals;The Path of Woods Autumn Stage,In Shades of..

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Two Wishes From The Wishing Well (A Story-Tale In Senryu Format)

A Modern-Contemporary HaikuIn fēowertīene Stanzaic Stylewhich means it is comprisedof fourteen(14) separate stan-zas, but that together tella..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Two Shades Of The Poppy...

Where poppies grow fertilethere's misunderstanding'bout symbols, syringespolitics, withdrawal, and-from the same root,the flower of heroesfor our..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Twilights End-Stage { Haiku }

A Traditional formatted Haikuwith its' syllabic and naturethemed (adherence) requirementSun Bleeds it's End Stage-O'er the Mouth of the River;Death..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

'Twas Quite A Quiet Night On Site, It Was...(Rv-Rp)

Where have all the Poet's gone,have they all run out of ink?In England now the coffees on,Strong Joe rids Mind o'kinksWhere have all the poems..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Turn Of The Cards... Vii-Vii-Vii

When comes my time to fold or call....what shall I see?A comet bright, black holes in space, a House of Deity?The notion of Death will not occlude my..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Treasure Island...

A Senryu with the employment ofTraditional Haiku's syllabic re-quirement... (5 - 7 - 5) .....Not What It Once WasLessons To Be Learned On SiteEffort..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

To The Doctors Of Homicide { For Gwenevere } (Rp)

Dead movement verberates,twitching from the flushof a deep pooled canalof blood and saline.Still, movement verberates,coursing past the twigsof a..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

To Hell & Back While We Watch It All Unfold...

In the day's that pass we come to knowthat peace and greed are the symbols-of Christ...and the Anti-Christ.And, Terrorism, as we see it today?That's..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

To Comfort A Rose... (Rep.)

The roses were perfectly sequenced,single file, like Swiss Papal guards,flouncing to the reel of hard wind,stems in duress bowed at their..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Titanic { Part I Of 3 } (Storms That Cross O'er By Night)

_______________PROLOGUE_______________On April 12th,2012, it was exactly 100 yearssince the R.M.S. Titanic, dubbed 'Queen of TheOcean' and sworn as..

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Titanic { Part 3 Of 3 } (On The Other Side, Waiting)

__________ PROLOGUE____________When the sun rose over New York Harbour,on the morning of April 16th,1912....officialswere still laboring over..

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Titanic { Part 2 Of 3 } (Faiths Odyssey)

___________ PROLOGUE ____________April 15,2012, was the 100th anniversary of the sink-ing of Titanic, just five days after it left Southampton-on its..

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Timing Times Time- Tick-Tock, Tick-Tock...

Timing Times Time- Tick-Tock, Tick-Tock...Time is that which tells us nothing more -than a specific position of hands, moving -forward..

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Timing Non-Sequiturs

The time for action is now;We'll discuss our plan tomorrow.The Hand's of Time go forwardUnless it's the end of October.Time and Tide wait for no man..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Time...Life's Non-Negotiable Element...

I will, you say, in time, you say,and it makes me wonder if you comprehend time,understand it's movement, the speed of its' movement,discern the fact..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Time Of Death (Rev/Rep)

I remember the night I diedorbed circles spinning o'er me,permeating my cold, pallid flesh.I spoke....but no-one could hear me.And amid this passage..

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Time & Dimensions { Not Exactly A Bedtime Story For The Kids }

Imagine you wake up tomorrow morningto discover you died in your sleep,yet, not necessarily last night,which immediately elicits fearof time, Mind..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Through The Glass Of Our Bedroom Window...

Saw you walking towards the bridal path,through the glass of our bedroom window,virile bucks aroused by your scent of Jaipur,for they too enjoy the..

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This Is What Happens When You Attempt To Write

______A Quaint Quatrain ______Reaching in your pocket you will feelthe cotton cloth used to sew, and seal-your pockets to secure you never willlose..

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This Child Within The Man...{ When Crossroads Connect }

A Summers ride to somewhere,'neath skies twilight cast,just a shadow and a glinto'er an unfamiliar bridge,just o'er a hilled dirt roadwith no cars..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

Thinking 'bout Dark Space, Hemispheres & Oz

Been thinking 'bout the dark spacethat lies between the hemispheres,of our gray, mercurial brainworks,and could this be the link we've lost,the one..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

They Carried Their Crosses By Faith In Honor { An Octadic Poem With Closing Envoy }

I have seen the scars of many on mind an' flesh,Crosses shouldered high and fending the splinters-that make each Cross so far more painful to..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.

They Came With Their Medals & Swords, By God!

A Modern-Contemporary QuaternaryHaiku Verse with the syllabicrequirement of Traditional HaikuSilver Swords GleamingHigh over Spirited ClothTrumped By..

© Frank James Ryan Jr.