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").
These Moments Of Innocence { La Terza Versione}
This morning I awoke from a dreamto the quintessence of pure innocencethru' my sun-soaked bedroom window.Watched the sweet, soft landingof a doves..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Wood Sandpiper By The Shore { Haiku }
A Traditional Zen Style Haiku dedicated to_______The Japanese Wood Sandpiper_______Wood Sandpipers Flock,neath Kwajalein's Burnt Sunset,'bove..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The White Stone Crosses O' Donegal
Their today's begin- as the yesterday's,frosted dew from th' nights cold mist-blanketing acres of serrate damp soil,sunshine grazing tips of..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The White Birch Haiku
Contemporary Haiku, with a smackof Alliteration attached, and ofcourse with adherence to the formssyllabic requirement.Hope you enjoy.Satin Sheen..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The White Birch Haiku
Contemporary Haiku, with a smackof Alliteration attached, and ofcourse with adherence to the formssyllabic requirement.Hope you enjoy.Satin Sheen..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Watching O'er The Rock Of Infinity...
Breathing was shallowthe earwigs were suckingthe death out of pinewood remains-Who goes there?Sweet voices, soprano...a visitation of..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Want Versus The Need...
Parallel with a hertz of bandwidthyou pray to soar with eagles-eye,and so you do...with confidence like a bull, running,and blind to the myriadof..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Void Within The Gravid Womb Of Nature...
Autumn expires, arbor curdles;roots still nestle warm and deep;ostensibly indifferent to encroaching change;its' cancerlike process of death..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Virtuous Gift Of Humble...
Humble is the morning breezethat quietly hosts its sky of mist;Humble is the over-achievementthat's celebrated without banter;Humble is the heroic..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Unorthodox Senryu By Request { The Veritable Virtue }
Below is an unorthodox senryu.It has the required 17 syllables,but does not adhere to the standard(5-7-5) order, but instead followsa syllabic..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Trained Third Eye Of The Abstract Brain{ An Exercise In Ornate Imagery }...(Rv-Rp)
Sleeping silhouettes, passing-over a beaconed circled Moon,glistening with silver white sheenlike stars upon the blackest sky;a presage of a nascent..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Town Of Indifference...
Oh! That night...the night it stormed,when the birch woods snapped and fellin the deep of Jona's Brookcoursing water, black as blood,as if the soil..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Terminating Of Innocence { Trimester Homicide }
The vacuum wasn't working today,so a dozen infants were spared aspirationfrom a room custom built as a suitefor natal genocide;while the deep, steel..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Sword Of Michael
A Senryu Verse with theemployment of the requireSyllabic format of Haiku.>>>>>>>>>>>In the BeginningAn Angel doth..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Sword Of Damocles...
Where goes the the space beyond the stars-that science can never explain;Elements from the planets all in syncdo you think this a fluke?Priests are..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Sweet Sound Of Death...
And, in the moments that followed,there was a sound of sad peace,a silence quite haunting,rising over blackfields,once fresh, verdant meadow,now..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Sun Never Sets In The East...{ In Memoriuam For The Christians Murdered For Their Faith }
Inside the womb of an Eastern breezeSeraphim's fixed in wingless freezeWatching swords wield, holding their breathYou are Christians they whisper, in..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Story Of The Bleeding Bush...
There was this bush outside my bedroom window.I cannot tell you the name of the genusas when it comes to arboreal affairs of the earth,let's just say..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Storm Witch O'er The River Quay...
Rivers, they speak to themselves at nightcoursing in crooked stride, while keeping-pace with the plight of a perfect full Moonit's ominous beacon of..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Stallion's Parable... (Rv-Rp)
In observing th' capriole... of a spirited stallion,did I...One Sunday afternoon, 'pon th' grounds of a manege,sat 'an mused...That if an animal..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
'The Silent Fields Off Monastir Road... (Rp)
One Augustide in Monastir, I journeyed-to a graveyard thirteen scores in time,where Indian souls spoke from their wood,while their nemisis imbibed in..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Shame Of Societal Ignorance
...of th' beginningwhere significanceupheld its worthin colored auction,an' pass'd torchto arrogance,vouchsafing thosewho laid down their soulsin..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Senryu For War & Peace
Modern Senryu with the employment of thesyllabic requirement of Traditional Haiku-There Will Not Be PeaceTill The Last Silo Opens,And, Puts Us To Rest
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Senryu (K) Ing Of (K) Ings...
Senryu Verse with the employment of thesyllabic requirement of Traditional Haiku.Hav' A Friend On SitePens Senryu's in The NightSeries of..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.
The Seeds That We Plant...
So, now, that you have sewn your new harvest seeds,and in its earnest, you have established due respect,understanding that a job is not a good job..
© Frank James Ryan Jr.