Frank James Ryan Jr

She plays silly games,
with shadows and echo;
it's the aura about her,
projecting her presence... more »

Attitude, with a format alpha
Accepting, the linguistical tic
Barring algorithmic murmur
Spooning for cadence, tempo... more »

Anterior percpetion does not guide the privleged eye-
pRone to the wave of the north and southern p-lines
foR such a view one must obtain posterior indicators-
-otHer than invasive formsof...pro-cardio instigators... more »

The hour-glass broke,
and the sand grain felt the smoke
spiraling from the shards of glass,... more »

I've watched the glow of sunset red,
heading west to lay it's head,
dripping into distant seas,
reflecting off fresh skies of eve,... more »

As I walk alone in a world all my own-
I ponder the paths that have crossed my way;
A doctor, a plumber, a proctor, a drummer,
So many miles of dreams have passed my way.... more »

Traditional Zen styled Haiku Verse
including its Syllabic requirement.... more »

The essence of hickory wafted high
o'er gatherings of naked treetops,
while the flailing of fragile limbs
from the infant Japanese Maples,... more »

Traditional Zen Style Haiku
with adherence to its stan-
dard syllabic requirement...... more »

On the dusty fields of umber
be no trail nor trace of summer,
October's breath unfolds
a wreath of autumn, solid gold;... more »

______ AUTHOR'S PROLOGUE ____
A Modern-Contemporary Haiku with
A Traditional flavour in Theme. The
syllabic sequence is unorthodox, by... more »

Parallel...'til fracture breaks its course,

Metaphors moist... 'til metonyms dry,... more »

Aye, 'th mugs were lifted heaven high
to roast an' toast Sean McGivins life;

one's birthday falls buh' once a year,... more »

Beautiful women of Italia,
distorted by ocular shadow,
eclipsing white empty sockets,
reflecting total occlusion-... more »

Kaleidoscopic vision,
lighting the darkest tunnels,
steady as the marionette
dangling o'er a child -... more »

Saw you through the shadows of the Willow tree,

under its' blanket of long teardrop branches.... more »

Free from the dreads of mortality,
exempt from a balance of power,
dogmatic in their own private Oz,
though illogical...except to themselves.... more »

Church doors ablaze, who be there...?
Seven Souls lost, in embers epilogue,
flesh melting off the shank
of blackened marrow -... more »

The Archer dropped his bow,
falling stars began to cry
in lumen misted teardrops,
while time and space yawned-... more »

Below Senryu is constructed
with the employment of 5-7-5
Syllabic requirement of Haiku... more »

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


Christopher Bean,... more »

There was a kingdom,
there was a thread
bound by Love;
now it rests... more »

There was a kingdom,
there was a thread
bound by Love;
now it rests... more »

Joel 2: 31:
''And the sun shall be turned into darkness,
and the moon into blood''
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A Senryu formatted with the
employment of Traditional Zen
Haiku's Syllabic requirement...... more »