Frank James Ryan Jr...fjr Poems

Sutherman's Bridge collapsed last night,
One hundred and four cables unable to swim,
had nightmares about the bobbing heads
of seventeen bodies of cold gray flesh
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The Most Popular Poet's List
Is programabally skewed and fixed
Stop at a dozen libraries
With multiple laps or P.C's
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A Modern Contemporary Haiku with the
employment of the required syllabic
adherence of Traditional Haiku Verse-
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The words fall short,
Expression uneasy,
Expectations heighten,
Then I lay down my pen.
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Pearl white, ash black infant sparrows
Staring...at the empty bottles of merlot
Mesmerized...by their hued rufescent
Bemused...to the slow bleeding nuance
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Nestled, tight as crowded shelves-
natures sleeping bookends,

the youngest in flock, coveting,
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Haiku For The Purgatory Souls

Modern-Contemporary Haiku/
Traditional syllabic form
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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 just awhile in that beautiful dress,
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A Modern-Contemporary Haiku
w/ the syllabic adherence of
Traditional Haiku Verse...
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They come, from one hundred ninety-four nations,
that are settled on seven recognized continents.

They're people of a teeming of color 'n culture,
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