Duly Informed
I get all the news I need
On my Facebook feed;
Pseudo-medical reports and political rants,
Supported by facts both twisted and scant.
©️J. Kleponis, 2021
Vernal Equinox
Vernal Equinox
In this moment of momentary stasis,
this instant of winter’s final retreat,
before the crescendo of day’s lengthening,
there is a tension, a torsion,
not unlike the millisecond before creation,
when pen has not yet touched paper,
when fingers have not yet intertwined,
when the electricity of possibility
has not yet formed a pulsation—
in this egalitarian twin kling,
before consummation begets contrivance,
we celebrate,
ignoring that soon we will taste the night.
—Joseph Kleponis
published in First Literary Review-East, March 2021
Spring Sings
Haiku
snow over
empty bench
waiting for sping
©️J. Kleponis, 2021.
A Poem for Valentine’s Day
Love’s Call
What’s more, what’s more
The oceans roar –
Echoing through the air-
Just another part
Of the song of my heart –
Of how I want you to be
With me, with me.
- J. Kleponis, Indian Voice Journal 2017.
A Winter Night Tanka
on this winter night
the only sound is the scrape
of shovels on ice
searching for solid pavement
to bear us through to spring
J. Kleponis, moonset, Vol. 5, No. 1, 2009.
Keeping the Cold Away (tanka)
I oil my glove,
wrap a ball in the pocket,
drink in the scent
of leather and summer
to keep the ice from my heart.
-J. Kleponis, Ribbons, Vol. 5, No. 1, 2009.
Cold Moon
cold moon
over the icy bay –
your indifference
– ©️J. Kleponis, January 2021
#haiku #senryu #poetry
Late Autumn Haiku
gnarled fingers
reaching for sun’s warmth –
barren trees
- J. Kleponis, moonset, 2010.
Troubled Sleep
the hum of the fridge
creaking of floorboards
the dripping faucet
these sounds that break night’s silence
do not cause this troubled sleep.
-J. Kleponis, Modern English Tanka, 2008.
