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.
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.
a meteor –
a politician’s rise
or descent
Joseph Kleponis, Failed Haiku, 2017.