tanka

cold sunday
long-distance call
from a pastor

 

dad's passing
while robins tarry
on the lawn

 

walking across
the old bridge
he built -
beams of wood
and moonlight

 

bittersweet
first plum blossom
on the tree

 

taking links
off her watchband
only three -
the number of months
since he went away

Esin Goldman's work has been featured in bottle rockets and Simply Haiku. She balances her writing life with her work as a reading interventionist and mother. Of haiku and its related forms she states, "Writing in this tradition allows me to capture small epiphanies throughout the day. The contemplative quality of the form trains the eye to find wonder in the ordinary."