English Original
how can I be
so angry
over her remark ...
look long in the mirror
see my father staring back
Thomas Martin
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
我怎能
對她的評論
如此生氣 ...
久久地注視鏡子
看到父親盯著我
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
我怎能
对她的评论
如此生气 ...
久久地注视镜子
看到父亲盯著我
Bio Sketch
Thomas Martin was raised on a farm
in the Piedmont of North Carolina and graduated from the University of
North Carolina.He has been writing poetry since his teen years, though
haiku and tanka only since 2000. He lives with his beautiful spouse,
Joyce, in Beaverton, OR, USA
Thomas’s tanka effectively builds, line by line, to a thematically significant and emotionally powerful ending that has the most weight and reveals the theme of fatherly influence.
ReplyDeleteA poignant "reflection" !