English Original
stained glass windows
of my childhood church
in storage ...
another reason
not to go home
Thomas Martin
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
我童年教堂
的彩色玻璃窗
已放入儲藏室 ...
這是另一個原因
我不回家
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
我童年教堂
的彩色玻璃窗
已放入储藏室 ...
这是另一个原因
我不回家
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
The upper verse establishes the tone and mood while the lower verse creates a middle-of-the-story, allowing the reader to enter into the poem and wonder the whys of not going home.
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