Thomas Martin, sometimes writing as Thomas James Martin, discovered literary quality haiku, haibun and related Japanese forms in 2007 when he had just turned 63. Though born and raised on a farm in North Carolina, he has lived in the Pacific NW since the mid '80s with his beautiful and loving wife, Joyce. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in English and has done postgraduate work in education. He is the author of a book of poetry, "A Southern Line," and "Real Gifts," a collection of essays and stories.

2nd Annual Basho Challenge Chapbook (Lilliput Review Press, 2010), where the wind turns (Red Moon Press, 2010), A Travel-Worn Satchel (Haiku Society of America, 2009), Contemporary Haibun Volume 10 (Red Moon Press, 2009), Kusamakura Haiku Competition (Kumamoto University, 2008)

Contemporary Haibun Online, Frogpond, Haibun Today, Magnapoets, Moonset, Prune Juice: Journal of Senryu and Kyoka, Simply Haiku