Butterflies and Other People
For two years, I lived on the edge of woods, on the outskirts of Chattanooga, Tennessee, between a sewage plant, … Read More “Butterflies and Other People”
Month: January 2021
In the biofield
farm hands announce sheer lightyour cantaloupeblonde hair the way vinesrelax over the necks of grapes George Cassidy Payne is a poet from Rochester, NY. … Read More “In the biofield”
Your calling
to be a teacherthe place insidethat invites respectyour lightyour graceyour childrenI honor… George Cassidy Payne is a poet from Rochester, … Read More “Your calling”
Like a Bottle of 10 Year McKenna
Color in whiskymeans nothingIt has no meaningother than pleasure Taste is everything George Cassidy Payne is a poet from Rochester, NY. … Read More “Like a Bottle of 10 Year McKenna”
Grieving
The Santoku knifeI gave to my brotherbut wish I hadn’tAnd some nights when Duke and Hankare on the turntableI still drop what I … Read More “Grieving”
Lotus, to eat, the beach
You give me a Buddhist-themed noun, an action, and a location, and I create the story. Today, I was given … Read More “Lotus, to eat, the beach”
In a Glasgow Street
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Changing the Rules
When I am not trying rules change.I am no longer afraid of who I am. Valueless like the tree falling with no one there to hear it crash.I love you. … Read More “Changing the Rules”
Cause and Effect
Scottish physicists declarethat the universe may stop expandingand implode instead English physicists declarethat neutrinos suggestthat effect could precede cause An … Read More “Cause and Effect”
Georgia O’Keefe’s Taos
is time collecting prints on the thumbs of sage smudged hills.A translucent blue topaz lightdisappearingbeneath half-eaten pine cones. George Cassidy Payne is a poet from Rochester, NY. … Read More “Georgia O’Keefe’s Taos”