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  • George Cassidy Payne

Elegy for Nirvana

Posted on July 9, 2021July 9, 2021by Teahouse

Signless and aimless,I have come to accept that I amwho I amlooking for. I am already what I havesearched for. As the master taught: Barn’s burned down-           now I can see the moon. What do I see when the moonlooks at me? The memory of my muscles aching for you to see me.       […]

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  • George Cassidy Payne

96 Hours In

Posted on February 27, 2020February 27, 2020by Teahouse

I’m no ******* Buddha,that’s for sure.Legend has it that he meditated and fasted for months at a time. After one moment he stopped.For me, a meager four days in,that feat might as well be like going to Marsin a paraglider. And my seatbelt is too tight. George Cassidy Payne is a poet from Rochester, NY. His work […]

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  • George Cassidy Payne

Nirvana

Posted on September 24, 2019September 23, 2019by Teahouse

Nothing to blow. Nowhere to hide. Just white-hotslashes in your eyes. Strong to the core. Driftingon the edge. Savaging the twisted wreckage,leaving only a statue of Diana, the Roman goddessof the hunt. George Cassidy Payne is a poet from Rochester, NY. His work has been included in such publications as the Hazmat Review, Moria Poetry […]

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  • Verses of Joy

Master Huijing’s Dharma Words about Departure and Reincarnation

Posted on July 20, 2018July 18, 2018by Teahouse

Art by ryky.deviantart.com Common people in the world want to pursue wealth, complete high education, and seek for boundless knowledge. However, no matter how high his academic qualification and how knowledgeable he is, the Buddha will call him a fool if he does not believe in retributions resulted from good and evil karma, and is […]

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Bodh Gaya

Posted on September 18, 2017December 1, 2017by Teahouse

A poem about the life of the Blessed One. By Tom Donovan It is a place and nothing more, No different to behold despite particulars Than any village in the district. Still it is here, In the public park, Under the pipal tree, On my mat of kusa grass, I have apprehended the sorrow Of […]

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