A Spring Fed Brook
Like a spring fed brook,
we all start without answering.
Held together by opposite sides.
Deeply cleft, grey-green with
lichens bent by the wind
A Spring Fed Brook
Like a spring fed brook,
we all start without answering.
Held together by opposite sides.
Deeply cleft, grey-green with
lichens bent by the wind
George Cassidy Payne is an independent writer, domestic violence counselor, and adjunct instructor in the humanities at Finger Lakes Community College.
George's blogs, essays, letters, poems, and photographs have been published in a wide variety of national and international outlets such as USA Today, The Atlantic, The Wall Street Journal, National Public Radio, The Buffalo News, Albany Times-Union, Syracuse Post Standard, Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, The Toronto Star, The Minority Reporter, Chronogram Journal, Ovi Magazine, CounterPunch, Moria Poetry Journal, Ampersand Literary Review, Adirondack Daily Enterprise, and more.
George's first book of poetry, A Time Before Teachers, is available at Amazon.com.
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