Homesick
Too far from
pan-fried walleyed pike
and those sultry June nights
when we stoked the coals
as darkness
fell on top
the manic appeal
of loons.
Homesick
Too far from
pan-fried walleyed pike
and those sultry June nights
when we stoked the coals
as darkness
fell on top
the manic appeal
of loons.
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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Currently Abroad in Europe; missing the sounds of the Adirondacks. A bird here sounds almond like the Loon, just a bit off key.