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George Cassidy Payne
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George Cassidy Payne is a freelance journalist, poet and essayist whose work explores the intersections of philosophy, culture, politics and lived experience. With a background in philosophy and more than a decade teaching at the college level, his writing brings a reflective, inquiry-driven lens to contemporary issues, often weaving together reportage with deeper ethical and existential questions.
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POEMS BY GEORGE PAYNE: From the Beginning, Heaven Is Another Name, When I Found Poetry and more

George Cassidy Payne·February 2, 2019
From the Beginning There is a hushfrom the beginning of time, where you can hear yourself blink. There is a...
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A LOOK BACK AT THE VIETNAM WAR: Poems and photos by George Payne

George Cassidy Payne·January 11, 2019
[su_panel background=”#fdeec0″ color=”#000000″ border=”0px none #ffffff” shadow=”0px 0px 0px #ffffff”] Another Staged Thanksgiving Helicoptered awayfrom another stagedThanksgiving, Godfeels pinned downand...
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POEMS BY GEORGE PAYNE: Nothing Scares Me More, Inside the Tent, Andromeda, Sound Waves of Absolute Zero

George Cassidy Payne·December 7, 2018
Nothing Scares Me More Immortality is a ruthless harvester of data. Just moments crumbling, into half-hidden traces of prehistoric bones....
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POEMS BY GEORGE PAYNE: Death Is Taking Off a Tight Shoe, The Holy Muscles, Do Not Google It

George Cassidy Payne·November 3, 2018
Death Is Taking Off a Tight Shoe Watching old YouTube videos, I once heard Ram Dass say —over coffee in...
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POEMS BY GEORGE PAYNE: The Way of Zen, Storytellers, Sensual Machine, The Plantation, Passing Through

George Cassidy Payne·October 20, 2018
The Way of Zen is to climb the flattest place on earth. To become a geologic paradox. To crack into...
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