Jasper-Quartz Pebble Conglomerate / Canada. Photos By James St. John.
???????A Tone Like Quartz
I’m going for a clever but not smart tone.
Sort of like Billy Collins but not Billy Collins.
I want it to be ominous but not painful; and a
little bit confessional without being romantic.
And satirical, yes it has to be satirical. Not ironical
but satirical. I want it to feel organic, with a fierceness
that can be playful when it wants to be. Pure
and durable, just like the qualities found in quartz.
George Cassidy Payne is a poet from Rochester, NY. His work has been included in such publications as theHazmat Review,Moria Poetry Journal,Chronogram Journal,Ampersand Literary Review, theAngle at St. John Fisher College, and3:16 Journal. George’s blogs, essays and letters have appeared in theUSA Today,Wall…
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