Untitled poem by Kate Payne of Austin, TX (Kate's Bio) Spring, this forward leaping quiet, now season so long ends all this sleeping but for now content in keeping a majesty of green lanky limbs, alive and reaching somewhere, here beneath this last snow a magnificent secret lies below. ![]() About the author:
Kate Payne is an award winning poet and visual artist. Kate attended Rhodes College and the University of Arizona where she earned her Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology and Sociology. She now uses her gift for language as a grant writer for a large nonprofit. She is presently working on a provocative collection of essays centering on gender and sexuality. Kate currently lives in Austin, Texas where she gardens with her four-legged children, Isobel and Gino.
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A Christmas Blizzard
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A comic novella about a Hawaii-bound holiday traveler who ends up stranded in his North Dakota hometown.
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Kate Payne is an award winning poet and visual artist. Kate attended Rhodes College and the University of Arizona where she earned her Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology and Sociology. She now uses her gift for language as a grant writer for a large nonprofit. She is presently working on a provocative collection of essays centering on gender and sexuality. Kate currently lives in Austin, Texas where she gardens with her four-legged children, Isobel and Gino.