Recent Review of paperback book The River is Blind
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5.0 out of 5 stars The River is Blind is a Must-Read! May 4, 2013
By Eric M. Vogt
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
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“I searched for words to adequately describe this collection of poetry by Allison Grayhurst. I realized quickly that my words cannot possibly hit the mark. So I will let her own words help me to say fully what I cannot.
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“Do not define me as a woman, or a wheel of rolling curves, with lipstick… Do not define me.”—from “Do not define me”.
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“Morning is beautiful. I am planting. Will you find me, honour the primrose on my veranda, maybe even snip one, take it to your table and dream of a voice other than your own?” —from “Find me”.
“Coming down, knowing now that everything known is blindness, deciphered speculation…we feed from the Earth and we get hungry. We have these telescopes, our catacombs of understanding, but we also have pilgrimage, crust, heartbeat, dying, soccer fields and song.” —from “Quagmire”.
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“I will run my breath across your eyelids, go to you, trace the edges of your hands, finding infinity in your torment… I will speak into your ear and you will step into my voice like stepping into a river.” —from “River”.
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Allison’s poetic prose is insightful, enwrapping, illuminating and brutally truthful. It probes the nature of the human spirit, relationships, spirituality and God. It is sung as the clearest song is sung within a cathedral by choir. It is whispered as faintly as a heartbroken goodbye. It is alive with the life of a thousand birds in flight within the first glint of morning sun. It is as solemn as the sad-sung ballad of a noble death.Read at your peril. You will never look at this world in quite the same way again. Your eye will instinctively search the sky for eagles and scan the dark earth for the slightest movement of smallest ant, your heart will reach for tall mountains, bathe in the most intimate of passions and in the grain and grit of our earth. Such is Allison Grayhurst. Such is her poetry. THE RIVER IS BLIND is a must-read.”—Eric M. Vogt, Poet and Author
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