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Vanishing To Red

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The clay drips like melting snow.

 

Her triumph is her ocean,

where prayers and debris

wash away

beneath spellbound

waves.

 

In love or sleep her light

is one – surfacing like

an exotic smile on a face

of clandestine flush.

 

She sits on the rock as a legend

and makes his lips burn

like a star. She is given to myth,

and him, to her snowy owl link.

 

The make love –

a sail in a storm.

 

Nothing is for sure

but their flame-wrung desire,

and the angel

that creeps and raves

in a dying tongue

circling

their naked heads.

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Copyright © 1995 by Allison Grayhurst

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First published in “beneath the surface”

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“Somewhere Falling has a richness of imagery and an intensity of emotion rare in contemporary poetry. Drawn in sharp outlines of light and darkness, and rich shades of colour, with a deep sense of loss and longing and the possibility of salvation, this is an unusual book by a gifted young poet. Grayhurst’s voice is one to which we should continue to pay attention.” — Maggie Helwig, author of Apocalypse Jazz and Eating Glass.

“Responsibility and passion don’t often go together, especially in the work of a young poet. Allison Grayhurst combines them in audacious ways. Somewhere Falling is a grave, yet sensuous book.” – Mark Abley, author of Glasburyon and Blue Sand, Blue Moon.

“Biting into the clouds and bones of desire and devotion, love and grief, Allison Grayhurst basks the reader, with breathtaking eloquence, in an elixir of words. Like lace, the elegance is revealed by what isn’t said. This is stunning poetry.” – Angela Hryniuk, author of no visual scars.

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