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In This Garden

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I stir from the motionless depths,

coming close to the new face

that wants to be my own.

Harsh like light to the sleeping eye,

my roots are torn and my seed

is yet of the earth.

I reach back and then beyond –

all my poems are with me now,

the accumulation of my dance,

the rejoicing, and the coldness of loss.

Around – so close to the daylight.

If I had lived before, then now I am thrown

behind the door where eternity, not life abides.

Mortal year that has replaced my air

with this huffing and bewilderment –

how strong was the wave that has washed me over.

There are great things to come, though death

has forever changed the shape of my smile.

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Copyright © 2000 by Allison Grayhurst

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First published in “Poetry Nook”

http://www.followtheblueflute.com/p/poetry-nook-monthly.html

http://www.amazon.com/Poetry-Nook-Vol-Sept-2013/dp/1939832039/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1383226957&sr=8-1&keywords=poetry+nook

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“Allison Grayhurst intertwines a potent spirituality throughout her work so that each poem is not simply a statement or observation, but a revelation that demands the reader’s personal involvement. Grayhurst’s poetic genius is profound and evident. Her voice is uniquely authentic, undeniable in its dignified vulnerability as it is in its significance,” Kyp Harness, singer/songwriter, author.

“Allison Grayhurst’s poems are like cathedrals witnessing and articulating in unflinching graphic detail the gritty angst and grief of life, while taking it to rare clarity, calm and comfort. Grayhurst’s work is haunting, majestic and cleansing, often leaving one breathless in the wake of its intelligence, hope, faith and love amidst the muck of life. Many of Allison Grayhurst’s poems are simply masterpieces. Grayhurst’s poetry is a lighthouse of intelligent honour… indeed, intelligence rips through her work like white water,” Taylor Jane Green, Registered Spiritual Psychotherapist and author.

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