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At Sunrise
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In dark peace
my covenant circles me
like a whale could a ship far at sea.
I am watched by a tender eye
greater than the Earth’s orb.
And in the summer, renewal will come
though heat and smog will fill my lungs.
Hope I cannot define, but I feel its
footprint on my belly. I feel the treasures
I have been given like the meeting of a lost friend.
I have been understood, carried to the other side
of death’s all-consuming void. I have talked
my journey through. My night has been named,
and in private gardens I have been shown
the anguish of love.
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Copyright © 2000 by Allison Grayhurst
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First published in “The Miscreant, Issue 6”, July 2015
http://miscreantmagazine.com/2015/07/07/issue-6/
http://miscreantmagazine.com/2015/07/07/four-poems-3/
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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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