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Young Visionary
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Brave before the approaching dawn,
his vision breathed
an easeful flow.
He spoke not of disease consuming
but of terrible extremes and of death’s helpful shock
and immediacy.
He cried for love he never touched
and of the aching joy of being and
being tied to this Earth, beyond
generation, beyond heritage.
He wrote with a rich anger,
agonizing over such a demanding
muse, condemned to be short-lived.
He pulsed with adolescent frenzy, free
from too much experience, pure with
a deep madness, cooling his heart
with each desperate release.
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Copyright © 1997 by Allison Grayhurst
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First published in “Novelmasters” July 2015
http://www.novelmasters.org/allison-grayhurst-when-worlds-collapse-and-other-poems/
http://www.novelmasters.org/category/poetry/
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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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