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A New Front Door
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She knows the pull of a season is ending.
The point on the wall she fixed
with a solid-eye is shifting like light
moving through jelly.
And all the while an ease is finding its way within,
unfolding inch by inch. It may
take a season or a few years to bloom
but her palette has moved to a shade brighter.
The toys are cleaned and the bookshelves too.
She moves onward as the lilacs and lilies
extend up, bold like a wealthy woman’s perfume.
The dread is draining from her system.
The rain will arrive and she knows that day will be fine,
with or without shelter.
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Copyright © 2006 by Allison Grayhurst
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First published in “Sonic Boom, Issue 3”, August 2015
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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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