This spirit is speaking

This spirit is speaking

How much must I tell you,

with the dark sorcerers seeding my

potted plants and the old ways lost to

new ways yet unfound? How many times

must I twitch at the remembrance

of my cut throat in spring, contain my tears

in see-through plastic and continue to watch

the world go around, without a hiccup?

Acknowledge my fight, my flight into the wolf’s den.

I am not a whale, pure as garnet,

nor am I full of your grandeur

and the calm, strong dive down.

I have the blood of a prophet, but not the backbone.

Side-swatted into a long consuming grief

and the world is just the same: Brides and school bells.

How long must I explain? I have lost the contours

of my face. There is a man

on my kitchen floor deliberately, almost artistically,

shaving my fleshless bones. One by one, like that,

I am unformed.

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First published in “Dead Snakes” 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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“This, (Pushing Through the Jelly Fire) is my second favorite book of poetry by Allison Grayhurst. I have it in paperback. I read a lot of poetry across a lot of blogs but Grayhurst’s work stands above the crowd and is of tremendous quality. I highly recommend this and The River is Blind. Her quality of writing is of a high standard and never ceases to lift my spirits as I turn pages in paperback or kindle,” Bruce Ruston, poet, photographer, founding editor of The Poetry Jar.

“Another Grayhurst masterpiece, Allison’s work has inspired me to continue creating and reading poetry,” Ann Johnson-Murphree, poet.