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Corner of a Dream

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The fixed rule

in the corner of a dream

is lost in the soils and slabs

of those drowned by duty

and the pure cheer of society’s whim.

I comb my hair. I journey through

a keyhole to make my claim.

A tower, a reed, like a broken curb –

God is easily tripped over.

Once I was lonely. Now this sinking feeling

is full of folly, though it still vaults

me in its swampy temper.

I talk to the dark. It has my story . . .

 

Only to swim and shower the garden

with the juice of my burning veins.

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Copyright © 2004 by Allison Grayhurst

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First published in “Creek Side Writing Forum”, November 2015 

http://creeksidelit.blogspot.ca/2015/11/corner-of-dream-poem-by-allison.html

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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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