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When We Spoke Again
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Not all these things were destroyed
though the expensive pain was made solid.
Not all these times are forsaken
even though the trees sway and strike
and the days are often cruel.
Something starved of understanding
is furnished by faith, comes back to bubble
in the eye like a slow and easy smile.
Now I speak at this table
like none of the suffering did me
damage, like I am plucked
from the poor dark, remembering,
all those dreams were showered
by perfect rain.
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Copyright © 1997 by Allison Grayhurst
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First published in “Mechanical Medusa Poetry Forum” November 2015
http://mechanicalmedusa.blogspot.ca/2015/11/when-we-spoke-again-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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