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I Hope Your Dreams Anew
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You drink from the jugular
with uptight gestures and hold
in your eyes scorn and condescension.
On your political altar your feeble gods
sit, dreaming of fame from your tongue.
Once rich with a fire catching,
you did with delight the things
of sharing.
You made with your hands a prelude
to magic.
But what mercy was crushed by
your self-assured ways? What tolerance was
stifled by your righteous crown?
I cannot be, I cannot envy
the yellow death surrounding,
nor hate the stain of your pride.
But be that blue whisper that echoes
through each moan and laughter
of immortal needs.
But be that stone that makes
an arrogant person fall,
withdraw into a deeper understanding,
be it there for you, somewhere, overwhelming . . .
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Copyright © 1997 by Allison Grayhurst
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First published in “Medusa’s Kitchen” January 2017
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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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