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This Wound, This Reminder

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Here what once was heavy is now like a

hollow seed resting on the inside

 

everlasting.

 

Here what has been dead but does not die

gains not growth nor speed and has long ago

 

ceased

 

to bleed but remains a part of

for now and for all futures to

 

carry

 

and to help set the truest faith

breathing and free.

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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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