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To Learn the Scarlet Vision

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Where does it go,

the shelter and the death?

 

What does it feed, that old

loathing sterility that laughs at all

creations, masters them into a craft

and calls itself superior?

 

How do we cherish without pride,

be extreme like a Russian prophet,

unguarded in the heat and ice of an

evolving spirituality?

 

How do we love like Jesus, mourn

like Jesus, be brave

against the inevitable and hope

through the sullen days to be

better, more than shadow

or collected habits?

 

How do we let go of what eventually

will be taken away?

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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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You can listen to the poem by clicking below:

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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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