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Posted on April 10, 2017 by Allison Grayhurst

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In this sanctuary of cats, guitars and clay,

words descend from white clouds

bringing us breath through the window pane.

In this home of perfect love

and hardwood floors, strong angels

lean against every door, conversing

with playful ease amongst themselves.

In these rooms we curl together

until we feel an alternate, inseparable beating.

The ceilings are covered in cobwebs

like birthday string, and our bed

is a cavern for miraculous dreams.

In this happy corner, we have been given

a space in time to mould into our own,

where there is no protection and no facades,

where laughter rolls like tears do as soon

as the movement hits, and the day’s brightness

pours in at 10 am, telling us in this genesis season

that all is here and all is good.

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Published in “New Mystics” April 2017

http://newmystics.com/lit/AllisonGrayhurst.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.