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We Walk Again
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We walk again, becoming
the watery breath of lovers
touched by the same vision.
We feed our skins again
on the shifting flame
that burns all natural affliction.
We kiss again on home ground,
and do the things of togetherness,
full of letters and sighs and the bones
of our ancestry.
We stand under the umbrella,
nearing the darkness but staying alive.
We release all secrets
drenched in the soft light
of a fluid and tender joy.
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Copyright © 2000 by Allison Grayhurst
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Published in “Scarlet Leaf Review” June 2017
http://www.scarletleafreview.com/june-2017
http://www.scarletleafreview.com/poems9
http://www.scarletleafreview.com/poems9/allison-grayhurst-poems
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Published in “Eskimo Pie” May 2017
http://www.eskimopie.net/grayhurstmay17.htm
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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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