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After Rejection . . . (if only)

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To blaze forth the anger of doubt, grieve

my breast robbed of joy.

 

To drink the stream from furious eyes,

and clip the proud anguish from my tight jaw.

 

To send flying the irrational gestures

that dig like a cat’s claw into

my naked lips, withering my depths

of all understanding.

 

To know a faith so whole it hurts like love.

 

To plunge into the androgynous heart that

sings & hurts the same

for all.

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Copyright © 1997 by Allison Grayhurst

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First published in “Bewildering Stories, Issue 712” May 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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