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Family

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Feeling again

the joy of a matured

and multiplying love.

 

Seeing the seasons dissolve what was

but never the one thing

that keeps us close.

 

I lean on you like you do me through

the thick seductive world.

 

I savour your primitive spark,

your tongue that breeds an original

voice.

 

We are strong, born

of animal colour and spiritual desire.

 

And warm like blood

is the shade that stretches true

between us . . .

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Copyright © 1997 by Allison Grayhurst

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Published in “Bewildering Stories, Issue 718” June 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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