That End
That end was a sound,
a sharp breeze that cracked
the funeral casket.
What love could happen, happened
then expanded thick and buttery
like a pleasant dream stirring
in the early morning hours.
I held your hand and you glittered
with a beautiful depth fully your own.
That end was employment
into a purposeful labour, meaningfulness
hitting hard and sideways.
Your hands are an intellectual’s, tender
as they have always been.
The concrete blockade is past us.
The foul scent repeating-shame has gone away,
replaced with an uplifting aroma.
We belong to each other, on the edge
of this unexperienced ecstasy, starting to bud,
flesh-out, claim our place on the stem –
fed from the anchored richness below and from
the pure colouring-sun, witnessing.
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Copyright © 2024 by Allison Grayhurst
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Published in “Saturno Magazine” (translation in Italian) November 2024
https://www.saturnomagazine.com/dettagli-articolo.php?id=594
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Published in “Italia News Media – Alessandria Today” (in English and in Italian) October 2024
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Published in “Ciceroni” (translated into Albanian) November 2024
https://ciceroni-ks.com/2024/11/01/allison-grayhurst-perktheu-irma-kurti/
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Published in “Orfeu.AL” (translated into Albanian) November 2024
https://orfeu.al/allison-grayhurst-shqiperoi-irma-kurti-1815
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Published in “Our Poetry Archive” Poet of the Month, May 2024
https://ourpoetryarchive.blogspot.com/2024/05/allison-grayhurst.html
https://ourpoetryarchive.blogspot.com/2024/05/allison-grayhurst-interview.html
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Published in “Raven Cage Zine” March 2024
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KziCD-bCLEHpu7HuqF-ipNutR-5Bf_Gx/view?pli=1
https://allisongrayhurst.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/RavenCageZine88.pdf
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You can listen to the poem by clicking below:
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Well thought out poem. Well done. I love the first stanza.😊