Before the Dawn, 1989, The Plowman (published under the pseudonym of Jocelyn Kain)

Before the Dawn, 1989, The Plowman; ISBN: 0-929002-11-3

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 (cover illustration and inside book illustrations © by Geordie Millar)

 

Poem links

 

Devotion

https://allisongrayhurst.com/2018/05/02/devotion/

 

Into The Fire

https://allisongrayhurst.com/2018/05/01/into-the-fire/

 

A Great Wind Came Rushing

https://allisongrayhurst.com/2018/04/30/a-great-wind-came-rushing/

 

Twilight

https://allisongrayhurst.com/2011/08/31/twilight/

 

 

Reviews of Before the Dawn

 

Before the Dawn was published in 1989 by The Plowman, written by Allison Grayhurst under the pseudonym of Jocelyn Kain.

Reviews below of Allison Grayhurst’s chapbook “Before the Dawn”  were published in the “The Plowman – A Journal of International Poetry” 1989:

“Throughout these 54 poems there is a ring of truth, an honesty few poets inject into their writing. I hope there is a follow-up to the book, because it leaves one with the desire to hear more, to know what will happen next, to discover the net result of the woven pattern of emotion and intensity that will come from the pen of this stirring author,” poet C.F. Kennedy

“Jocelyn Kain’s chapbook Before The Dawn, is thick with mixed images of rain, smoking cigarettes, the sea – images that appear in other poems, but in Kain’s poetry, the images come alive in a melancholic dance of the soul. This book is fresh, emotional, quality poetry. If Kain’s talents continue to improve, she will someday prove to be a noteworthy literary figure,” poet Davy Wood.

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Jumana and Before the Dawn were published in 1989 by The Plowman, written by Allison Grayhurst under the pseudonym of Jocelyn Kain.

Reviews below of Allison Grayhurst’s chapbook “Jumana”  and “Before the Dawn” were published in the “The Plowman – A Journal of International Poetry” 1989:

“After reading Jocelyn Kain’s Before The Dawn, I was so impressed by her unique talent that my expectations were high when Jumana came along. It is difficult to describe Jumana. Sometimes it is reminiscent of a long soliloquy, and at other times, the impression is that Kain has used patches of her finest poetic lines and strung them together in order to create prose, then at other times, Jumana has the flavour of a personal memoir. There are times when her personal obsessions are laid bare before our prying eyes, and Kain titillates and seduces us. There are often times when this work creeps fairly close to the boarders of sanity and insanity.  Clearly, her voice is strong and passionate. She often grabs hold and confesses. Kain’s poetry is among the finest I have read, her being a master of imagery,” poet Bernadette Dyer.

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