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Ways of Mercy: The poetry of Allison Grayhurst
This book, Ways of Mercy, and all of its content are the copyright © of Allison Grayhurst 2021
(front cover sculpture and photo of sculpture © by Allison Grayhurst)
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Book 32
Ways of Mercy
(2021, Edge Unlimited Publishing; ASIN: B08YQR3ZQC; ASIN: B08YTRYMWW; ISBN-13: 9798720154585)
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Links to read each poem within the book:
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(Tadpoles Find the Sun)
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No Gods, no Heroes, only women and Hector
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2020/02/09/no-gods-no-heroes-only-women-and-hector/
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Because
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2020/09/26/because-2/
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Sand
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2020/09/25/sand/
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Centre-Faith (while dreams swirl all-around)
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2020/09/24/centre-faith-while-dreams-swirl-all-around/
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A Dream Suspended
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2020/09/23/a-dream-suspended/
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Light that came
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2020/09/22/light-that-came/
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Glory, believe
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2020/09/21/glory-believe/
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Exit Door Closed
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2020/09/20/exit-door-closed/
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Stark Relief
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2020/09/18/stark-relief/
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The light has gone out.
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2020/09/19/the-light-has-gone-out/
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Rationed
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2020/08/27/rationed/
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Open Wide
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2020/08/28/open-wide/
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Deathbed
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2020/08/29/deathbed/
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Build
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2020/08/30/build/
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Mercy without Miracles and Miracles without Mercy
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2020/08/31/mercy-without-miracles-and-miracles-without-mercy/
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Water Wings
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2020/09/01/water-wings/
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Wind – Marrow – Bone
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2020/09/02/wind-marrow-bone/
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Prometheus Speaks
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2020/09/28/prometheus-speaks/
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Dying, an echo
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2020/09/13/dying-an-echo/
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Bird
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2020/09/05/bird/
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Hell Seen
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2020/10/05/hell-seen/
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You Open Your Mouth
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2020/10/07/you-open-your-mouth/
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Breastplate
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2020/10/09/breastplate/
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Hector
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2020/10/04/hector/
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Wings
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2020/09/07/wings/
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Cliffs
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2020/09/06/cliffs/
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Onslaught Cloud
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2020/09/09/onslaught-cloud/
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Pretzel
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2020/10/10/pretzel/
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Dissolved
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2020/10/06/dissolved/
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So Far
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2020/09/03/so-far/
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Simple
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2020/10/01/simple/
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Take a Tree
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2020/09/27/take-a-tree/
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Times
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2020/09/04/times/
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Temple
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2020/09/14/temple/
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Cost
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2020/09/16/cost/
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Which Way?
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2020/09/15/which-way/
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Hand
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2020/10/03/hand/
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Sister Lost
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2020/10/02/sister-lost/
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Pythagoras-Ovid Royalty
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2020/10/11/pythagoras-ovid-royalty/
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Doorway
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2020/08/17/doorway/
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World Away
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2020/09/08/world-away/
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White Butterflies and a Red Squirrel
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2020/09/12/white-butterflies-and-a-red-squirrel/
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Communion
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2020/09/17/communion/
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Ambrosia
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2020/08/15/ambrosia/
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The Night Before
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2020/10/12/the-night-before/
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Mid-air
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2020/09/10/mid-air/
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Advance
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2020/09/11/advance/
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Crossing Over
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2020/07/30/crossing-over/
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(Lantern)
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What were you as a man Aristotle?
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2021/04/11/what-were-you-as-a-man-aristotle/
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The Peace of Angels
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2021/04/12/the-peace-of-angels/
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Consecrated
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2021/03/30/consecrated/
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High Alert
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2021/03/21/high-alert/
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Episodes, cascading
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2021/03/29/episodes-cascading/
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Down Stream
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2021/03/28/down-stream/
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No grief, No madness
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2021/03/24/no-grief-no-madness/
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The Letting Go
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2021/03/15/the-letting-go-a-five-part-poem/
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Unseen
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2021/04/02/unseen/
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Blinding
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2021/04/09/blinding/
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Sun-spill Son-spell
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2021/04/01/sun-spill-son-spell/
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Half Circle
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2021/03/22/half-circle/
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Figurine
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2021/03/25/figurine/
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Hurdle
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2021/04/08/hurdle/
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Over
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2021/04/07/over/
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Resolved
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2021/03/27/resolved/
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Onward
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2021/03/26/onward/
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Bookends
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2021/04/04/bookends/
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Down Between
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2021/04/05/down-between/
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Lantern
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2021/04/10/lantern/
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Rescue
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2021/03/23/rescue/
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Cage of Many Pockets and Layers
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2021/04/03/cage-of-many-pockets-and-layers/
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Wedding Band
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2021/04/06/wedding-band/
Back of book quotes
“Allison Grayhurst’s poetry is a translucent, ethereal dream in which words push through the fog, always searching, struggling, and reaching for the powerful soul at its heart. Her work is vibrant and shockingly original,” Beach Holme Publishers.
“Allison Grayhurst’s poetry has a tribal and timeless feeling, reminiscent of the Biblical commentary in Ecclesiastes,” Cristina Deptula, editor of Synchronized Chaos.
“Allison Grayhurst’s poetry appears visceral, not for the faint of heart, and moves forward with a dynamism, with a frenetic pulse. If you seek the truth, the physical blood and bones, then, by all means, open the world into which we were all born,” Anne Burke, poet, representative for the League of Canadian Poets’ Council.
Review of Ways of Mercy
“Allison Grayhurst gives us beautiful thoughtful imagery that is divine, devoted, full of passion and sometimes some darker themes. Her lines such as ‘All the while the / stars melted’ will enrapture poetry readers. Her lines and verses present a strong voice. Some poems are philosophical, some are pastoral, but all are cleverly written. This collection seems to affect an introspection asking readers to consider their own humanity. The book is presented in two sections that compliment each other well. ‘The Earth becomes a song,’ another line from the book declares the author’s talent, value over everything else for poetry,” LB Sedlacek, Pegasus Literary, 2021.
https://pegasusliterary.com/bookreviewdetails.php?bid=493
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