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Resolve

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Burning in the middle

where the sickness gets in,

and my expression is foiled

by an inaudible aim.

Clouded like a bad fragrance

soaking into the pours, making it hard

to breathe. Hard to breathe in like

a petal crushed into a ball, or like a poem

with no testimony.

But I will not be taken in.

I will forge a path for my energy,

find new neighbours, something

unbroken to hold on to.

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Copyright © 2006 by Allison Grayhurst

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First published in “ArtVilla July 2017

Six Poems by Allison Grayhurst

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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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Without Soul

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I felt the pressure between

my hands, drive through

my cortex and embrace

the tip of my brain with warmth.

It felt like fool’s gold, fake

but still providing glitter.

I felt twisted with unknowing,

degutted of all things I hold sacred.

And that was a coat over my corpse,

pennies placed over my eyes. That was

for me, forging forward

with no significance, with no discernable

regrets.

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Copyright © 2006 by Allison Grayhurst

amazon.com/author/allisongrayhurst

.

First published in “ArtVilla July 2017

Six Poems by Allison Grayhurst

.

You can listen to the poem by clicking below:

.

“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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