Feral

Posted on August 19, 2017 by Allison Grayhurst

Feral

I bend in mourning

bending to the loss of someone

so familiar –

your nurture-needing eyes

and a temperament of molten lava

whose tone was innocent and unrefined.

I see you now in the doorway,

flat and tensing but never moving,

then at ease with me as a soft sigh

overcomes you.

Born in a tight spot –

resigned to a tight spot – isolated

from all but me.

So strange, hard and pure,

unlike any feline I’ve ever known.

I will miss you, loving you

as one who didn’t belong.

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Published in “Antarctica Journal” September 2017

http://www.antarcticajournal.com/poem-feral-allison-grayhurst/

First published in “Synchronized Chaos” August 2017

Synchronized Chaos August 2017: The Stories We Tell Ourselves

Poetry from 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.

I felt the day fail you

Posted on August 1, 2017 by Allison Grayhurst

I felt the day fail you

then wrap you up like a spider would.

I felt your soul collapse

before it lifted.

The difficult swallow, the backing away

changed direction.

At the end,

you were at peace.

At the end, the images joined their shades,

and you held the innocence

you’ve always held so well, needing my love

accepting my love, and, releasing.

Releasing from the pain

and from the process

of ending.

Releasing into

the all-caring-arms

of our mutual God.

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First published in “Medusa’s Kitchen”, July 2017

http://medusaskitchen.blogspot.ca/2017/07/peer-owlish.html

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Reviews of ‘The Many Lights of Eden’:

“’The Many Lights of Eden’ is a journey: a journey of the heart through youth, anguish, struggle, spiritual awakening, grief, death, love, loss, guilt, struggle, despair, hope, surrender, God, sensuality, imperfection, motherhood, aging, the vanquishing of the devil, indeed, many devils, the inevitable fall from perfection and the casting off of old wineskins for a new one. Perhaps speaking of this book as a chronicle of spiritual maturing would be more accurate, the realization that there is spirituality within imperfection and that handmade temples cannot hope to compete with the spiritual temples within each of us. ‘The Many Lights of Eden’ is a diamond. It is a beautiful collection of insights. Allison Grayhurst’s thoughts and writings are a deep well. Drink from it, for the water is clear and crisp. This collection is a MUST-READ,” Eric M. Vogt, author of Letters to Lara and Paths and Pools to Ponder.

“I have been slow at responding to reviews for Allison Grayhurst due to summer’s busy days, however she brings life to each poem, heart to the images and everyone should have a collection of Grayhurst Poetry,” Ann Johnson-Murphree, poet.

Guardian

Posted on July 25, 2017 by Allison Grayhurst

Guardian (for Beeper)

Dog-eyes like a morning

infused

with warmth.

I dream of sending you

silhouettes wedged

from the mountain,

where we would go

flooded with lyric & hazy light.

By the campfire furnace,

chasing the breeze through

the haunted wood. And then,

by the river, by daylight,

your tongue outstretched to cup bee.

Your oversized ebony head gliding through

the water like a dolphin’s.

Under the bridge, on the railroad tracks,

your muscles moved erecting

monuments of innocence and incomparable strength.

Past the fence, past

my sight, releasing sounds of excitement, sounds

of a simple, language bark,

as you ran

thunderous & dark

as departure

often is.

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Published in “Communicators League” June 2017

https://communicatorsleague.com/2017/06/23/three-poems-by-allison-grayhurst-2/

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“Somewhere Falling has a richness of imagery and an intensity of emotion rare in contemporary poetry. Drawn in sharp outlines of light and darkness, and rich shades of colour, with a deep sense of loss and longing and the possibility of salvation, this is an unusual book by a gifted young poet. Grayhurst’s voice is one to which we should continue to pay attention.” — Maggie Helwig, author of Apocalypse Jazz and Eating Glass.

“Responsibility and passion don’t often go together, especially in the work of a young poet. Allison Grayhurst combines them in audacious ways. Somewhere Falling is a grave, yet sensuous book.” – Mark Abley, author of Glasburyon and Blue Sand, Blue Moon.

“Biting into the clouds and bones of desire and devotion, love and grief, Allison Grayhurst basks the reader, with breathtaking eloquence, in an elixir of words. Like lace, the elegance is revealed by what isn’t said. This is stunning poetry.” – Angela Hryniuk, author of no visual scars.

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