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The Poetry of Allison Grayhurst – completed works from 1988 to 2017 (Volume 1 of 5)
(2017, Edge Unlimited Publishing; ASIN: B076ZTQNX5; ISBN-13: 978-1978078833; ISBN-10: 1978078838)
(Journey of the Awakening; The Longing To Be; Death and other Possibilities)
Journey of the Awakening
(1997, Edge Unlimited Publishing; ASIN: B00CH6WO5Y; ISBN-10: 1478189339; ISBN-13: 978-1478189336)
Links to read each poem within the book:
The Unfolding
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2014/03/08/the-unfolding/
As I Sleep
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2012/02/24/as-i-sleep/
Welcome The Death
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2013/09/17/welcome-the-death-2/
Seizing Time
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2016/12/18/seizing-time/
Being Followed
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2015/08/12/being-followed/
Young Visionary
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2015/08/13/young-visionary/
Liquid Grey
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2015/05/18/liquid-grey/
Thieves Of Muse
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2014/04/16/thieves-of-muse/
Through That Day
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2015/08/14/through-that-day/
This Is Not To Suffer
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2015/10/20/this-is-not-to-suffer/
On Tour
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2012/06/06/on-tour/
Adrift
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2014/12/22/adrift-2/
Truth To Be Told
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2017/04/13/truth-to-be-told/
Not Enough
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2017/04/27/not-enough/
Desire
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2016/04/29/desire-2/
For Waldo
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2015/08/15/for-waldo/
When Worlds Collapse
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2015/08/16/when-worlds-collapse/
Oldest of Wars Between All Lonely Breasts
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2015/11/12/oldest-of-wars-between-all-lonely-breasts/
Placeless
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2017/02/27/placeless/
Beach
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2013/06/12/beach-3/
Beggar Island
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2015/06/16/beggar-island/
Shyla
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2013/07/28/shyla/
Bless The Fallen
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2016/05/11/bless-the-fallen/
Dreams Renounced
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2016/03/27/dreams-renounced/
Missing You
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2017/04/17/missing-you/
So Much Glory Stillborn
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2017/04/16/so-much-glory-stillborn/
Bonded
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2015/07/06/bonded/
Bed Fellow
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2011/09/29/bed-fellow/
Shell of a Serpent
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2016/04/07/shell-of-a-serpent-2/
It is not like hell
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2012/06/07/it-is-not-like-hell-2/
When One Falters
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2017/03/14/when-one-falters/
Epitaph
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2015/10/06/epitaph/
Two Hundred Years Gone
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2016/03/28/two-hundred-years-gone/
If This My Person . . .
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2013/09/20/if-this-my-person-2/
With These Things
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2012/03/01/with-these-things/
When We Spoke Again
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2016/03/29/when-we-spoke-again/
After Rejection . . . (if only)
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2017/05/19/after-rejection-if-only/
To Die For The Heart’s Illusions
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2017/05/23/to-die-for-the-hearts-illusions/
Dancers
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2012/07/16/dancers/
You came to me
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2013/07/23/you-came-to-me/
If You Wait . . .
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2015/08/26/if-you-wait/
Blood-red Symphony
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2016/03/21/blood-red-symphony/
I Lived an Error
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2013/08/28/i-lived-in-error/
This Love We Hold
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2016/11/04/this-love-we-hold/
I Dream This Shelter, This Precipice
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2016/03/30/i-dream-this-shelter-this-precipice/
Country Ride
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2015/03/27/country-ride/
Unmasking the Bone
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2016/04/22/unmasking-the-bone/
Have Faith In The Fall
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2016/04/23/have-faith-in-the-fall/
In a Room With Somebodies
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2015/05/10/in-a-room-with-somebodies/
To Walk Without Shape or Sound
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2013/08/07/to-walk-without-shape-or-sound/
He of Fear and Hunger
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2016/04/24/he-of-fear-and-hunger/
Thin Rope To Hold
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2016/03/31/thin-rope-to-hold/
I Watch My Shelter Fall
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2016/04/26/i-watch-my-shelter-fall/
No Telling
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2015/03/20/no-telling/
In Some Uncertain Future
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2015/03/21/in-some-uncertain-future/
As Far As This Light
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2016/04/02/as-far-as-this-light/
Promise
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2015/09/09/promise/
The Foliage of Our Music
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2016/12/19/the-foliage-of-our-music/
Receiving
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2012/07/18/receiving/
Battleground on the Inside
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2016/03/22/battleground-on-the-inside/
Crowned
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2012/02/05/crowned/
Seeking the Balanced Degree
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2012/02/21/seeking-the-balanced-degree/
Rain in the morning
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2012/03/13/rain-in-the-morning/
For This Face Only You Could Alter
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2013/08/02/for-this-face-only-you-could-alter/
Love Unknown
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2017/01/08/love-unknown/
Christened
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2017/01/09/christened/
I Hope Your Dreams Anew
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2017/01/10/i-hope-your-dreams-anew/
This Wound, This Reminder
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2017/01/11/this-wound-this-reminder/
Because of course
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2012/05/21/because-of-course-2/
As My Blindness Burns
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2015/10/23/as-my-blindness-burns/
To Learn the Scarlet Vision
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2017/01/12/to-learn-the-scarlet-vision/
When This We Feel
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2016/03/23/when-this-we-feel/
They told me of
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2016/03/24/they-told-me-of/
Which Way Descending?
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2016/03/25/which-way-descending/
On Foot
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2016/03/26/on-foot/
A World Away
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2017/04/18/a-world-away/
Safe In You
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2017/06/06/safe-in-you/
My colours would be grey
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2017/08/02/my-colours-would-be-grey/
Stung
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2015/08/21/stung/
Family
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2017/07/12/family/
Journey & Drink
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2015/09/14/journey-drink/
The Longing To Be
(1998, Edge Unlimited Publishing; ASIN: B00CH94ZNK; ISBN-10: 1478197684; ISBN-13: 978-1478197683)
Links to read each poem within the book:
The Longing to Be
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2011/11/26/the-longing-to-be/
These I See
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2015/08/19/these-i-see/
Crush This Colour
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2015/11/01/crush-this-colour/
Together Journeying
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2014/12/21/together-journeying/
First Snow of Winter
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2013/11/27/first-snow-of-winter-2/
In His Arms
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2015/01/06/in-his-arms/
Jealousy
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2016/03/12/jealousy/
With arms stretched,
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2016/03/20/with-arms-stretched/
In The Days
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2016/03/19/in-the-days/
Swim
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2012/02/04/swim/
He is
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2014/03/10/he-is/
Once
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2016/03/05/once/
The Stone-frame
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2013/09/18/the-stone-frame-2/
Nothing Without You
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2015/07/28/nothing-without-you/
Days To Break The Richest Dream
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2014/11/17/days-to-break-the-richest-dream/
A Month Unthawed
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2014/11/15/a-month-unthawed/
New Lovers
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2015/07/27/new-lovers/
Donkey
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2016/03/06/donkey/
As The Serpents Scatter
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2015/06/03/as-the-serpents-scatter/
Possessive
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2017/03/03/possessive/
Party
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2017/04/20/party/
The Jesus Fire
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2015/06/10/the-jesus-fire/
Chosen Kin
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2017/03/04/chosen-kin/
Birthright
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2015/09/13/birthright/
Lessons at the End of the Rope
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2015/01/07/lessons-at-the-end-of-the-rope/
Nights With You
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2017/03/05/nights-with-you/
Imprisoned
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2016/03/07/imprisoned-2/
In Spite of Vows
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2013/07/25/in-spite-of-vows/
You are
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2012/12/27/poem-published-in-the-blue-hour/
Where Gold Is Blood
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2015/01/05/where-gold-is-blood-2/
The Storm That Saves
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2017/03/06/the-storm-that-saves/
Of Body and Spirit
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2017/03/07/of-body-and-spirit/
Wedding
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2016/03/08/wedding/
Three Blessings in the Shade
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2015/01/04/three-blessings-in-the-shade/
Like the Colour Blue
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2015/12/03/like-the-colour-blue/
The Tension and Terror of Being
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2012/06/03/the-tension-and-terror-of-being-2/
Without Opportunity
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2016/05/12/without-opportunity/
Matriarch
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2016/11/05/matriarch/
What Day?
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2015/09/29/what-day/
Dying Sculptor
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2015/12/15/dying-sculptor/
Show of Light
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2013/10/04/show-of-light-2/
Baptized
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2012/05/16/babtized/
By Water
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2016/03/09/by-water/
Here, I am lifted
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2016/03/10/here-i-am-lifted/
Upon These Hours Sleeping
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2016/03/11/upon-these-hours-sleeping/
In Praise of Walt Whitman
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2017/07/03/in-praise-of-walt-whitman/
Addiction
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2017/03/08/addiction/
This
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2016/03/13/this/
Child Unconceived
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2017/03/18/child-unconceived/
Animal Sanctuary
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2013/12/01/animal-sanctuary/
The Last Walk of the Mayor of Casterbridge
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2017/07/04/the-last-walk-of-the-mayor-of-casterbridge/
The Path I Followed
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2016/03/14/the-path-i-followed/
Under the Coupling Clouds
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2017/06/19/under-the-coupling-clouds/
The Aging Artist
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2016/04/12/the-aging-artist/
Surrender
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2015/05/02/surrender/
The Quenchable Drain Within
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2014/04/07/the-quenchable-drain-within/
Second Farewell
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2016/03/15/second-farewell/
Every Hope Inhaled
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2017/01/29/21866/
Heart’s Exchange
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2017/02/08/hearts-exchange/
Through This Strand of Time
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2017/01/30/through-this-strand-of-time/
When I Close My Eyes
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2015/07/02/when-i-close-my-eyes/
Unrelenting Groove
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2016/03/16/unrelenting-groove/
Walk Low
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2014/09/13/walk-low/
Blood Spent
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2017/02/22/blood-spent/
The Hope of Lovers
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2017/02/23/the-hope-of-lovers/
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2015/08/20/elizabeth-barrett-browning/
Quebec City
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2016/06/02/quebec-city/
The leach that reaches
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2016/03/17/the-leach-that-reaches/
My Heart Creeps
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2016/03/04/my-heart-creeps/
Leaning in the Weeds
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2017/04/02/leaning-in-the-weeds/
elegy of this day being
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2012/05/12/elegyof-this-day-being/
Heritage
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2017/02/24/heritage/
Dream
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2017/02/26/dream/
Purest Obedience
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2017/01/27/purest-obedience/
Overcoming
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2015/09/04/overcoming/
Because of Yesterday
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2015/03/07/because-of-yesterday/
Breaking the Circle
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2015/09/05/breaking-the-circle/
Once I Cried
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2015/03/08/once-i-cried/
Heart-bearing
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2016/03/18/heart-bearing/
path
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2013/01/06/poem-published-in-lit-up-magazine-2/
Of The Same Cloth
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2015/09/12/of-the-same-cloth-2/
Face
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2016/04/08/face/
After twelve
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2014/06/28/after-twelve/
Near Daybreak
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2015/08/05/near-daybreak/
In a Stillness
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2015/10/31/in-a-stillness/
Praying Mantis
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2011/11/16/praying-mantis/
Nightmare
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2017/02/25/nightmare/
Out of Poverty
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2015/03/26/out-of-poverty/
For a Lifetime
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2017/04/09/for-a-lifetime/
From the Corner of My Eye
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2016/04/03/from-the-corner-of-my-eye/
Everything Happens
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2015/01/28/everything-happens-2/
Beyond Instinct or Dreams
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2014/01/18/beyond-instinct-or-dreams-2/
Death and other Possibilities
(2000, Edge Unlimited Publishing; ASIN: B00CHB8M0K; ISBN-10: 1478208163; ISBN-13: 978-1478208167)
Links to read each poem within the book:
Sheaves of Time
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2013/05/18/sheaves-of-time-2/
Between Two Places
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2013/09/19/between-two-places-2/
Change
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2015/09/19/change/
In Time
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2016/04/27/in-time-2/
Within This Hour
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2016/04/28/within-this-hour-2/
Falling
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2012/05/19/falling/
Replenished
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2016/05/10/replenished/
The Voice That Calls To Me
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2013/09/01/the-voice-that-calls-to-me/
You Were There
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2013/12/03/you-were-there-2/
In The Tomb
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2016/02/19/in-the-tomb/
Without Light
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2016/02/20/without-light/
To Lie With Luck Again
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2016/02/21/to-lie-with-luck-again/
Dark Wave
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2016/02/22/dark-wave/
The Ghosts Around My Bed
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2016/02/23/the-ghosts-around-my-bed/
Home
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2017/04/10/home-2/
My Love is Waiting
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2016/04/04/my-love-is-waiting/
Without Covers
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2011/10/30/without-covers/
The Gift
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2015/09/21/the-gift-2/
Through the thick middle
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2016/02/24/through-the-thick-middle/
A Day For My Own
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2014/05/24/a-day-for-my-own-2/
Whole
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2017/04/11/whole/
Morning
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2016/02/25/morning/
Things I Must Learn
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2015/09/18/things-i-must-learn-3/
New Commitment
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2015/09/20/new-commitment-2/
Spiral
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2016/04/17/spiral/
Dad (an eulogy)
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2014/04/22/dad-an-eulogy/
In the Gully of Things
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2017/03/31/in-the-gully-of-things/
Open
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2015/04/18/open/
Friendship
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2017/04/14/friendship/
Like a harmonica
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2015/12/06/like-a-harmonica/
Pregnant After a Death
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2015/05/07/pregnant-after-a-death/
Imagination
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2015/10/27/imagination/
Bright
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2015/10/15/bright/
Transfigured
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2014/07/22/transfigured/
In My Bones
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2015/04/10/in-my-bones/
My Place
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2015/10/02/my-place/
I Found You Singing
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2012/06/17/i-found-you-singing/
Recovered
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2013/05/09/recovered-2/
Silence
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2012/04/14/silence/
Like A Wave
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2012/06/11/like-a-wave/
In This Garden
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2013/10/12/in-this-garden/
before
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2017/05/04/before/
The Gentle Seed
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2017/04/01/the-gentle-seed/
As One
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2012/04/01/as-one/
Of Fears and Thankfulness
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2017/05/05/of-fears-and-thankfulness/
On the bed
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2016/02/26/on-the-bed/
In The Fire
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2017/05/06/in-the-fire/
Eight Months
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2017/05/07/eight-months/
BloodsuckerDeath
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2015/04/20/bloodsuckerdeath/
Pregnant
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2017/05/08/pregnant/
Almost to the Other Side
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2015/04/21/almost-to-the-other-side/
When the last tie is broken
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2012/06/23/when-the-last-tie-is-broken/
I still think of you
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2015/04/19/i-still-think-of-you/
At Sunrise
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2015/08/07/at-sunrise/
If We Are So Lucky
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2017/05/09/if-we-are-so-lucky/
Seeing Shadows
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2016/02/27/seeing-shadows/
Lifted
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2016/02/28/lifted/
Anniversary
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2017/05/13/anniversary/
A Month Before Birth
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2017/05/10/a-month-before-birth/
Autumn
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2017/05/11/autumn/
We Walk Again
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2017/05/12/we-walk-again/
In Preparation
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2017/05/16/in-preparation/
Without Hunger
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2017/01/22/without-hunger/
my child
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2017/05/17/my-child/
Not a Ghost
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2015/05/06/not-a-ghost/
Break the Chain
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2017/01/21/break-the-chain/
When Sleep Will Not Come
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2016/02/29/when-sleep-will-not-come/
Spring
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2015/08/08/spring/
Our Little Pushkin
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2017/08/27/our-little-pushkin/
Breaking Through
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2015/08/09/breaking-through/
Stale Goodbye
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2016/03/01/stale-goodbye/
In the centre
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2017/01/23/in-the-centre/
Sweet
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2015/07/18/sweet/
A Moment of Clarity
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2016/03/02/a-moment-of-clarity/
Daughter
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2017/05/29/daughter/
The Road Chosen
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2016/03/03/the-road-has-chosen/
Of Manna and God
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2017/05/30/25434/
It is
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2017/01/24/it-is/
What Is Good
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2017/01/25/what-is-good/
A Matter of Risk
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2016/06/01/a-matter-of-risk/
A Day
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2015/01/31/a-day/
An Infant
https://allisongrayhurst.com/2013/08/30/an-infant/
Back of the book quote
“Allison Grayhurst’s poetry combines the depth and dark intensity of Sylvia Plath, the layered complex imagery of Dylan Thomas and the philosophical insights of Soren Kierkegaard, taking the reader on a fearless journey through the human condition, delving with honesty into death, grief, loss, faith, commitment, motherhood, and erotic love. 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 of Wigford Remeberies.