A Harvest Kiss

<i>A Harvest Kiss</i> presents a new collection of poetry that uses the allegory of the harvest to reflect the maturing a Christian undergoes having the chaff threshed and the whole grain saved with the ultimate goal of producing something tangible to share lovingly with others. It begins with a warning about the power of words. This collection is divided into five sections each of which describes how a person is spiritually harvested and then threshed to remove the shell of irrelevant parts of life that do not produce fruit. It progresses through the various stages of growth and harvest-The Harvest The Chaff In the Barn The Burn Pile and A Revelation-to the realization that occurs when dead things in our life are removed and love comes to fruition.<i><b>Harbinger of Harvest</b>Black birds cackleCrackle screechSome do cawBefore the dawnNightingales gone awry?What cause is this to sing awayWhen sun no longer shines?False light they seekWho dread the nightThat restful slumber a respite deathWith morning resurrection---O' Joy!Black birds screeching in the dead of nightA Harbinger of HarvestA King's guard who splits the quietude of nightShrieking warning callsA Thief a Thief such birds do cry!Awake O' WatchmanHear the warning call.</i>