A Harvest Kiss

By Kathryn H. Price

A Harvest Kiss 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 harvestThe Harvest, The Chaff, In the Barn, The Burn Pile, and A Revelationto the realization that occurs when dead things in our life are removed and love comes to fruition.

Harbinger of Harvest

Black birds cackle,
Crackle, screech,
Some do caw,
Before the dawn,
Nightingales gone awry?

What cause is this to sing away,
When sun no longer shines?
False light they seek,
Who dread the night,
That restful slumber, a respite death,
With morning resurrection---
O Joy!
Black birds screeching in the dead of night,
A Harbinger of Harvest,
A Kings guard who splits the quietude of night,
Shrieking warning calls,
A Thief, a Thief, such birds do cry!
Awake, O Watchman,
Hear the warning call.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Trafford Publishing
• Release date: Mar 22, 2011
• ISBN: 9781426957000

Kathryn H. Price

Kathryn H. Price is a retired rehabilitation counselor with a background in English and human nature. She lives with her husband of forty years in Texas.

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Contents

PREFACE

Tongues of Fire

Leviathan

THE HARVEST

Harbinger of Harvest

Golden Rod

Vintner’s Stumps

Night Heron

Threshing the Wheat

THE CHAFF

The Crystal Tree

The New Temple

Old People

Nostalgia

The Succubus

Heartless Home

New Wine

Cicada Summer

The Laughing Dove

Balaam

The Civet Cat

Lilith Unleased

The Weak One’s

Terminal Uniqueness

Suspended Animation

Coupe de Grace

Carried Away

IN THE BARN

The Barn

The Illusion

Beyond the Pale

Triage

Psyche and Cupid

Settled45

Time’s Last Tick

Be Still

THE BURN PILE

Cataract of Fire

Ballad of the Furies

Ornamental Fruit

The Lawman and the Lady

A REVELATION

Winter Over

Under the Rainbow

Revelatory Lightning

The Seventh Seal: Silence

The Perfect Man

Like a Grandparent

Love Triangle

Lazarus’s Laugh

Love Beams

Black Sambo’s Dinner

Coupe de Grace

A Holy Kiss

PREFACE

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Tongues of Fire

You asked me to let the words fly,

My mouth belched forth a thunderous cloud of

Raptors, with lightning tongues and piercing beaks,

Preying forth unholy sparks of anger,

On white paper.

Be not like Cain who slew,

Beginning with a thought,

Birthing words of death,

Heedless of the heartless power,

A Messenger of Belial.

Tongues of fire,

Holy flames,

Kiss my lips,

O’ Jealous Coal,

So honey drips

To call the prodigals home.