Harvest and Other Poems

By Roderick Grant

In his new book Harvest Rod Grant uses his verse to explore the current state of humanity as well as its prospects for the future as Homo Sapiens. In the title poem Harvest, he uses his experience gardening as a springboard to a hopeful outlook for his personal future. In Solstice, the books final poem, he looks to the Earths yearly cycles to ponder his own mortality.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Jul 3, 2014
• ISBN: 9781496923103

Roderick Grant

Roderick Grant was born in Forres, Morayshire, in 1941, where he attended the local academy. He has worked as a forestry worker, a journalist, a newspaper editor, a television presenter, a radio broadcaster, a bookshop manager and a postman. He has been published in both Britain and the USA.

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© 2014 Roderick Grant. All rights reserved.

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Published by AuthorHouse 06/30/2014

ISBN: 978-1-4969-2311-0 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4969-2310-3 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2014911702

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

HARVEST

WORLDS

CROCUSES

DAYS END

STARS

THE DEAD OF WINTER

MATTER

MORTALITY

THE FLEETING INSTANT

EVENING SHADOWS

SPRING DAY

DISTANCE

REALITY

REQUIEM

A TRAGEDY OF LIFE

WISDOM

A GLASS OF WINE

DIFFERENCE

THE BOUNDS OF NATURE

LOSING SUMMER

ANOTHER DAY

MUSIC

MERITING SURVIVAL

AGING

A QUIET NIGHT

LEAVING A MARK

HOMO SAPIENS

THE BEACH

THE SINGER

THE END

LOST SUNSET

NATURE’S GARDEN

WIND AT MY BACK

LOST MEMORIES

NIGHT THOUGHTS

THE ROAD AHEAD

PASSING MOMENT

STALLED

EXISTENCE

NOURISHMENT

THE TRITE

EARLY SPRING

SOLSTICE

To my father

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HARVEST

I had a new garden this year

Last year’s plot was gravel

and red Virginia clay

and nothing I could do

would make it prosper

This year