‘The Harvest’: A Poem by Peter Venable

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The Harvest

As drops of water drop and drip and drop,
Each dripping drop soon fills the deepest crack.
But when there is a freeze, they split the rock
And once it’s cleft, no hands can pull it back.

So too, His seed, when sown in hardened hearts,
Will fall into its cracks and start to shoot.
Some wilt. Others shall rend the heart apart:
Their spreading roots stitch cracks, and boughs bear fruit.

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Peter Venable has been writing poetry for fifty years and his poems have appeared in The Lyric, The Merton Seasonal, The Christian Century, and other publications. More of his work can be found at petercvenable.wordpress.com. His “Roofless Church” merited an Honorable Mention in The Best Poems of 2024 in the SCP’s International Poetry Competition.