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A Single Grain; Contributed by Jonathan Sharp

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A Single Grain

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A poem relating themes of Harvest and Birth, Growth, Death and Resurrection as suggested by Jesus' comment in John 12v24

Wild as an ear of corn he grew,

Up to the sun he strained,
Thriving upon its energy,
Drinking of heaven’s rain.
Stirred and prompted by the breeze,
Wise as the day was long,
Barley bright and growing ripe,
Dancing to Mother’s song.

Harvest time and rough men came
With instruments of fear,
Hew and cut and stooked and stored
In the hope of bread and beer.
Scythed and mown and gone to ground – 
Cropped, stubbled, paralysed –
Burnt and ashed and ploughed and stashed,
Interred among the demised....

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