May 2016
(Inspired by ‘Another Solitary Reaper’ by Wordsworth)
I never know if, out of sight
Another stands by in delight
Listening to my melody
Intended just for me
If I sing in the open air
And only birds can hear me there
I wonder what response they have
I know they cannot clap
‘Tis very well they hear
Though we can see no ears
I could be wrong but
I doubt they enjoy our song
We think we are alone a lot
When we are not
Assumptions made are wrong
About who listens to our songs
Sean Hunt May 11th 2016
I never know if, out of sight
Another stands by in delight
Listening to my melody
Intended just for me
If I sing in the open air
And only birds can hear me there
I wonder what response they have
I know they cannot clap
‘Tis very well they hear
Though we can see no ears
I could be wrong but
I doubt they enjoy our song
We think we are alone a lot
When we are not
Assumptions made are wrong
About who listens to our songs
Sean Hunt May 11th 2016
(Inspired by ‘Another Solitary Reaper’ by Wordsworth)
I visited Wordsworth Trust in Grasmere this morning. They have established a poetry blog and are inviting poems from the public for consideration. They are selecting some for publication on their website. They are specifically asking people to read 'The Solitary Reaper' by Wordsworth and write a poem inspired by his poem. So this is my effort. If anyone wishes to do the same you could publish the poem here and then contact Simon Davies at Wordsworth Trust by email or send a link to your poem on Hello Poetry. I think I will try the latter. Simon's email address is: S.Davies@wordsworth.org.uk.
My idea worked well; I copied the Hello Poetry url link and pasted it in my comment on the Wordsworth comments page.........i.e
thoughts on “Another Solitary Reaper”
https://wordsworth.org.uk/blog/2016/05/04/another-solitary-reaper/
Sean Hunt
11TH MAY 2016 AT 5:31 PM
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http://hellopoetry.com/poem/1648554/i-never-know/
I wrote a poem inspired by this Wordsworth poem and I uploaded it to a web poetry site (link above). What struck me about the poem was not the actual imagined idyllic experience of a surprised eavesdropping walker, listening to a well-sung song, it was for me, the non-awareness of the singer that she was being listened to and enjoyed; I found this to be the most interesting aspect of the described scene. Thank you for the encouragement to read this poem and be inspired by it Simon _/\_
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I visited Wordsworth Trust in Grasmere this morning. They have established a poetry blog and are inviting poems from the public for consideration. They are selecting some for publication on their website. They are specifically asking people to read 'The Solitary Reaper' by Wordsworth and write a poem inspired by his poem. So this is my effort. If anyone wishes to do the same you could publish the poem here and then contact Simon Davies at Wordsworth Trust by email or send a link to your poem on Hello Poetry. I think I will try the latter. Simon's email address is: S.Davies@wordsworth.org.uk.
My idea worked well; I copied the Hello Poetry url link and pasted it in my comment on the Wordsworth comments page.........i.e
thoughts on “Another Solitary Reaper”
https://wordsworth.org.uk/blog/2016/05/04/another-solitary-reaper/
Sean Hunt
11TH MAY 2016 AT 5:31 PM
Your comment is awaiting moderation.
http://hellopoetry.com/poem/1648554/i-never-know/
I wrote a poem inspired by this Wordsworth poem and I uploaded it to a web poetry site (link above). What struck me about the poem was not the actual imagined idyllic experience of a surprised eavesdropping walker, listening to a well-sung song, it was for me, the non-awareness of the singer that she was being listened to and enjoyed; I found this to be the most interesting aspect of the described scene. Thank you for the encouragement to read this poem and be inspired by it Simon _/\_
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