Comments on: Poetry Friday: The Solitary Reaper http://melissawiley.com/blog/2007/09/14/poetry-friday-the-solitary-reaper/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=poetry-friday-the-solitary-reaper Children's Book Author Fri, 24 May 2013 18:08:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Deaf Village http://melissawiley.com/blog/2007/09/14/poetry-friday-the-solitary-reaper/#comment-18318 Deaf Village Fri, 23 Apr 2010 09:36:05 +0000 http://72.29.64.190/~mwiley/blog/2007/09/14/poetry-friday-the-solitary-reaper/#comment-18318 [...] Dorothy’s journal was an important research source for me during the writing of the Martha books, as I’ve mentioned before. (Terrible formatting of the poem in that post; sorry; I’ll try to fix it tomorrow.) Well, today [...]

]]> By: Whew — Here in the Bonny Glen http://melissawiley.com/blog/2007/09/14/poetry-friday-the-solitary-reaper/#comment-18315 Whew — Here in the Bonny Glen Fri, 23 Apr 2010 03:13:11 +0000 http://72.29.64.190/~mwiley/blog/2007/09/14/poetry-friday-the-solitary-reaper/#comment-18315 [...] journal was an important research source for me during the writing of the Martha books, as I’ve mentioned before. (Terrible formatting of the poem in that post; sorry; I’ll try to fix it tomorrow.) Well, [...]

]]> By: Cay http://melissawiley.com/blog/2007/09/14/poetry-friday-the-solitary-reaper/#comment-5128 Cay Fri, 14 Sep 2007 22:11:49 +0000 http://72.29.64.190/~mwiley/blog/2007/09/14/poetry-friday-the-solitary-reaper/#comment-5128 Lissa,
This peom reminds me so much of one I’ve loved since childhood:

“Maud Muller” by John Greenleaf Whittier is about a young maiden in the field.

http://www.poetry-archive.com/w/maud_muller.html

The ending still tears me up.

Thanks for sharing this one and the story attached to it.

]]> By: Claire http://melissawiley.com/blog/2007/09/14/poetry-friday-the-solitary-reaper/#comment-5127 Claire Fri, 14 Sep 2007 21:38:40 +0000 http://72.29.64.190/~mwiley/blog/2007/09/14/poetry-friday-the-solitary-reaper/#comment-5127 I love it! Thanks for bringing us the poem and the story!!

]]> By: cloudscome http://melissawiley.com/blog/2007/09/14/poetry-friday-the-solitary-reaper/#comment-5126 cloudscome Fri, 14 Sep 2007 16:57:01 +0000 http://72.29.64.190/~mwiley/blog/2007/09/14/poetry-friday-the-solitary-reaper/#comment-5126 Oh I’d love to hear that song!

“Whate’er the theme, the Maiden sang
As if her song could have no ending;
I saw her singing at her work,
And o’er the sickle bending;—
”

]]> By: Kelly Fineman http://melissawiley.com/blog/2007/09/14/poetry-friday-the-solitary-reaper/#comment-5125 Kelly Fineman Fri, 14 Sep 2007 13:53:59 +0000 http://72.29.64.190/~mwiley/blog/2007/09/14/poetry-friday-the-solitary-reaper/#comment-5125 Lovely.

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