Echoes: Poems by Lisbeth Thom and Her Granddaughter Rachel Nelson

By Lisbeth Thom and Rachel Nelson

Echoes is a unique book of poems written by Lisbeth Thom and her granddaughter, Rachel Nelson. One summer Lisbeth wrote a poem and sent it to eleven-year old Rachel in Eden, Prairie, Minnesota. She asked Rachel to read her poem and respond with a poem of her own. Rachel wrote a poem on a similar subject and also sent back a new poem and asked Lisbeth, her grandmother in Savannah, Georgia, to respond to her poem and then send Rachel another poem. That is how, Echoes the book of poems, began. They bounced their poems back and forth across the country until they had fifty poems ready for publication.
Since publication, teachers have used Echoes in classrooms as a teaching tool. They use the idea of taking one person's poem to inspire a second person to write a poem on a similar subject.
The poems in Echoes are written on many different subjects. They are creative, thought-provoking, family oriented, fun, and funny. Many of the poems let the reader travel inside the author's mind. These poems can help students learn to enjoy reading and writing poetry. In Echoes, the generation gap between grandmother and granddaughter makes for an interesting contrast in viewpoint.
The poems are excellent for reading to younger children.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Sep 15, 2009
• ISBN: 9781465315526

Lisbeth Thom

LISBETH THOM is a freelance writer and teaches a continuing education writer's course in Savannah, GA.

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Copyright © 2009 by Lisbeth Thom and Rachel Nelson.

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Contents

My Routine

My Routine

My Color

Blue Is My Color

Second Grade

Kindergarten

The Printer

My Computer

The Life of a Purse

A Shoes Life

What if…

What if…

Summer Night

Winter Days

Music

Songs Trigger Memories

Broken Promise

Telling Lies

Balloons

Golf Balls

Older Than Dirt

Then and Now

I’m From

Who Am I

The Osprey

The Flower Bunnies

A Family is This…

Family

Trouble in Sicily

Making Trouble

Loves and Loathings

Loves and Hates

Nursery Rhymes

Fairy Tales

Pictures

My Grandma

Ode to the Softball Coach

On the Soccer Field

The Garbage Man

Recycle Queen

Best Friends

Your Life Long Friend

Water Bottle

The Toaster

Books

Blocks

Money

A Dollar Earned

Small Boy

A Baby’s First

For our family with many thanks for their role in

nurturing and supporting our creative endeavors.

We would like to thank:

Herbert G. Weber for the use of his photograph,

Mystic Journey on the cover of our book

This photograph was taken at Lower Antelope

Canyon in Page, Arizona.

Cathy Nelson at Linear Perspectives Inc.

for her creative efforts on the graphic design

of our cover. Her time is much appreciated.

Jane Cole and Carla Cobar, our Xlibris

representatives for their kind assistance in

getting Echoes, our book of poetry published.

My Routine

At daybreak, I drink Earl Grey tea from a cup

adorned with green ivy, eat granola and berries

from a blue bowl as