Nature Echo Series Book 2

By Thelma Barlow Blaxall

Summary of Nature Echo Series Book 1 and Book 2

I belong to the Wilderness Society, the Sierra Club, and other organized groups whose goals are to seek to preserve the wilderness and wild animals.

I naturally thought about preservation of life and survival when I wrote the poems in Nature Echo Book 1.

In Nature Echo Book 2, I took actual happenings in my own life; again, the themes were about preservation of life with its challenges. Challengesto grow in knowledge, to face the death of my husband the death of a child, etc.became uppermost in my daily life.

Even the disruption of a forest for a housing development stimulated my interest in the
preservation of wetlands. It is hoped that these poems will create an interest in these issues.

It was during this time that Thelma enrolled at the local university, earning a BS degree. When she retired, she and her husband bought a farm, raised sheep, and grew Christmas trees.

Deciding to continue her studies, she earned a masters degree in liberal arts at the age of sixty-six. She had two studies abroad in economics and art history.

Continuing her interest in writing, she parlayed a college senior project into a book about Appalachian culture called Transformation of the Back Country, which was published in 2001. She also continued writing poetry.

Her poetry has been published in seven poetry anthologies, earning an Editors Choice Award and several runner-up mentions.

She benefited from her interest in animals for her first book of poetry of the Nature Echo series and her observation of the nature of man for the second Nature Echo book.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Jul 29, 2013
• ISBN: 9781483619798

Thelma Barlow Blaxall

Born Thelma Loretta Barlow in Aberdeen, Maryland, she was the daughter of Scotch American immigrants of the Southern Highland Appalachian Valley. The family came north to the Susquehanna Region to seek a better life. Two children of the family died at an early age, leaving Thelma and a younger sister, Shirley. Both became nurses. It was during this time that Thelma enrolled at the local university, earning a BS degree. When she retired, she and her husband bought a farm, raised sheep, and grew Christmas trees. Deciding to continue her studies, she earned a master’s degree in liberal arts at the age of sixty-six. She had two studies abroad in economics and art history. Continuing her interest in writing, she parlayed a college senior project into a book about Appalachian culture called Transformation of the Back Country, which was published in 2001. She also continued writing poetry. Her poetry has been published in seven poetry anthologies, earning an Editor’s Choice Award and several runner-up mentions. She benefited from her interest in animals for her first book of poetry of the Nature Echo series and her observation of the nature of man for the second Nature Echo book.

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Copyright © 2013 by Thelma Barlow Blaxall.

Library of Congress Control Number:            2013906123

ISBN:      Hardcover      978-1-4836-1978-1

                Softcover      978-1-4836-1977-4

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Contents

Blue Ribbon

Streets of Time

Spark of Love

The Suitcase

Granmom’s Quilt

Childhood Innocence

A Walk in the Trees

The Corn Shock

Do I Hear a Sigh

Is This the Front or the Back of the Tree?

Maiden Voyage

Maple Tree

No Place to Dream

Plea

Red Leaf in a Fir Tree

Release

Remembrance

Shane

Shoulda Done and Oughta Dos

Summer’s Remains

Tall Trees

The Broom of God

The Coach

Honeysuckle Fall

The Dancing Trees

The Sadness of Seasons

The Tractor Boy— Come Back, Shane

The Word

Truth

When the WBOC Crew Came

When

Goodbye Questions

Appalachian Woman

God’s Nature