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Redbud Trees (Flowering Judas)

Redbud Trees (Flowering Judas) Redbud TRees (FloweRing Judas) Helen M. Lewis In Early Spring Forming a tunnel of blossoms along the road to War, West Virginia The Redbud trees burst forth with knots of red, rosy, purple flowers on naked branches, Circling the trunk like the red kerchiefs worn by coal miners who fought on Blair Mountain. Clinging perilously to mountainsides they make a shrouded gateway to the Billion Dollar Coalfield. But The Billion Dollars left the coalfields. Each spring the red buds tell that story and point to the destruction just over the hill. The mountains have provided a place of refuge for people, animals, trees and flowers, A homeplace in which to settle, work, live, for a diversity of people, wild flowers and grouse. A sanctuary, a haven for mussels, salamanders, Baptists, wood thrush and pileated woodpeckers. Now scavengers are removing the mountains to dig out the coal­ Giant machines turn forested hills to moonscapes Cover streams and valleys with "overburden," reduce the mountains to rubble. Holding fast in the arms of the mountains, Wearing their red badge of courage The Redbuds resist their removal and protest the devastation of their living place tree They are also called Judas trees. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Appalachian Review University of North Carolina Press

Redbud Trees (Flowering Judas)

Lewis, Helen Matthews.
Appalachian Review , Volume 37 (3) – May 31, 2009
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Redbud TRees (FloweRing Judas) Helen M. Lewis In Early Spring Forming a tunnel of blossoms along the road to War, West Virginia The Redbud trees burst forth with knots of red, rosy, purple flowers on naked branches, Circling the trunk like the red kerchiefs worn by coal miners who fought on Blair Mountain. Clinging perilously to mountainsides they make a shrouded gateway to the Billion Dollar Coalfield. But The Billion Dollars left the coalfields. Each spring the red buds tell that story and point to the destruction just over the hill. The mountains have provided a place of refuge for people, animals, trees and flowers, A homeplace in which to settle, work, live, for a diversity of people, wild flowers and grouse. A sanctuary, a haven for mussels, salamanders, Baptists, wood thrush and pileated woodpeckers. Now scavengers are removing the mountains to dig out the coal­ Giant machines turn forested hills to moonscapes Cover streams and valleys with "overburden," reduce the mountains to rubble. Holding fast in the arms of the mountains, Wearing their red badge of courage The Redbuds resist their removal and protest the devastation of their living place tree They are also called Judas trees.

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Appalachian Review – University of North Carolina Press

Published: May 31, 2009

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