Serenity View: Poems & Images from the Blue Ridge Mountains

"Where minds strengthen and tranquility reigns" Serenity View is a collection of poetry, prose, and images portraying the peaceful harmony of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Georgia. These verses, with the accompanying photos, depict the beauty of the countryside and small towns. Read and reflect as you journey through these mountains.

"Where minds strengthen and tranquility reigns" The poetry, prose, and images in Serenity View depict the beauty of the Blue Ridge Mountains, part of the Smoky Mountain range located in northern Georgia. The wonders of nature, the mountains, the small towns, and the lush countryside are artistically described in this collection of poems. With a click of the camera, the scenery was captured and put to verse. Travel the path to inner peace and serenity as you venture through the mountains of Georgia.

Dr. Marlene is a storyteller and freelance writer. Her articles and poems appear monthly in several publications. She is a retired family physician, now teaching nutrition at the graduate school level. Her nurturing spirit is expressed through her prose and poems. She devotes her time to her passions of understanding nutrition and advancing her storytelling techniques, be it written or spoken. As a volunteer speaker, she enjoys sharing her knowledge with community, professional, and Toastmaster audiences. Her speeches are diverse, ranging from health education to personal vignettes, but always with a whimsical, positive twist. Other gifts of retirement include the time to enjoy her hobbies of gardening, food adventures, writing, and travel. Whether she is at home or on the road, you will find her writing about her personal experiences. Her vision is to bring readers and the audience inner peace and harmony.