Rash throughout his poems reviles many aspects of what life was like in the Appalachian world. The writer shows the different hardships that were faced and the values that were taught in the Appalachian. The hardships from the farmland to timberland to mill work have a large impact on the members of the Appalachian and not in a positive way. Rash sets up a common theme through his poems that indicates that life was not easy in his world. These themes are most vividly expressed in, “Spring Fever” where the writer talks about how six weeks of work could easily be destroyed in minutes. Rash mentions church in one of his writings but it tends to be out shadowed by the overwhelming theme of hard times and using alcohol as a sort of medication to
