Author: southernwriter
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Thousand Steps of Standing Stone
A thousand steps Mark the place Where workers scaled This mountain face. We, For a view Their steps retrace Then past the stairs Ones they built there We scramble higher What seek we? Yonder vistas rare We reach a cliff Then sit and stare Far, far below Lie Jack’s Narrows…
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Southern Colonial Town
Charleston, old and elegant Since the 1600sSouth Carolina, {Carolus, latin for Charles, after King Charles)Shrimp and grits, next to the marketThe waterfront The many quaint old houses Battery ParkMany, many alleys garneshed with vinesWhite Point Garden, and Marion SquareKing Street, and Queen..Blue Bicycle Books, with books rare and used~Glimpses, that…