Charleston Currents

Poem: A Story of the City

By Ed Madden|

In the story, there is a city, its streets
straight as a grid, and in the east, the hills,
in the west, a river.

by Palmetto Poem · 03/02/2015 · Comments are Disabled · Features, Palmetto Poem

Image is part of “Flying North,” by Mary Edna Fraser.

ISSUE 7.18: Gregorie, education, Palmetto Poem

IN THIS EDITION (MARCH 2, 2015 | Number 7.18)
FOCUS: Gregorie wants a city that works for all
BRACK: “Dum spiro spero: for public education
POEM: The Story of a City, by Ed Madden
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Morris Financial Concepts, Inc.
GOOD NEWS: Exhibit to feature Fraser’s batiks
FEEDBACK: Send us your letters
REVIEW: First Frost
CALENDAR: Book sale, Underpants, sculpture, more
MYSTERY PHOTO: Just in time
S.C. ENCYCLOPEDIA: Josephine Humphreys

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Poem: Great Blue Heron

“I see you are back again, my teacher.
Your stillness in silence, today’s lesson,
speaks of finding focus within life’s blur.”

by Palmetto Poem · 02/02/2015 · 1 comment · Features, Palmetto Poem

Brack: Haley should make time for inaugural poem

JAN. 12, 2015 — There’s at least one thing that will be different about Wednesday’s inauguration of Gov. Nikki Haley — the state’s poet laureate won’t be reading a special inspirational poem. Why? There’s just not enough time, even though inaugurations, like baseball games, have no fixed time limitations.

by Andy Brack · 01/12/2015 · Comments are Disabled · Andy Brack, Views