{"id":563,"date":"2008-05-05T06:05:36","date_gmt":"2008-05-05T14:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/2008\/05\/05\/carrboro-rocks\/"},"modified":"2008-05-05T06:05:36","modified_gmt":"2008-05-05T14:05:36","slug":"carrboro-rocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/2008\/05\/carrboro-rocks\/","title":{"rendered":"Carrboro Rocks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>By Susan Willey Spalt<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Essentially, the Piedmont is the roots of an ancient coastal mountain chain that is now worn down to low relief.  <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Piedmont_(United_States)\">en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Piedmont_(United_States)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Under the gently sloping<br \/>\nStreets of Carrboro<br \/>\nLies a secret:<br \/>\nThe remains<br \/>\nof ancient mountains, once taller<br \/>\nThan the Himalayas<br \/>\nSlowly worn away<br \/>\nBy time, until they are just<br \/>\nCarrboro rocks.<br \/>\n<!--more-->Laying pipe in Carrboro<br \/>\nLeads to the clank<br \/>\nOf heavy equipment<br \/>\nSoon to be worn out by<br \/>\nCarrboro rocks.<br \/>\nJust across the tracks<br \/>\nFrom a great and loved university,<br \/>\nA small town sits in a Carolina blue shadow,<br \/>\nTrying not to be smug, knowing the secret:<br \/>\nCarrboro rocks!<br \/>\nSummer in the farmers market,<br \/>\nTomatoes, sweet corn,<br \/>\nFlowers explode with so much color<br \/>\nEven the rainbows are jealous.<br \/>\nFriends gather and talk<br \/>\nOf cooking tomatoes, growing flowers<br \/>\nChanging weather, changing lives<br \/>\nWith a spirit solid as:<br \/>\nCarrboro Rocks.<br \/>\nYoung children at a park<br \/>\nSit next to the swings and seesaws<br \/>\nTheir laughter and their shouts<br \/>\nEcho into the future.<br \/>\nA child picks up a rock<br \/>\nTo throw at an imaginary target.<br \/>\nThe necessary grown-up calls to him,<br \/>\nDo not throw:<br \/>\nCarrboro Rocks.<br \/>\nA band is playing<br \/>\nOn the lawn at Weaver Street<br \/>\nYoung people dance with hula hoops,<br \/>\nTheir grace is astonishing.<br \/>\nSome in the audience rummage around for comparisons<br \/>\nParis? Seattle?  But,<br \/>\nCarrboro is the Carrboro of the Piedmont,<br \/>\nOf the South, and<br \/>\nCarrboro Rocks!<br \/>\nWhile in the background<br \/>\nUnsuspecting workman begin to dig<br \/>\nClanking in 3\/4 time,<br \/>\nIt is summer, and<br \/>\nCarrboro Rocks!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Susan Willey Spalt Essentially, the Piedmont is the roots of an ancient coastal mountain chain that is now worn down to low relief. en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Piedmont_(United_States) Under the gently sloping Streets of Carrboro Lies a secret: The remains of ancient mountains, once taller Than the Himalayas Slowly worn away By time, until they are just Carrboro [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}