Water Effect
(Steel) Magnolia
Breathtaking,
Delicate beauty
Of Creamy Perfection
With Roots Running Deep
In Southern Soil,
A history almost
As old as time,
And endurance
As tough as
Steel:
She defies description
And explanation
But...
Beauty is its own excuse.
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Patricia Neely-Dorsey
My Magnolia Memories and Musings - In Poems
©2012
In the book "The Road to Gandolfo" by Robert Ludlum (originally published in 1975 under an assumed name), in chapter 18, he writes.....
If you are called a "Steel Magnolia" by someone, take it as a
compliment. It is a Southern term that means a woman who is tough,
strong, yet sweet and feminine. She has the toughness and strength of
steel when it comes to family, hard times, and sad times. However, she
has the loving tenderness and inner beauty that shines through.
In the book "The Road to Gandolfo" by Robert Ludlum (originally published in 1975 under an assumed name), in chapter 18, he writes.....
"There was a
will of steel beneath the soft magnolia exterior..."
