Robert Behre is one of the most talented and well-rounded men you’ll meet in Charleston. He writes the P&C’s always-illuminating Monday column on architecture and preservation and covers practically everything else as a reporter.

But his hidden talent? Robert is the staff’s undisputed master of light verse and sly wit, and he has been for years.

His latest offerings:

It’s hard to make Spo
Ku about the Memminger
Auditorium

It’s also hard to
make a Spoku about the
Carolina Choc—

Water bottles are
no longer the greenest choice.
Correctly, I thirst.

Get off the damn floor,
Child for whom I just purchased
Expensive ticket

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We’ve received another set of Spo-kus (that’s Spoleto hiaku to all you new kids) from reader Cecil Wilson. These always help us get in the mood…

Champagne was flowing
in the elegant garden
but the cast was shy.

More after the jump…

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Tags: reader verse, Spo-ku, Spoleto