Vol. I · No. 24 · The Weekly Issue · From Key West to the Panhandle
The FloridianReporting, fiction, criticism, poetry, and cartoons — from the peninsula
Poetry · Poem
An examination of tourist monuments and true history in the oldest city.
The sulfur water tastes of stone and iron nails and old decay in the cool, dark pavilion.
Outside, the white-tailed peacocks scream and drag their heavy, colored fans through the dust of the lawn.
The salt-run eats the coquina wall of the fort where the soldiers slept, their names forgotten by the tide.
Poem
A short poem for the hour that is not quite an hour.
Poem
A short poem on kitchens, ceiling fans, and afternoon forecasts.
Poem
Twelve lines, one long apology, one ceiling fan still spinning.
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