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
A lyric dealing with the intense humidity of the southern interior.
The humidity is ninety-eight percent and the air is thick as honey on the tongue of the sawgrass.
In the shade of the cypress dome the gator lies like a dark log, only his nostrils showing.
We sit on the shaded porch and listen to the distant boom of thunder over Big Cypress.
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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