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 appreciation of stillness on the Gulf Coast in late winter.
It stands upon a single jointed leg in the shallow flats of Sarasota, whiter than the bleached coquina.
The eye is gold, a tiny bead that registers the silver flash of minnows in the seagrass meadow.
Then the strike: a sudden javelin, a splash of water, and the bird swallows the day whole.
Poem
An account of the citrus groves of Polk County under a hard frost warning.
Poem
A short poem for the hour that is not quite an hour.
Poem
A short poem on kitchens, ceiling fans, and afternoon forecasts.
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