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 observation on the gentle beasts seeking warmth in Volusia County.
They gather in the seventy-two degree spring-run where the boil is clear, escaping the cold St. Johns.
Their backs are grey and scarred by blades, slow-moving islands of scarred flesh that rise to breathe the winter air.
We lean upon the timber deck and watch their quiet shadows drift like smooth, underwater stones.
Poem
An observation on the swift arrival of rain across the inland water.
Poem
An account of the citrus groves of Polk County under a hard frost warning.
Poem
An encounter with the invasive paperbark tree in a Broward County park.
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