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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: FLORIDA Matches Found: 133 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A FLORIDA GHOST, by SIDNEY LANIER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Down mildest shores of milk-white sand Last Line: Chadd's ford, pennsylvania, 1877. Subject(s): Florida A FLORIDA NIGHT, by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Win' a-blowin' gentle so de san' lay low Last Line: (lizy ann a-singin' sweet an' low). Subject(s): Florida A FLORIDA SUNDAY, by SIDNEY LANIER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: From cold norse caves or buccaneer southern seas Last Line: Tampa, florida, 1877. Subject(s): Florida A TYPICAL FLORIDIAN, by CHARLES JOSEPH RIDER Poem Text First Line: Along the gulf or tampa bay Last Line: A typical floridian! Subject(s): Florida ADMIRAL OF THE PARKING LOT, by DEBORA GREGER Poem Source First Line: All alike we sail to a shore of lies Last Line: Tomorrow once again we sail the ocean sea Subject(s): Dreams; Florida; Sun ALLIGATOR HOTEL, by FRANK ASCH Poem Source First Line: When skies are dry and temperatures cool Last Line: And eats one of his guests Subject(s): Everglades, Florida ANA IN MIAMI, by PABLO MEDINA Poem Source First Line: Every morning in miami Last Line: Is one more morning's blessing Subject(s): Cuba; Exiles; Miami, Florida; Survival; U.s. - Immigration And Emigration ASHE STREET, MARCH, by ROSALIND BRACKENBURY Poem Source First Line: Sudden rain shone the dark yard Last Line: Not because of what we do, so much, %as what we are Subject(s): Key West, Florida ASHE STREET, NOVEMBER, by ROSALIND BRACKENBURY Poem Source First Line: Alone here, a first saturday Last Line: And the way we begin again Subject(s): Key West, Florida AT BARRACUDA KEYS, by ROSALIND BRACKENBURY Poem Source First Line: Another morning flaps %its blue awning Last Line: Into the hot dish of the wave Subject(s): Key West, Florida AUDIT AT KEY WEST, by JOHN CIARDI Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: You could put silver dollars on my eyes Last Line: Thumbing my clogged skull at the sons of bitches Subject(s): Key West, Florida AUDIT AT KEY WEST, by JOHN CIARDI Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: You could put silver dollars on my eyes Last Line: A bomb of lit fuses sputtering day Subject(s): Key West, Florida AUGUST, KEY WEST AT THE TIME OF THE CUBAN LANDINGS, 1994, by ROSALIND BRACKENBURY Poem Source First Line: The boats pass through our dreams Last Line: The passageways are open. %see it, do not refuse Subject(s): Key West, Florida BIRTH, by ROSALIND BRACKENBURY Poem Source First Line: It wasn't fun, I heard Last Line: Beneath the osprey's cry %is your own? Subject(s): Key West, Florida CALL TO FLORIDA, by KEN GOOSENS Poem Source First Line: Dad must fear I am senile covering Last Line: Shooing away alligator frogs Subject(s): Florida; Parents CANCIONERO DEL BANYAN, by VIRGIL SUAREZ Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The wind freustratzes itself held Subject(s): Banyan Trees; Florida; Cuban Americans CAPE SABLE, by ROSALIND BRACKENBURY Poem Source First Line: The last place in florida Last Line: Frail kept secret, %south-point, finality Subject(s): Key West, Florida CHRISTMAS IN FLORIDA, by MARIAN LELAND Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Oh! Sunny day, oh! Balmy day Last Line: And now another yuletide fades in florida. Subject(s): Christmas; Florida; Nativity, The CLOSERIE DES LILAS, by ROSALIND BRACKENBURY Poem Source First Line: Young waiters stand six deep Last Line: Success with honor, what the old guy %wanted, sure enough Subject(s): Key West, Florida COBBLE ISLAND, by ROSALIND BRACKENBURY Poem Source First Line: Minimal, sea rinsed Last Line: In anklets of warm gold Subject(s): Key West, Florida DAWN IN THE EVERGLADES, by HALLE W. WARLOW Poem Source First Line: One day, while still the dawn denied the call Subject(s): Birds; Dawn; Everglades, Florida DIFFERENCE, by ROSALIND BRACKENBURY Poem Source First Line: She wants: skin, the taste of it Last Line: She wants the gift of tongues Subject(s): Key West, Florida DREAM OF THE FATHERS ON YELLOW PAPER, by ROSALIND BRACKENBURY Poem Source First Line: Last night we spoke of out fathers Last Line: That loose us now %and let us live Subject(s): Key West, Florida DRIVING DOWN FLORIDA, by DIANE JARVENPA Poem Source First Line: Stuckey's peanut brittle chipping our teeth Last Line: From an odd ancient scroll Subject(s): Driving And Drivers; Florida; Poetry And Poets; Travel EVERGLADES NIGHT, by ROSALIND BRACKENBURY Poem Source First Line: Castor, pollux, mars - %a straight fall into black water Last Line: Moths at the pane want entry Subject(s): Key West, Florida EVERYTHING IN THIS AREA IS SUBJECT TO CONSTANT CHANGE., by ROSALIND BRACKENBURY Poem Source First Line: Cities grow at the sea's edge like milk teeth Last Line: Everything in this area is subject to constant change Subject(s): Key West, Florida EXISTENTIALIST TENNIS, by ROSALIND BRACKENBURY Poem Source First Line: Sartre to serve, %on the other court, camus Last Line: Two rackets and a net (which may be %transcended). Concentrate. %prepare to sweat Subject(s): Key West, Florida FABLIAU OF FLORIDA, by WALLACE STEVENS Poem Text Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: Barque of phosphor Subject(s): Americans; Florida; United States; America FABLIAU OF FLORIDA, by WALLACE STEVENS Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Barque of phosphor Last Line: Fill yhour black hull %with white moonlight. %there will never be an end %to this droning of the sur Subject(s): Americans; Florida; United States FAREWELL TO FLORIDA, by WALLACE STEVENS Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: Go on, high ship, since now, upon the shore Subject(s): Florida FAREWELL TO FLORIDA, by WALLACE STEVENS Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Go on, high ship, since now, upon the shore Last Line: To the cold, go on, high ship, go on, plunge on Subject(s): Florida FISHING, by ROSALIND BRACKENBURY Poem Source First Line: When the killing's like this Last Line: This hand of mine can kill Subject(s): Key West, Florida FLIGHT OUT OF MIAMI, by PABLO MEDINA Poem Source First Line: I am going away Last Line: What you cannot remember Subject(s): Cuba; Miami, Florida; U.s. - Immigration And Emigration FLORIDA, by CARMEN JUDSON Poem Text First Line: Red in the sunset staining the sky Last Line: And poured on florida, child of the sun! Subject(s): Florida FLORIDA FRIDAY, by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Florida with flora, brighter than a prize Last Line: Florida flashes on the best of fridays Subject(s): Florida; Churches; Cathedrals FLORIDA NIGHT, by NELELIE A WEGNER Poem Source First Line: When the sun in all its splendor, sinks away and day is done Subject(s): Florida FLORIDA PENTECOST: A HAIKU SEQUENCE, by DOROTHY MCLAUGHLIN Poem Source First Line: Holy water stirred Last Line: The sanctuary lamp's flame %there, pulsing and strong Subject(s): Florida FLORIDA ROAD WORKERS, by JAMES LANGSTON HUGHES Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Hey, buddy! %look at me! Last Line: I'm makin' a road! Alternate Author Name(s): Hughes, Langston Subject(s): African Americans; Florida; Labor And Laborers FLORIDA WAKE, by SUZANNE MATSON Poem Source First Line: Tree frogs suctioned themselves to the window glass Last Line: Swells the chorus with her feet Subject(s): Florida; Funerals FLORIDA, 1521, by VINCENT HAMILTON Poem Source First Line: The ocean climbs the beach in search of salt Last Line: To place (just so) to suggest a homicide Subject(s): Florida FOR MY DAUGHTER. KEY WEST CEMETERY, EASTER, by ROSALIND BRACKENBURY Poem Source First Line: It's a good place to be at easter Last Line: I pray, the joy of knowing %such a day Subject(s): Key West, Florida FOR MY MOTHER, WHEN SICK, by ROSALIND BRACKENBURY Poem Source First Line: The house is so quiet Last Line: We speak of it: that huge event %uniting, dividing, ours Subject(s): Key West, Florida GOLDEN LIGHT, by ROSALIND BRACKENBURY Poem Source First Line: If you want your house to rise Last Line: Come up on the other side %of the world's face Subject(s): Key West, Florida HANDS, by ROSALIND BRACKENBURY Poem Source First Line: You know that men find women's callused hands Last Line: Diagonally spliced. It's easy. %look, no hands Subject(s): Key West, Florida HEMINGWAY HOUSE IN KEY WEST, by PHILIP SCHULTZ Poem Source First Line: My father left me a book of hemingway's stories Subject(s): Key West, Florida HEY YOU, MANATEE!, by FRANK ASCH Poem Source First Line: You're no mermaid mama Last Line: I love you, manatee! Subject(s): Everglades, Florida HURRICANE SONG, by FRANK ASCH Poem Source First Line: You can crack me. %you can smash me Last Line: Tall and green and strong Subject(s): Everglades, Florida I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE THINKING, by FRANK ASCH Poem Source Last Line: Sometimes I am the prey Subject(s): Everglades, Florida IDEA OF ORDER AT KEY WEST, by WALLACE STEVENS Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: She sang beyond the genius of the sea Last Line: In ghostlier demarcations, keener sounds Subject(s): Key West, Florida; Order; Perception; Sea; Singing And Singers IF I HAD A VULTURE, by FRANK ASCH Poem Source First Line: I want to get a pet Last Line: We would look so cool! Subject(s): Everglades, Florida IN A JON BOAT DURING A FLORIDA DAWN, by DAVID BOTTOMS Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: Sunlight displaces stars Last Line: Or the red tick anchored in the pit of your knee. Subject(s): Boats; Florida; Swamps; Bogs; Fens; Marshes IN BAHIA HONDA, by CHARLIE SMITH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Light a blunder, a gaffe Subject(s): Florida Keys; Swimming & Swimmers IN OUR NAME, by SUSAN RICH Poem Source First Line: Inside this room we don't come to: the sizzle and spit Last Line: The nightmares he has may never be publicly shared Subject(s): Florida; Travel IN THE BEGINNING, by FRANK ASCH Poem Source First Line: In the beginning, when the earth was new Last Line: And stop that fighting! You hear? No more!' Subject(s): Everglades, Florida IN THE EGYPTIAN ROOMS, THE LOUVRE, PARIS: 1. THE TREASURER'S LAST JOUR, by ROSALIND BRACKENBURY Poem Source First Line: Those lips. The basalt smile Last Line: On a rampage %in teenage mockery? Subject(s): Key West, Florida IN THE EGYPTIAN ROOMS, THE LOUVRE, PARIS: 2. THE GIFT OF THE EGYPTIAN, by ROSALIND BRACKENBURY Poem Source First Line: Stay with me %and everything you see Last Line: The bird is mine! Subject(s): Key West, Florida IN THE GLARE, by FRANK ASCH Poem Source First Line: The glare of sunrise Last Line: Is the zebra %butterfly Subject(s): Everglades, Florida IN THE VAN GOGH ROOM. HAY, by ROSALIND BRACKENBURY Poem Source First Line: You can see where she lies against him Last Line: In his exhaustion %or when a shadow falls Subject(s): Key West, Florida INSECT LIFE OF FLORIDA, by LYNDA HULL Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: In those days I thought their endless thrum Last Line: And dangerous as the human heart Alternate Author Name(s): Wojahn, David, Mrs. Subject(s): Florida; Family Life; Insects; Animals; Relatives; Bugs INTELLIGENCE, by ROSALIND BRACKENBURY Poem Source First Line: Your red kite flies out Last Line: As it sends us bobbing towards the sun Subject(s): Key West, Florida INTERLUDE IN THE EVERGLADES, by THOMAS CASEY Poem Text First Line: Pinched in the silence of the swamp Last Line: And scornfully wiggled away. Subject(s): Everglades, Florida INVECTIVE, by C. DALE YOUNG Poem Source First Line: From the turnpike, north-central florida Last Line: Now I search for crude metaphors, like this dirt Subject(s): Death; Florida; Physicians; Roads IO IN FLORIDA, by PHILLIP STERLING Poem Source First Line: The cows of volusia county Last Line: Guard their simple lives Subject(s): Cows; Florida KEY WEST, by HAROLD HART CRANE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Here has my salient faith annealed me Last Line: Where gold has not been sold and conscience tinned Alternate Author Name(s): Crane, Hart Subject(s): Key West, Florida KEY WEST, by PETER JOHNSON Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When I feel sad, I thank god I don't have tiny lizards crawling under my Last Line: The shivering of this airplane's unpredictable wing Subject(s): Air Travel; Key West, Florida KEY WEST BEACH SCENE, by ROSALIND BRACKENBURY Poem Source First Line: I like rain, she says Last Line: A vowel, gull-shadow, america Subject(s): Key West, Florida KEY WEST: LOOKING FOR HEMINGWAY, by ROBERT PATRICK DANA Poem Source First Line: On mallory docks Last Line: In a voice you cannot hear %into that terrible %that clear emptiness %where you were Alternate Author Name(s): Dana, Robert Subject(s): Hemingway, Ernest (1899-1961); Key West, Florida LEAVING LONGBOAT KEY; IN MEMORY OF WILLIAM SLOANE, III, by JOHN CIARDI Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The drawbridge blinks red, yawns. The airport limo Last Line: I touch my inside pockets and feel my ticket Subject(s): Farewell; Longboat Key, Florida LOOKING FOR THE GULF MOTEL, by RICHARD BLANCO Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: There should be nothing here I don't remember Last Line: And pretend for a moment, nothing lost is lost Subject(s): Travel; Hotels; Marco Island, Florida; Journeys; Trips; Inns; Innskeepers; Motels; Boarding Houses MANDOLIN, by ROSALIND BRACKENBURY Poem Source First Line: Morning rain %slows from its onslaught Last Line: In sudden rainstorms wasn't so empty Subject(s): Key West, Florida MANGO DAYS, by ROSALIND BRACKENBURY Poem Source First Line: My friend says they raped her mango tree Last Line: The god-forbidden necessary %flavour of what is Subject(s): Key West, Florida MANHUNT IN THE EVERGLADES, by HILDEGARD OTT RUSSELL Poem Text First Line: Crack of pursuer's gun Last Line: Dogs on the scent. Subject(s): Everglades, Florida; Manhunts MEMORIAL DAY, by ROSALIND BRACKENBURY Poem Source First Line: Flags on the street, of course Last Line: Not my country, %not my flag Subject(s): Key West, Florida MIAMI, by JOHN UPDIKE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: As in some car chase on sunday night tv Last Line: The moon keeps skidding through the gilded clouds Subject(s): Miami, Florida MIAMI: 1.DIXIE HIGHWAY, by PABLO MEDINA Poem Source First Line: Miami the sun Last Line: The buzz of a hummingbird Subject(s): Castro, Fidel (b. 1926); Cuba; Miami, Florida; Travel; U.s. - Immigration And Emigration MY LITTLE MOSQUITO, by FRANK ASCH Poem Source First Line: All night you kept me tossing, tangled in my bed Last Line: Fly to your destiny, my little mosquito!' Subject(s): Everglades, Florida NIGHT IN FLORIDA, by ALPHEUS BUTLER Poem Text First Line: In florida at dusk Last Line: Of three tall men against the moon. Subject(s): Florida; Night; Bedtime NIGHT RIDE, by MILDRED PLEW MEIGS MERRYMAN Poem Text First Line: Rough was the road that groped the everglade Last Line: "where did the humpy little rough road go?" Alternate Author Name(s): Meigs, Mildred Plew Subject(s): Everglades, Florida NO NAME, by ROSALIND BRACKENBURY Poem Source First Line: My skin's dry %white dust Last Line: I am suddenly %the current - %wet, slick, fast Subject(s): Key West, Florida NOMAD EXQUISITE, by WALLACE STEVENS Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: As the immense dew of florida Subject(s): Florida; Landscape NORTHWARD, by JOHN MILTON HAY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Under the high unclouded sun Last Line: In dalliance deck the bridal bower. Subject(s): American Civil War; Key West, Florida; United States - History O FLORIDA, VENEREAL SOIL, by WALLACE STEVENS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A few things for themselves Subject(s): Florida O FLORIDA, VENEREAL SOIL, by WALLACE STEVENS Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A few things for themselves Last Line: A hand that bears a thick-leaved fruit, %a pungent bloom against your shade Subject(s): Florida OF GONERS AT KEY WEST, by FRANK RUSSELL Poem Source First Line: Brown and lazy blondes Subject(s): Blondes; Key West, Florida OLD MAN MANGROVE, by FRANK ASCH Poem Source Last Line: Till the tide comes in %and he sets sail Subject(s): Everglades, Florida OUR FLORIDA VACATION, by NICOLE NIEMI Poem Source First Line: Noon %the asphalt is lava Last Line: We can have it all, it's all behind the curtain Subject(s): Florida; Vacation OVID IN FLORIDA, by JON LOOMIS Poem Source First Line: All day the sky burned clear and blue Last Line: The poached lawn, its pale ascensions of steam Subject(s): Florida PANTHER'S LIFE, by FRANK ASCH Poem Source First Line: I ate the meat Last Line: I roam far %and %alone Subject(s): Everglades, Florida PERSEPHONE IN THE UNDERWORLD: 1. DEMETER IN FLORIDA, by DEBORA GREGER Poem Source First Line: O the dank state of december! Last Line: When I ate a few seeds of the pomegranate Subject(s): Florida PINK HIBISCUS, by ROSALIND BRACKENBURY Poem Source First Line: If I am then invited to the republic of conscience Last Line: And giving it its name. Hibiscus Subject(s): Key West, Florida PONCE DE LEON, by SANDRA M. GILBERT Poem Source First Line: In hallandale and hollywood Last Line: The buzzards first took flight %and the world began Subject(s): Florida; Ponce De Leon, Juan (1460-1521) PREENING, by FRANK ASCH Poem Source First Line: Preening every day %what a chore! Last Line: Flying day and night %what a delight! Subject(s): Everglades, Florida ROYAL PALMS OF SOUTH FLORIDA, by GEOFFREY BROCK Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: They line the streets like stoic palace guards Last Line: About exiled rulers in a dull new world Alternate Author Name(s): Brock, Geoff Subject(s): Florida; Palm Trees SAFE AT LAST, by FRANK ASCH Poem Source First Line: I took the everglades Last Line: I will not worry anymore! Subject(s): Everglades, Florida SANIBEL ISLAND, by MARTHA RONK Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Lizards crawl the screen again, it's sanibel august Last Line: Upside down, welcomes all gods crfeatures in Subject(s): Sanibel Island, Florida; Drinks & Drinking; Family Life; Summer; Lizards SATELLITE PHONE TO BOAT 38, by ROSALIND BRACKENBURY Poem Source First Line: A dark star %turns half its face to light Last Line: On the vast atlantic %I take you in Subject(s): Key West, Florida SATELLITE PHOTO, by DEENA LINETT Poem Source First Line: Gleaming in its sheath of bluegreen air Last Line: Islands, a few drops blown to westward Subject(s): Florida; Islands; Photography And Photographers; Saint Kilda (scotland); Travel SEA RACE, by ROSALIND BRACKENBURY Poem Source First Line: A sail beats up the wind Last Line: For this one, thanks be Subject(s): Key West, Florida SMILE, by ROSALIND BRACKENBURY Poem Source First Line: I know what she's smiling about Last Line: Watch me, don't move Subject(s): Key West, Florida SOME RIVERS, by FRANK ASCH Poem Source First Line: Some rivers rush to the sea Last Line: With no hurry in her at all Subject(s): Everglades, Florida; Rivers; Southern States SPEAKING SO LOUDLY, by ROSALIND BRACKENBURY Poem Source First Line: We came home last night Last Line: And a small rattle upon the street Subject(s): Key West, Florida SPIDER IS A LOVELY LADY, by FRANK ASCH Poem Source Last Line: And it brings them there Subject(s): Everglades, Florida SPRING IN MIAMI, by RON DE MARIS Poem Source First Line: Already black olive leaves Last Line: Perched on the lip %waiting her turn Subject(s): Miami, Florida; Spring STILLNESS, by FRANK ASCH Poem Source First Line: Stillness waits %for sun to shine Last Line: For moon to rise %and stars to shine Subject(s): Everglades, Florida STORM, by ROSALIND BRACKENBURY Poem Source First Line: Something's coming. Whoo-whoo, whoo-whoo Last Line: And the clean rain entering the cracks Subject(s): Key West, Florida STRANGLER FIG, by FRANK ASCH Poem Source First Line: It's just a matter of time Last Line: He grow's to take %his victim's %place Subject(s): Everglades, Florida SUBTROPICAL NIGHT, by JOHN UPDIKE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Orion is upstanding overhead Last Line: A cadillac prowls by, in search of sleep Subject(s): Florida; Night; Bedtime SUBTROPICAL NIGHT, by JOHN UPDIKE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Orion is upstanding overhead Last Line: A cadillac prowls by, in search of sleep Subject(s): Florida; Night SWANAGE BEACH, by ROSALIND BRACKENBURY Poem Source First Line: Hot cod flakes fingered from Last Line: I tell her, honey, just a view Subject(s): Key West, Florida SWEEPNG AND SALVAGE, by ROSALIND BRACKENBURY Poem Source First Line: I know it now Last Line: And the reachable stars Subject(s): Key West, Florida TAMPA, by FRANKLIN N. WOOD Poem Text First Line: Low, rambling docks along tidewater ways Last Line: The tinkling of a troubadour's guitar. Subject(s): Florida; Guitars; Music & Musicians; Tampa Bay TEN THOUSAND ISLANDS, by ROSALIND BRACKENBURY Poem Source First Line: Coon key, gullivan bay, gullivan key Last Line: Moon-shadows fall at our feet %like dropped clothes Subject(s): Key West, Florida THANKSGIVING, by ROSALIND BRACKENBURY Poem Source First Line: Head for the moon, the captain said Last Line: On the beautiful routes of the west, thanksgiving Subject(s): Key West, Florida THE FLORIDA BEACH, by CONSTANCE FENIMORE WOOLSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Our drift-wood fire burns drowsily Last Line: Away from the florida beach? Subject(s): Florida THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH: A DREAM OF PONCE DE LEON, by HEZEKIAH BUTTERWORTH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A story of ponce de leon Last Line: The beautiful fountain of youth. Subject(s): America - Exploration; Florida; Fountain Of Youth; Ponce De Leon, Juan (1460-1521) THE IDEA OF ORDER AT KEY WEST, by WALLACE STEVENS Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: She sang beyond the genius of the sea Last Line: In ghostlier demarcations, keener sounds Subject(s): Key West, Florida; Order; Perception; Sea; Singing & Singers; Ocean; Songs THOSE EYES, by FRANK ASCH Poem Source First Line: I held you in my hands Last Line: Could %ever %be %the %same Subject(s): Everglades, Florida TUESDAY AT THE BATHS, by ROSALIND BRACKENBURY Poem Source First Line: The torn sheet smells of singeing Last Line: At the blue ceiling, blue wall Subject(s): Key West, Florida TWASINTA'S SEMINOLES, OR RAPE OF FLORIDA, SELS., by ALBERY ALLSON WHITMAN Poet's Biography Subject(s): Florida; Freedom; Native Americans; Racism; Slavery; Social Classes TWO BABY SNAIL KITES, by FRANK ASCH Poem Source Last Line: Apple snails for brunch Subject(s): Everglades, Florida TWO ST. PETERSBURGS, by HEATHER MCHUGH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The statue turned Subject(s): Language; Saint Petersburg, Florida; Saint Petersburg, Russia; Words; Vocabulary; Leningrad; Petrograd TWO ST. PETERSBURGS, by HEATHER MCHUGH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The statue turned Last Line: Is not yet fallen off Subject(s): Language; Saint Petersburg, Florida; Saint Petersburg, Russia UNDISCOVERY OF AMERICA, by PABLO MEDINA Poem Source First Line: On the sand a squinting little man Last Line: Song he finds the music of his veins Subject(s): Cuba; Key West, Florida; U.s. - Immigration And Emigration VALENTINE, by ROSALIND BRACKENBURY Poem Source First Line: Full moon. I'm sick Last Line: They tell me. Bread, not a stone Subject(s): Key West, Florida WACHULLA, by CATHERINE A. DUBOSE Poem Text First Line: Fountain of beauty! On my vision breaking Last Line: Refreshing all! Alternate Author Name(s): Richards, Catherine A. Subject(s): Wachulla Spring, Florida WATER MOCCASIN, by FRANK ASCH Poem Source First Line: Curled like a rope Last Line: Who's the lethal one? Subject(s): Everglades, Florida WAY DOWN SOUTH ON THE OLD S'WANNEE, by BENJAMIN D. DAVIES Poem Text First Line: Way down on the s'wannee river ...' Last Line: Way down south on the old s'wannee. Subject(s): Florida; Love - Marital; Palm Trees; Wedded Love; Marriage - Love WHO CUTS THE SAWGRASS?, by FRANK ASCH Poem Source Last Line: Until it's cold and tame Subject(s): Everglades, Florida WINDOW AT KEY WEST, by HONOR MOORE Poem Source First Line: Waking in silence and, through tilted blinds Last Line: Brilliant now, they seem to tremble and ring out Subject(s): Key West, Florida; Morning WRITER'S HOUSE, by ROSALIND BRACKENBURY Poem Source First Line: A winter resident, %moneyed snowbird Last Line: The writer, the real one Subject(s): Key West, Florida YEAR'S END NAVIGATIONS, by ROSALIND BRACKENBURY Poem Source First Line: Just off the marquesas, after dawn Last Line: Still out of sight of land Subject(s): Key West, Florida YOU HELD MY HAND, by MARIA MORAVSKY Poem Text First Line: The engine stalled just before the dark Last Line: You held my hand. Subject(s): Florida Keys YOUR FRIENDS HAVE GONE TO FLORIDA, by RALPH SNEEDEN Poem Source First Line: Where the intracoastal waterway is a sort of styx Last Line: A month of wearing whatever makes the least sense Subject(s): Florida; Vacation |
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