Everglades Poems - Poems about Everglades

In a Kaleidoscope

...I’m in a kaleidoscope at the park
       colors… whirling… leaves… twirling

   An outpouring of glitter sprinkles and sparkles
       a wind whipping through everglades

      O, for the after...

EV shock therapy

...
I went to my car dealer, I hoped to save the planet
The saleslady told me EVs were cheap, and to call her Janet
She said we've got so many subsidies, and they're a great deal
I bought a F-150 Li...

Everglades Water Lily

...You are a water lily in a wetland,
The scholars surround you,
They did not expect to find beauty,
In a place like this,
Where did you come from?
With your eyes greyer than glass,
And your mind ...

Classy Duck With Yellow Shades

...There is a classy duck with yellow shades.
He dances with quivering quaking shoulder blades.
We saw him down by the everglades.
I wonder if he would take some trades?...

Nonsensical Scents

...In the hari-kari palisades
    drink of choice, lemonade
  Enter the lion-plated stadium
    a cache discovered, puranium 

  Up here, down there, all's a riot
    in the center, suffocation-qu...

Plume

...Through the Autumn storms
Blue children with seeming smiles
sings to the Angels
To the everglades
the children play
in the cove of the cave
Like bedrock
They are raised on hope
Solitude ponde...

Dangers Everglade Animals

...in the Everglades there are dangers galore
alligators, crocs, rattlesnakes, and many more….
a cottonmouth aka water moccasin would scare me back to my car
could be bitten by a brown recluse, looki...

Eastern Flight 401

...who is that strange pilot? Why is he not in the cockpit?
Naomi tried to stifle her six-year-old son’s shrill voice
although psychic herself, she did not broadcast it in ‘72
he keeps fading away, T...

Beautiful Florida

...In the land where sunshine's eternal embrace,
Where golden rays paint the celestial space,
I dwell in a haven, an enchanting sight,
In the land of dreams where dreams take flight.

I live in bea...

Florida's Racist Policies

...In the land of sunshine and sandy shores,
Where palm trees sway and seagulls soar,
There lies a state with a troubled past,
A place where prejudice was cast.

Florida, a jewel in the Southern cr...

The Adventures Continue

...Life is a series of fleeting adventures…we never truly know what’s in store
as each day we add new adventures to the ones we’ve had before.

We sold our little camper yesterday…she is tiny, white ...

Hum Breath Yawn

...Fields of spun gold silk somber auburn shades
Resonant a hum breath yawn against blades.
Wiff of cool air espy hush cries cascades
Dry in silence nature's quaint everglades.

Weft of rain linger...

The Legendary Kingdom of Florida

...You can almost swim across large parts of Florida, swim and
walk a few steps and then plunge again into the cool sexual
embrace of yet another blue swimming pool.
You can almost cross the peninsul...

Bittern

... a faint booming note 
 deep in the everglades marsh ~ 
 a bird seldom seen 

 it's distinctive call 
 like a pebble drop in stream ~
 elusive b...

Cajun Creed Will Get Revenge

...I've been doin' time, sittin in this jail cell for too long.
Yea, I made mistakes because I was headstrong
when I killed Isabelle, but it's what she deserved.
She ran off with my coke and money. T...

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