Yesterday was Poetry Break Day. Poetry Break Day is a celebration of the poet inside all of us; humanity has been producing poetry for well over 4,000 years. Celebrate by writing your own poems, reading your favorites, or exploring new poetry. Want to celebrate Florida poetry? Check out the authors and/or collections below:
- Current Florida poet laureate Peter Meinke(1)
- Panhandle Poet: ~solitude~ by Marc Livanos
- Songs of the Wind on a Southern Shore, and other Poems of Florida by George E. Merrick
- In the Eye of the Storm: Stories of Survival and Hope from the Florida Panhandle by
- And one of our favorite short poems: “Hiking the Florida Panhandle in March” by Robin Chapman