- The first comprehensive anthology of Florida poetry from some of the earliest European encounters with the peninsula to the experiences of contemporary poets- A cross-section of voices enchanted by, complaining about, wondering at, bemused by, and disgusted with Florida's environment and character- Includes poems by Bartolome de Flores, Walt Whitman, Langston Hughes, Elizabeth Bishop, James Merrill, Edmund Skellings, May Swenson, Richard Willbur, Donald Justice, Marjory Stoneman Douglas, Enld Shomer, and Ricardo Pau-Llosa, among many others- A delightful blend of old and modern poetry that poets and students will appreciate