A first collectiion of poems written by members of the Big Bend Poets of Tallahassee, Florida. For the members, poetry is a love and a passion that needs to be shared with others. The poems are as varied as the members with poetry that touches the emotions and many of the poems reflect life along and near the Gulf of Mexico. 100% of the proceeds of this book will go to Youth Poetry programs of the Florida State Poets Association.

In SOUTH OF 30 NORTH, Patricia L. Stevenson presents a side of Florida that only a native could reveal so clearly. Ms. Stevenson has written a collection of fifty-three poems filled with feelings, impressions, and reflections of her experiences and other observations of nature and life while growing up and living in Florida. Her poems range widely in both topic and tenor revealing the mundane to the extraordinary; and from the lighter sides of life to its darkest edges. Every poem tells a story, no matter how short. Ms. Stevenson's poetry flows and ebbs like the ocean's waters, in turn,...

A MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE is Patricia L Stevenson's second poetry collection. In this book of seventy-one poems, she presents perspectives in a variety of areas using her own very insightful and unique poetic voice. Ms Stevenson's love of nature, people, and places is evident in this collection of sometimes humorous and sometimes serious poems about nature and life. She writes each poem using contemporary language and often in free verse form to share her "poetic stories." A couple of her very rare rhymed poems are included here. The collection contains poems from observations of nature, life,...