The poems in Shell Dreams will usher the reader into a unique experience of Florida culture and some more and less exotic aspects of life on Sanibel Island. Composed over five years when the author and his wife spent Februarys on the island, the poems are, by turns, descriptive, reflective, satiric, and just plain fun. They focus on the flora, the fauna, the weather, the people, and the ambience of a state some call God’s waiting room, and a Gulf Coast island that epitomizes the retirement lifestyle. Sanibel is also an island rich in natural beauty and occasions for meditative awe, all of which these poems evoke.