A girl in a polka-dot swimsuit splashes in the shallows while a boy eats in a striped beach chair
Art by Sebastià Serra

It Never Snows in Florida

By Theresa Gaughan

Learning Objective: Students will analyze a poem by exploring its structure, language, and meaning.

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It Never Snows in Florida

It never snows in Florida—

no ice, or slush, or sleet.

We walk around with flip-flops on

under our bare feet.


We cannot build a snowman

but we get a lot of rain.

We splash around in puddles

to the “Jingle Bells” refrain.


It’s 62 degrees outside

so let’s go to the park.

We’ll go in for hot cocoa

when it starts getting dark.


Wintertime is full of fun—

don’t need a cold snowball.

It never snows in Florida

but we don’t mind at all!

“It Never Snows in Florida” copyright © 2026 by Theresa Gaughan. Used by permission.


This story was originally published in the December 2026/January 2027 issue.

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