Indian River

video|right|300px right|300px 
The Indian River is a 121 mile long brackish lagoon off the East coast of Florida that forms the principle part of the Indian River Lagoon system, which stretches from Ponce Deleon Inlet to Juniper Inlet near West Palm Beach. This river and its connected tributaries form the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, which provides marine navigation along the coast without the hazards of the open sea. The Indian river lagoon is a complex association of terrestrial, wetland, and estuarine
ecosystems which combine to create a complex ecosystem mosaic with high habitat diversity.
Stevens' many trips to Florida occasioned his poem "Indian River," which unites his vision of the landscape in the "jingle" he perceives in the fishing nets, the sound of the water, and in the bird-call in the air. Yet, "there is no spring in Florida," he notes, neither in the soldier-like thickets ("boscage perdu") or along the beaches, an observation which both asserts the quick transition from chill to heat in the Florida atmostphere as well a bemoaning of the loss of his favorite season in a landscape he frequented.