This collection of verses leads through the author's travels around the South as well as the explorations of life's celebrations and shortcomings. Experience the trials of months spent homeless on the city streets to the ruin left behind by Hurricane Katrina. Meet intriguing characters and delve into the lives of individuals who were parted too soon from this world. Visit enchanting forests and Southern swamps where peace and enlightenment are often discovered and treasured. Finally, peruse verses with the age old themes of love, loss and tragedy, which unite us all in our fundamental existence.