A diverse collection of poems by Eric Keizer on life, love, loss, and laughter, inspired by the time he spent as a young man in the city of Des Moines, Iowa. "Both the city and the people made me feel like I was home. [...] There is an air of greatness swirling down the broad lanes of University Avenue. Court Avenue nightlife rivals that of any major metropolitan destination, and grand old homes of Beaverdale hearken back to an era of prosperity and architectural mastery." -- from the Introduction to Vignettes