The poetry in this book doesn't try to be avante garde, but it seeks to convey the emotion of the authors to the audience in a variety of moods and styles. Each poet in this collection has a distinctive voice, and none of them play coy with the audience. This isn't chic poetry—it's very meaningful. The images are brilliant.

This is the collective voice of people who live in a small town that they love, but they know there's a big world out there and they want to see it.