Metaphysics and Coffee

The Midwestern experience is often viewed from the outside as somewhat pedestrian and dull. This collection of poems outlines the oscillation between the pleasures and burdens that can occur almost on a daily basis in this most eccentric region of the American landscape. From lost love and the questioning of a higher power, to sex and the raising of children, or even thoughts about Vikings and Scottish castles, this book highlights many of the experiences that we have all shared and binds us together with a common understanding of what it really is to be human.