A sense of place centers these poems and the author's connection to the land of the Kansas Prairie and High Plains. "He relishes in relics of people and times past that are treasures strewn along his paths... and will leave you longig to join Kelly Johnston in his place where 'If the lightning-latticed clouds on the horizon / give rain, we will start a fire, burn brush, / sip cold beer and send dreams aloft / with embers to the Milky Way.'" (Roy Beckemeyer, Mouth Brimming Over, The Currency of His Light, Stage Whispers, and Music I Once Could Dance To.)
