At the center of the city of Portland, Monument Square serves as the main location for Portland's political and economic activity. Cynthia Lee observes the activity around Monument Square to capture the essense of the downtown area.

In the city of Rockland, the people know Kendall Merriam, a man who passes out poems to people each week. Kristin Moe documents the life of Merriam, a diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic, and discusses the subjects he covers in his poems.