19-year-old Laura Moore is living in Saskatoon with her boyfriend, Ian Matthews, against the wishes of their parents. Life in Saskatoon is dismal. Laura and Ian live in a dank basement apartment and work at dead-end jobs. When Ian decides he has had enough and leaves Laura to move back home, Laura has a very literary reaction. Defacing Poetry is a novella by Canadian author, Samantha Adkins, who has added nine short stories to create this haunting collection.