Temporal Dreams is a poetry collection that explores the complex, conflicted world we live in. Beck comments on America's troubled past of international conflict and the War on Terror. Beck explores the pressure to fit into society, a pressure made more extreme by rapid change. He explores the results of this struggle including issues with sleep, unachievable beauty standards and health. Beck's poems challenge the reader to reflect on their own temptations, obsessions and preoccupations with material things.