Three stars is my basic rating for a book I enjoyed. Signs of Life, published in 1977, is a surprisingly good find, snippets of life. Few of the poems are titled, all are brief. Plenty of Whiskey is the poem that sent me looking for the book. I think it may be out of print now, and wasn’t easy to find. Finally found it with an interlibrary loan.
This is clearly a departure from John's normal canvas, but it is still part of his story as a writer and story teller. I cherish my signed copy purchased at Mike Clark's shop in Lyons.