Listen to People

John Tyndalls fourth book of poetry Listen to People comprises three sections: Lots of Love Undetermined Significance and Listen. Lots of Love features poems about his late father his wife and son and also cousins who have recently passed on. Tyndalls fathers voice speaks of times in the Depression and friends lost in World War II. Tyndalls wife dances before she can talk while his son shares the sound of rain in Alberta via his cell phone. Undetermined Significance deals with Tyndalls autoimmune disorder MGUS which impels him to listen closely to medical caregivers. Rogue antibodies become drunken frat boys as Tyndalls limbs buzz like distorted guitar solos. His chapter Listen returns to the voices and the reminiscences of friends and colleagues who have succumbed to or survived their own health crises. Gradually the poems seek redemption in work play and love. Tyndall listens to others as he would listen to himself.