As the first two books of poems published by Chipminkaclearly showed, John has experienced severe mentalproblems due to a savage sexual assault and rape.This volumeshows the therapeutic and cathartic value of the act ofwriting in overcoming such problems.This is a good example of attention to the daily habit ofcreativity.John, in this volume, clearly demonstrates how writinghas transformed a series of major personal problemsinto opportunitiesabove all, the opportunity totransform his most intimate musings into a fascinatingseries of poems.
