A Gift of Poetry

A songwriter and poet Alma Joan Turner strives to give her readers great pleasure and hopes her collection will communicate the beauty she derives from the world. And as soon as you open A Gift of Poetry there is a sense of joy coming from the pages - and a sense of place too. Her Scarborough Town gives us a perfect picture of her hometown by the sea and The No.8 Brickyard takes us back to childhood with carefree days spent trainspotting near the railway tracks.Alma Turners happier - if poorer - days are linked with her parents in Ruby and Charles and the succeeding generations are recorded in Jack and Scottish Isles. Theres also a very touching poem dedicated to a very special daughter called My Little Girl.Yes Alma finds love and solace in many people and places and her beautiful Stairway to Love characterises the love poems that form a good half of this collection culminating in the lyrical The Kiss that Followed the Rose. I write these poems for you she says and I hope you like them too.