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 Poems for Everyone 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...