The Turning

The poems in this fifth collection by Hilda Morley are poems of transformation. They map the poet's turning toward a healing from grief and brokenness. They explore the rich textures of friendship, and render with clarity and delicacy both outer and inner landscapes. Morley's poetry has a deep affinity with painting. In the poet's words: "From the Abstract Expressionists I discovered a way of seeing the modern world in its totality, finding meaning in what was defaced, injured, dishevelled, torn, eroded and disfigured, without rejection. To transform or transmute these elements but still to embody them was my task as poet."