Publisher's Synopsis
Arthur Turfa thought about people, passers-by and those who knew him to some extent, places where he spent some time, and dreams that he had. The result is a book, Accents. As a child he noticed accents when people spoke. This fascination carried over somewhat to music, but more successfully to languages. Eventually he discerned leitmotifs from people he knew at different stages and places in his life. Whether they intended to influence him at all or in a particular way, he detected something of value for him and adapted what he experienced into his writing. One poem speaks about meeting a musical idol of his, another is about one he wished he had met. We meet some people who officially taught him, as well as some close friends. There are poems from his native Pennsylvania, Germany, California and is current home in South Carolina. Accents opens and closes with longer poems in which he reflects on these leitmotifs and their significance for him.
