Bright Star by Orna Ross

 Bright Star

 by Orna Ross


Bright Star by Orna Ross was published in March 2022 . My thanks to Orna for sending me a copy to review and to Random Book Tours for inviting me to take part on the tour.


Overview

The theme of this gift book is beginning anew.
Divided into four sections - Rebirth, Renew, Reconnect and Rejoice - these are poems to inspire and uplift, celebrating hope, returning to light and new beginnings.
Chosen and arranged by the poet, each poem is beautifully illustrated with art generated by AI using lines from the poetry.



My Review

I was so pleased to be offered the chance to review this beautiful collection of 12 poems by Orna Ross I found another of her books, Circle of Life, so uplifting. I wasn't disappointed, Bright Star is another set of poems designed to get you thinking about new beginnings, Christmas and births. I love the way that Orna divides her book into four sections, rebirth, reconnect, renew and rejoice with three beautiful and thought provoking poems in each section.

The AI "Dream" illustrations add depth to the poems and are intriguing in the fact that AI has created the illustrations from the lines of the poems. I especially like the illustration for soaring and they really do support the poem and enable your imagination to create a picture of what you are reading.

As a musician I found myself creating melodies to some of the poems which I found enlightening and fun, especially Mid-Winter Benediction.

Orna has yet again given me hours of pleasure with her poetry and the books make lovely gifts for poetry lovers.





About the Author


Orna Ross is an award-winning historical novelist, poet, and founder-director of the global non-profit for self-publishing writers, the Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi).

An international bestseller, she enjoys book sales in 120+ countries worldwide and her awards include the Goethe Historical Fiction Grand Prize Award for fiction, Gold Literary Titan award for poetry, the Romantic Novelists Association's Indie Champion Award, The Writers' Digest's Top Websites for Writers, and The Bookseller's Top 100 people in publishing.

In what she describes as “the best move of my writing life”, Orna took her book rights back from her publishers in 2011. The experience has made her a passionate advocate for the commercial and creative empowerment of authors through self-publishing and selective rights licensing.

Orna Ross is a self-publishing literary novelist and poet and, as founder-director of the Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi), an advocate for other indie authors.


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