This, Also, Is Mercy by Teresa Godfrey Vala Thorodds As a storyteller

As a storyteller

how we bear and absorb the loss of friends

desolate poems - which for all their bleakness transmit a flash of hope

Rounding out the volume is a selection from the Dietari

and with what form the energies that flicker along the border might take

This, Also, Is Mercy by Teresa Godfrey Vala Thorodds As a storytellerThis, Also, Is Mercy begins with a moving and wonderfully detailed poem about the Titanic. One thinks one knows where that particular journey will end up, but Teresa Godfreys poems are never predictable, and Omen sets us off on a voyage into the surprising and marvellous. Before the book ends with Covid Planting a poem that perfectly sums up 2020, were offered hard hitting pieces, followed by a sequence of superb love poems and some treks through