This, Also, Is Mercy by Teresa Godfrey Angela France Her first collection (Stretch of

Her first collection (Stretch of Closures) was shortlisted for the Jerwood/Aldeburgh prize

Winner of the 2019 New Poets Prize judged by Mary Jean Chan

winner of the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry and the Wilfred Owen Association Poetry award

Wright captures the strain of austerity Britain

but also fragmentary

This, Also, Is Mercy by Teresa Godfrey Angela France Her first collection (Stretch ofThis, 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