How will they name us?
Godfrey, Theresa2024
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Príomhtheideal:
How will they name us? / Theresa Godfrey
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Inphrionta:
Limerick (Ireland) : Revival Press at The Limerick Writers' Centre, 2024
Leathanaigh in ord:
84p. ; 23cm.
Nótaí:
Teresa Godfrey’s poetry reads like the assured construction of someone who has found their own voices. Many of the poems are minutely observed: seconds, minutes, hours, years of being alive. They don’t shy away from the truth, and (unlike so many collections) they allow other lives, compelling, whimsical, wry. There is a saying in County Armagh, where Teresa comes from, There’s nothing gets past her, and in Teresa’s case, they’re right. (Kate Newmann,Co-Director, Summer Palace Press). Teresa Godfrey’s How Will They Name Us? explores scars and resurrections as badges of honour. Her poems capture rural life, blending tradition with modernity. Readers encounter vivid scenes: the cold Lough’s ice-sheeted water, a washing machine repairman enjoying home life, pub musicians whose fiddles yearn for each other, and a man on a bicycle pedalling slowly under the weight of laden panniers. Godfrey’s ability to bring scenes to life is truly cherished. (David Starkey, author of You, Caravaggio and The Moon Shall Not Give Her Light).Teresa Godfrey’s poetry is grounded in the present, yet listens beyond the immediate. Her cojlection explores naming as a consecration of being, evoking ghosts of family, soldiers, refugees, and marginalised women. Themes of betrayal and vulnerability are prevalent. Her bold statement, “I have a dream to take to resolution,” aims to offer solace through water, roses, art, words, and nature. She acknowledges the destructive forces of war and silencing. With tenderness, she states “now I carry the dead on my shoulders”, embodying compassion, bearing witness, and committing to love and integrity in everyday life and on the page. (Maria McManus, poet and playwright).Teresa Godfrey’s seemingly quiet voice reveals unsettling perspectives on everyday life, challenging readers’ thinking. Her poems explore themes of forgotten tears, misread scenes, and false beliefs. Each poem takes a bracing position on personal trespassing, war, guilt, complacency, and joy, showing how “the gentle rise and fall of speech brings peace.” Godfrey’s work elegantly examines the intersection of the public world and private self, adding to her growing reputation with its questioning grace of language. (Damian Smyth, writer).
ISBN:
1068635738
Rangúchán Dewey:
821
I dteanga:
English
BRN:
3468434