October 6, 2019 — Shirley is grateful for poet Patria Rivera’s graceful review of Mercy in the Philippine Daily Inquirer.
Excerpts include:
Each word propels the next as if by naming the loss that has no name and the absence that tugs by its presence the self can be purged of its grief.
Camia’s clear and concise lines echo the unsayable and the difficult in trails that simulate the staccato beating of the heart.
You can find the full review here: https://usa.inquirer.net/41439/young-filipino-canadian-poets-speak-of-sorrow-and-delight