Ink's Wish

A collection of poems inspired by medieval Norfolk visionary Margery Kempe. Eccentric, bold, entertaining, and a well-travelled pilgrim, Margery was a notable and controversial character, and the first to write an autobiography in English. From prose poems to song lyrics, the poems in this collection draw on Margery's life and visions while often taking unexpected turns of their own. They encompass the strange, the spiritual, and the playful, as Margery did herself. First published by...
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A collection of poems inspired by medieval Norfolk visionary Margery Kempe. Eccentric, bold, entertaining, and a well-travelled pilgrim, Margery was a notable and controversial character, and the first to write an autobiography in English. From prose poems to song lyrics, the poems in this collection draw on Margery's life and visions while often taking unexpected turns of their own. They encompass the strange, the spiritual, and the playful, as Margery did herself. First published by Gatehouse Press in 2014 and subsequently shortlisted for the East Anglian Book Awards, now available in a second edition from Amethyst Press.Critical Praise for Ink's Wish:"Like the extraordinary woman whose life she explores in this arresting collection, Law's poems refuse to 'succumb to the slashes of category' ('Happiness Writes White'). The result is a book that reflects the challenge Margery continues to lay down for us - about the nature of authentic revelation, about what constitutes 'appropriate' behaviour for a woman. Margery famously refused to behave herself, and I'm delighted Law's collection doesn't either. By turns comic, moving and disturbing it's a fine tribute to the spirit of its inspiration, 'pooling, luminescent and still here' ('Creation Wick'). Esther Morgan'Sarah Law's poetry evokes convincingly, almost painfully, the extremity of Margery Kempe's physical and spiritual experience. Itopens a window to an intensity of inner experiencing -- passionate, raving, lost and consoled -- that most of us rarely glimpse. Law's poems scintillate and weep with Margery's energy: a remarkable read.' Rev. Robert Fruehwirth