Ian M Emberson: Mourning Ring

Mourning Ring by poet and artist, Ian M Emberson, is not just a collection of nine poems with a Brontë connection. The chapbook is a work of art in itself. The poems are printed using a script-font that resembles writing but is very easy to read. The margins of the pages are covered by Ian's charcoal-like drawings. LIFE'S LONE WILDERNESS, for example

She watches from that lonely house
the narrative of sky
the cirrus twisting in the wind
beyond the grouse's cry -
...
and flowing from her moving pen
a tale of two who yearn,
as one sail trembles on the winds
of exile and return

carries below it a ship sailing on - is it moor or sea? - the detail matters not.

More information can be found on the Brontë blog

IAN M EMBERSON: MOURNING RING
Angria Press
1 Highcroft Road
Todmorden
OL14 5LZ
UK.

ISBN 978 0 9521693 6 9
£3.00

Visit the website of Ian M Emberson