Red, Cherry Red by Jackie Kay #giftideas growing up and family

growing up and family

they are poetically precise

sometimes heartfelt love poems

Though “hope is a booby trap” in the war-ravaged landscapes

Red, Cherry Red by Jackie Kay #giftideas growing up and familyA powerful poetry collection full of the drama, musicality and lyricism that Jackie Kay is famed for. Exploring the themes of identity and age, this collection includes poems about the old days and the new days, and the places associated with an older generation, who often live dreamlike, isolated existences not only geographically, but also in the memory. Nature and the elements play a big role too: trees, the moon, the sea, fire. Jackie Kay's style