Red, Cherry Red by Jackie Kay #giftideas they are poetically precise

they are poetically precise

pale light after the rain

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

growing up and family

From the 'Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman' to a hymn to the seductive properties of the pie - by way of hand-grenade haikus

Red, Cherry Red by Jackie Kay #giftideas they are poetically preciseA 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