About the Book: Red, Cherry Red
A 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 Kays style
is one moment witty, the next melancholic, or gently surreal - and in this
brilliant reissued collection, her poems are infused with warmth and