JACKIE Kay’s first children’s book is part-Scottish lullaby, part-fairy story, all wrapped up in beautiful illustrations and with a tender tale at its heart. The poet, author and former ...

Jackie Kay crafts the poem carefully to draw the reader into its world. Kay’s use of direct address (‘you’) puts the reader in the role of the silent lover who has not called. Kay’s ...

Imagination can get squeezed out and reality bites back. JACKIE KAY:'He was seven and I was six my Brendon Gallacher.' JACKIE KAY:He was Irish and I was Scottish, my Brendon Gallacher. JACKIE KAY ...

Jackie Kay is, I suppose, at the “needs no introduction” stage of her career. After Fiere in 2011, she published a full length collection, Bantam, in 2017, as the third Scottish Makar.

Jackie Kay will be discussing and reading her new storybook Coorie Doon - a tale of lullabies and dreams. Jackie will also be talking about the use of Scots in the book. P1-3.

Jackie Kay’s anxious and edgy poem traces the thoughts and feelings of someone waiting for a call from a lover. The speaker describes the frustrations of ‘hoaxes, wrong numbers’ and boring ...

‘Spending my time’, ‘the future’, ‘one night per week’, ‘tomorrow’, ‘I go over and over our times together’, ‘this very second’, ‘All the time’ Kay’s narrator is ...

Rita Dove uses occasional rhyming couplets and 10-line stanzas. Jackie Kay uses three-line unrhymed stanzas. Explore the study guide for 'Cozy Apologia'.

I am spending my time imagining the worst that could happen. I know this is not a good idea, and that being in love, I could be spending my time going over the best that has been happening.