Remember,
when the future appears
like a blank sheet of paper
On thick white snow
You
then watch them go
with the wind’s hearty gust.
Fill your glass. Here’s
made to be
R.1, R.2, R.4, R.6, L.5
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Jackie Kay
Meet the Poet
Jackie Kay is an award-winning writer, poet, and playwright from Scotland. She often writes about her childhood, her family, and her Scottish and Nigerian heritage. She currently lives in England.
From Jackie Kay, Darling: New & Selected poems (Bloodaxe Books, 2007)
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