Summer Storm, Capolona
Summer Storm, Capolona Is this Jackie Kay with her son Matthew in a push chair? See: Because she was a lesbian, Fred D’Aguiar (an Afro-Caribbean British writer) asked her one day if she wanted to be a mother. She said yes but she wanted it by “the normal way” as she said. Thus in 1988 she gave birth to her son Matthew, who studied at the University of Guadalajara in Mexico and he is now a film maker in London. Jackie doesn’t have any more children, although she wanted more but she didn’t want another man in the family or any donors. Also see this resumé of Kay's life . A narrative and descriptive poem, that seemingly recounts a real life experience, Kay shows respect and understanding for the rural Italians that welcome her in during a storm. Indeed, this poem does what Kay wishes: ‘ poetry gives voice to the voiceless ’. Let's work to create annotate the poem ...colour-code the literary techniques and images employed.