-She lived in a poor region of Gorbals (Poem Analysis)

-Her father was an electrical (Poem Analysis)

-She was the oldest of 5 children, all boys (Poem Analysis)

-When she moved to St. Joseph that is when he passion for literature started (Poem Analysis)

-Her first poems were written when she was 11 years old (Poem Analysis)

-After graduating she wanted to publish several books and travel to read and teach her poetry (Britannica)

-Worked as a poetry critic for The Guardian (Britannica)

-She lectured in poetry at Manchester Metropolitan University in 1996 (Britannica)

-She became director of the Writing School (Britannica)

The Love Poem- 93/100 starts, described as clever, simply poem writing about love poetry, she collects some lines from the most famous love poems ever written (Poem Analysis)

Prayer- 89/100 stars, emotional piece, seeks what a prayer is, prayers come to the reader in the text (Poem Analysis)

-She writes to raise awareness about important social and political issues(Vaia)

-She keeps most of her poems from a woman’s perspective (Poem Analysis)