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Kathleen Jamie was born in the west of Scotland in 1962, and educated in Edinburgh, where she studied philosophy. Her poetry collections include The Queen of Sheba (Bloodaxe, 1994), and Jizzen (Picador, 1999), and Mr. & Mrs. Scotland are Dead (Bloodaxe, 2002). She holds a part-time post as a lecturer in creative writing at St. Andrews University and lives in Fife. Email a friend >> Printable version >> |
The Dipper
It was winter, near freezing, I'd walked through a forest of firs when I saw issue out of the waterfall a solitary bird. It lit on a damp rock, and, as water swept stupidly on, wrung from its own throat supple, undammable song. It isn't mine to give. I can't coax this bird to my hand that knows the depth of the river yet sings of it on land. |
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