Books
by Kathleen Jamie
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Cairn |
'Cairn' because of the way these mini-essays, prose-poems and poetry build up, like a cairn. Jamie has a poet's precise eye and her own particular sensitivity to the nature of her native Scotland. But this is more than a collection of nature notes, it's an on-going contemplation of change in the natural world and in humans within their environment. So both thought-provoking and providing moments of utter delight in her way with words. Thank you Jamie!!!
(Annabel Bedini - bwl 116 Spring 2025) |
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Findings |
Jamie is a poet, which shows in her meticulous use of words in these essays about her native Scotland. She calls herself a listener and I'd add, an observer, paying concentrated attention to the minutiae of the natural world, from peregrines maybe nesting near her home to bones on a Hebridean beach. Never overtly philosophical she nevertheless manages with a luminous light touch to open our eyes to meanings we would otherwise have missed. A lovely book!
(Annabel Bedini - bwl 69 Summer 2013) |
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