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The Dipper
Source: Poetry (June 2004).
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This poem originally appeared in the June 2004 issue of Poetry magazine
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Biography
Born in the west of Scotland, Kathleen Jamie studied philosophy at Edinburgh University. At 19 she won the prestigious Eric Gregory Award, which enabled her to explore the Himalayas, and at 20 she published her first poetry collection, Black Spiders (1982).
Jamie resists being identified solely as a Scottish poet, a woman writer, or a nature poet. Instead, she aims for her poetry to “provide a sort of connective tissue,” as she . . .
Poem Categorization
SUBJECT Landscapes & Pastorals, Winter, Nature, Animals
POET’S REGION Scotland
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