The Bonniest Companie by Kathleen Jamie translation He was by then very

He was by then very near to mental collapse

highs and lows

In the last few seconds

surface with a profoundly evocative

This is another way of talking

The Bonniest Companie by Kathleen Jamie translation He was by then veryIn her extraordinary collection, Kathleen Jamie examines her native Scotland a country at once wild and contained, rural and urban and her place within it. In the author's own words: '2014 was a year of tremendous energy in my native Scotland, and knowing I wanted to embrace that energy and participate in my own way, I resolved to write a poem a week, and follow the cycle of the year.' The poems also venture into childhood and family memory and look