Spiritual Dimensions: Meditation in Kathleen Jamie's Selected Poems

Abstract

     Poetry is a sensory and cognitive medium in which readers can learn not only to hear and describe the melodic features of poetic language, but also to meditate as a technique of expressing and recreating the world. The purpose of this research is to demonstrate how Kathleen Jamie (1962), the Scottish Makar, employs meditation,as a spiritual dimension, which  entails developed abilities in quieting the mind and directing  the attention in order to bring a quality of attentiveness  to the world. This paper portrays how she  establishes herself as having sensitive ear to listen and detect the world's flaws and sees it as a bold act that can be a part of our solution. She claims that poems can be about stillness as much as sound. Meditation ,according to Jamie is defined as a type of prayer in the world that encompasses people, things, and environments that share physical space, rather than only those with the agency or privilege to speak.