The writings began in June 2020 and continued into early 2022. I was strongly encouraged to write them by Reverend Michelle Baum of North Shore Spiritualist Church Sydney NSW Australia.
Within two months I had written many prose poems. To begin with I was more interested in experimenting with writing under meditation. At the end of 2020 I approached Michelle again to ask if I should continue. I was not sure what the writings meant and didn’t see how they could serve any greater purpose. She asked me to take a break from writing them and read what I had written.
There was a flow and pattern to the writing that often included the same subject two days in row. I could not remember the writings after I had recorded them and was amazed to observe the poetry turning into prose and developing into a journal of subliminal insights.
From that day forward I continued to sit for the meditations and I referred to what I wrote down as “The Writings”
“Visions of a new kind came to me in my dreams and meditations that only became clear as my life progressed and as world events developed into the twenty first century.
Within the effortlessness of poetry I found many answers and the manner in which they presented themselves captured the spirit of my questions until each poem become a perfect gift that I give to you in the following pages…”
The original collection of poems were rescued from an old suitcase and self published under my late father’s publishing company name in the pre-digital era of 1987.
In 2018 I decided to reprint and add to the collection in a digital world.
I kept the original title and added photos to most of the chapters and put the original cover picture at the front of the NZ chapter.
I became inspired to perform and publish the new and old poetry after living in Alice Springs NT Australia from 2015-17.
They say Alice is the place where the song lines meet.
I found my place and finally claimed myself as an artist and a performer in this desert heart.
Still Shots from Land of the Warthogs.
Colour versions of black and white images from Visions of a New Kind
AUSTRALIAN WALKABOUT NATION
Walkabout Nation came to roost
Upon a barren landscape of hidden truth
Clothed in the contradictions
Of cultural diversity
Australia sprang from a black mans landscape
In an unknown universe.
So we are crossing song lines and weaving maps
Talking our stories to fill in the gaps
Blending races and healing souls
Retracing our bloodlines to fill in the holes
What does it take to create a great nation
A flag or a banner, some artists creation?
Or the mindful awareness of words lesser known
That address a true future on the walkabout home
“Faeries are the nature spirits of the woods
They are the lights of energy
The vibration and the frequency
That most animals can see”
Meditation
Excerpts from poetry book “visions of a new kind”
