New Zealand poet, musician, and teacher (born 1950)
John Allison (born 1950) is a New Zealand poet, musician, and former teacher in Rudolf Steiner (Waldorf) Education.
Allison was born in New Zealand and taught at the Christchurch Waldorf Steiner School for 24 years.[citation needed] He has lectured and written on themes related to poetic imagination and observation, anthroposophy, and Waldorf education.,[1] though he is no longer formally associated with anthroposophy.[citation needed]
Prose
- Walking Out of Another World, Immortal Books, Murwillumbah 2010
- A Teacher's Book: digging deeper, Immortal Books, Murwillumbah 2008
- A Way of Seeing: Perception, Imagination, and Poetry, Lindisfarne Books, Great Barrington 2003.
- Living in Light Loving the Dark, Initiative Circle of the Waldorf Pedagogical Section in New Zealand 2003
- Where Children Are: beginning to understand Waldorf Education, Initiative Circle of the Waldorf Pedagogical Section in New Zealand 2001
Poetry
- Near Distance, Cold Hub Press, Christchurch 2020
- A Place To Return To, Cold Hub Press, Christchurch 2019
- Balance, Five Islands Press, Melbourne 2006
- Stone Moon Dark Water, Sudden Valley Press, Christchurch 1999
- Both Roads Taken, Sudden Valley Press, Christchurch 1997
- Dividing the Light, Hazard Press, Christchurch 1997