James K. Baxter Complete Prose Volume 3
Contents
- The Jerusalem Years — 1969-1972
- The Rosary; a Meditation p. 1
- Problem of the Old is Sadness . . . But it may be a Fruitful Sadness p. 7
- In my View [6] p. 13
- Prophet to Artist p. 14
- Society Accentuates the Strains on Youth p. 16
- Drama among the Faceless p. 19
- The Old and the New p. 23
- Abstract on Prejudice p. 26
- The Winter of God p. 27
- Golden Age of Devotional Writings p. 30
- Dry Apples p. 33
- In my View [7] p. 34
- Simply Exotic p. 35
- In my View [8] p. 37
- A True Monk and a True Christian p. 38
- To be a Jew p. 42
- In my View [9] p. 43
- Into the Hearts of the Poor p. 44
- [On Pain] p. 45
- In my View [10] p. 47
- A Problem of Authorship p. 48
- Preface [to The Rock Woman, Selected Poems] p. 51
- Baxter: Not How, Man – but Why? Life among the Junkies p. 52
- Poet Calls for ‘truce’ on Marihuana p. 56
- The Two Realities p. 57
- In my View [11] p. 59
- Poet Defends Scum p. 60
- Viewpoint: James K. Baxter, Poet and Social Worker p. 62
- In my View [12] p. 63
- The World of the Junkie p. 64
- Our Lady p. 66
- There’s Joy in this Grief p. 69
- The Holy Souls p. 71
- Submission to the Committee on Drug Dependency and Drug Abuse p. 73
- Dialogue with the Beloved One p. 78
- Letters to a Priest [first series] p. 79
- The Advantages of Failure p. 110
- [Lord, always the same weariness!] p. 115
- Civilisation and Drugs p. 116
- Sin and Sickness p. 117
- Poet Looks at Pakeha Phobias p. 123
- Madness and Sanity p. 126
- Some Comments on the Use of Drugs p. 129
- Letters to a Priest [second series] p. 134
- [Sermon] p. 155
- Law Seen As Magnet to Drug Barons p. 156
- A Matter of Courtesy p. 157
- A Prayer of Failure p. 159
- Some Suggested Guiding Principles in Working for World Peace p. 160
- Further Notes on Peace Work p. 162
- Introduction to The Devil and Mr Mulcahy [and] The Band Rotunda p. 165
- Introduction to The Sore-Footed Man [and] The Temptations of Oedipus p. 167
- A Castle of . . p. 170
- Dialogue on Loneliness p. 171
- My Dream p. 173
- The Relevance of Ordinary Christianity to Human Concerns p. 174
- New Zealand ‘Trinity’ p. 181
- The Capital Graveyard p. 182
- I Care p. 186
- The Lion and the Lamb p. 188
- Rebel Finds Peace in Sanctuary p. 194
- The Politics of Prejudice p. 199
- Poet Warns against Seeking Possessions p. 202
- The New English Bible p. 203
- Poet Decides to Withhold Tax p. 205
- Letter to a Catholic Poet p. 206
- Hamilton, August 1970 p. 209
- In a Spirit of Poverty p. 213
- Poet’s View of the Policeman’s Lot . . p. 215
- A Postscript to a Postscript p. 219
- [Between the Hammer and the Anvil] p. 221
- Notions from the Passion p. 224
- Commune Folk Seek Truth Down by the Riverside p. 227
- The Six Faces of Love p. 235
- Why Jerusalem When River a Septic Tank? p. 254
- Sub-standard? Yes, but . . p. 256
- Extract from ‘Why we Went to Waitangi’ p. 257
- Extract from ‘Only a Pusher must Push Off’ p. 258
- The Young Warriors p. 262
- Extracts from ‘The Jerusalem Community’ p. 269
- Extracts from ‘Notes on Community Life’ [1] p. 275
- Extracts from ‘Notes on Community Life [2] p. 279
- Extracts from ‘Jerusalem Journal’ p. 282
- Jerusalem Daybook p. 294
- Talk on Drug Abuse p. 341
- Baxter Agrees with Council p. 348
- Baxter Undertakes to Heed Demands p. 350
- Loss of Freedom p. 351
- Courage to Mud Farmers p. 354
- An Interview with James K. Baxter p. 356
- Jerusalem No Hangout for the Freaked-Out; Love not Sex the Keynote p. 365
- [Reply to a Review of The Rock Woman] p. 369
- Family Breaking Up in N.Z., Says Poet p. 370
- Baxter Commune Likely to be Closed p. 371
- Comment [an Obituary for R.A.K. Mason] p. 372
- The Pruning of the Tree p. 373
- Communes to Stay, Jim Says p. 377
- Baxter Wants End to River Commune
- Takapau May Have Commune Early in 1972 p. 378
- The Government and the Tokelau Scandal
- Extract 1 from Draft of Autumn Testament p. 382
- Extract 2 from Draft of Autumn Testament p. 383
- Extract 3 from Draft of Autumn Testament p. 384
- Crashpad Notes: October-December 1971 p. 390
- [In Pharaoh’s Kingdom] p. 394
- The Jerusalem Experience p. 396
- Jerusalem Community Filled a Social Need p. 400
- Some Comments on Women’s Liberation p. 403
- A Scorpion Circled by Fire p. 409
- [Sometimes I think that God has nothing to do with me] p. 413
- A Note on Politics
- Some Principles for Running an Urban Commune p. 415
- Letter to a Young Marxist
- Extract 4 from Draft of Autumn Testament p. 416
- Extract 5 from Draft of Autumn Testament — 1 p. 418
- Aspects of Christian Action p. 423
- ‘Commune’ Closed, but Baxter to Stay at Jerusalem p. 430
- Things and Idols p. 431
- Varsity Talk p. 439
- Talk to Training-College Students p. 442
- Points p. 448
- To the Christian Family Groups p. 450
- The House of Lazarus p. 451
- Notes on the Country I Live In p. 462
- [I walked south . . .] p. 467
- [Tonight, after a day of grief ] p. 468
- Extract 6 from Draft of Autumn Testament p. 469
- Autumn Testament p. 471
- Poet Writes to Priest; Let’s Free the Slaves of Mankind p. 480
- Conversation with a Catholic Mother p. 484
- Draft of ‘Jerusalem Daybook 2’ p. 486
- A Handbook for the Christian Militant p. 489
- A Walking Stick for an Old Man p. 502
- [Transcript of a Tape-recording of Baxter Reading and Commenting on his Poetry] p. 507
- Thoughts about the Holy Spirit p. 512
- Elegy for Boyle Crescent p. 536
- N.Z. Poets Break through Culture Barrier p. 542
- Notes on Maori Education p. 543
- Three Kinds of Christian p. 546
- Escape from Fear p. 554
- Preface to ‘Parables for the Poor’ p. 555
- The Biafran and the Blowfly p. 556
- The Priest who Got Married
- [Do not ask about this man]
- The Sleepy Man and the Flea p. 557
- Militancy in the schools p. 558
- Rigorous Emotional Honesty p. 562
- Confession to the Lord Christ