Journal of the First Step (Paperback)

Michael Heald

ISBN 10: 1922571288 / ISBN 13: 9781922571281

Published by Puncher and Wattmann, Glebe, NSW, 2022

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Paperback. These poems seek to evoke the often subtle yet ultimately profound shifts in awareness which occur during meditation and in daily life, as the non-dual perspective enables a seeing through, or past, the formulations of experience which a dualistic mind-set presents. And they reflect on both the personal and the societal implications which attend such changes. '.in these days of look-alike poetry from so many younger poets, a 'new' poet's.collection which has a singular, individual feeling for the world comes as a jolt.Heald's work.is spare, precise, elegant and utterly his own.' Martin Harrison, ABR, June 1999. [re Body-flame] 'Heald has written his way into the front rank of contemporary poets with consistent integrity and intelligence.' - Judges' Comments, Queensland Premier's Prize, Arts Queensland Judith Wright Calanthe Award for a Poetry Collection, 2005 [re Focusing Saturn] 'This is a remarkable and original book.a daring and triumphant project.[Heald has written] poems of great clarity and subtlety, classically direct poems.' - Robert Gray, foreword to The Moving World. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Journal of the First Step (Paperback)
• Publisher: Puncher and Wattmann, Glebe, NSW
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1922571288
• ISBN 13: 9781922571281
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

These poems seek to evoke the often subtle yet ultimately profound shifts in awareness which occur when we calm somewhat our habitual anxieties and cravings - with guidance in this case from the teachings of Gautama Buddha - and the mind's observation is steadied. And they reflect on both the personal and societal implications which attend such changes.