Victoria University of Wellington Library
James K. Baxter Complete Prose Volume 3
Contents
Contents
Foreword
xi
The Jerusalem Years
1969-1972
563.
The Rosary; a Meditation
1
564.
Problem of the Old is Sadness . . . But it may be a Fruitful Sadness
7
565.
In my View [6]
13
566.
Prophet to Artist
14
567.
Society Accentuates the Strains on Youth
16
568.
Drama among the Faceless
19
569.
The Old and the New
23
570.
Abstract on Prejudice
26
571.
The Winter of God
27
572.
Golden Age of Devotional Writings
30
573.
Dry Apples
33
574.
In my View [7]
34
575.
Simply Exotic
35
576.
In my View [8]
37
577.
A True Monk and a True Christian
38
578.
To be a Jew
42
579.
In my View [9]
43
580.
Into the Hearts of the Poor
44
581.
[On Pain]
45
582.
In my View [10]
47
583.
A Problem of Authorship
48
584.
Preface [to
The Rock Woman, selected poems
]
51
585.
Baxter: Not How, Man – but Why? Life among the Junkies
52
586.
Poet Calls for ‘truce’ on Marihuana
56
587.
The Two Realities
57
588.
In my View [11]
59
589.
Poet Defends Scum
60
590.
Viewpoint: James K. Baxter, Poet and Social Worker
62
591.
In my View [12]
63
592.
The World of the Junkie
65
593.
Our Lady
66
594.
There’s Joy in this Grief
69
595.
The Holy Souls
71
596.
Submission to the Committee on Drug Dependency and Drug Abuse
73
597.
Dialogue with the Beloved One
78
598.
Letters to a Priest [first series]
79
599.
The Advantages of Failure
110
600.
[Lord, always the same weariness!]
115
601.
Civilisation and Drugs
116
602.
Sin and Sickness
117
603.
Poet Looks at Pakeha Phobias
123
604.
Madness and Sanity
126
605.
Some Comments on the Use of Drugs
129
606.
Letters to a Priest [second series]
134
607.
[Sermon]
155
608.
Law Seen As Magnet to Drug Barons
156
609.
A Matter of Courtesy
157
610.
A Prayer of Failure
159
611.
Some Suggested Guiding Principles in Working for World Peace
160
612.
Further Notes on Peace Work
162
613.
Introduction to
The Devil and Mr Mulcahy
[and]
The Band Rotunda
165
614.
Introduction to
The Sore-footed Man
[and]
The Temptations of Oedipus
167
615.
A Castle of ...
170
616.
Dialogue on Loneliness
171
617.
My Dream
173
618.
The Relevance of Ordinary Christianity to Human Concerns
174
619.
New Zealand ‘Trinity’
181
620.
The Capital Graveyard
182
621.
I Care
186
622.
The Lion and the Lamb
188
623.
Rebel Finds Peace in Sanctuary
194
624.
The Politics of Prejudice
199
625.
Poet Warns against Seeking Possessions
202
626.
The New English Bible
203
627.
Poet DecidestoWithhold Tax
205
628.
Letter to a Catholic Poet
206
629.
Hamilton, August 1970
209
630.
In a Spirit of Poverty
213
631.
Poet’s View of the Policeman’s Lot ...
215
632.
A Postscript to a Postscript
219
633.
[Between the Hammer and the Anvil]
221
634.
Notions from the Passion
225
635.
Commune Folk Seek Truth Down by the Riverside
227
636.
The Six Faces of Love
235
637.
Why Jerusalem When River a Septic Tank
254
638.
Sub-standard? Yes, but ...
256
639.
Extract from ‘Why We Went to Waitangi’
257
640.
Extract from ‘Only a Pusher must Push Off’
258
641.
The Young Warriors
262
642.
Extracts from ‘The Jerusalem Community’
269
643.
Extracts from ‘Notes on Community Life’ [1]
275
644.
Extracts from ‘Notes on Community Life’ [2]
279
645.
Extracts from ‘Jerusalem Journal’
282
646.
Jerusalem Daybook
294
647.
Talk on Drug Abuse
341
648.
Baxter Agrees with Council
348
649.
Baxter Undertakes to Heed Demands
350
650.
Loss of Freedom
351
651.
Courage to Mud Farmers
354
652.
An Interview with James K. Baxter
356
653.
Jerusalem No Hangout for the Freaked-Out; Love not Sex the Keynote
365
654.
[Reply to a Review of
The Rock Woman
]
369
655.
Family Breaking Up in N.Z., Says Poet
370
656.
Baxter Commune Likely to be Closed
371
657.
Comment [an obituary for R.A.K. Mason]
372
658.
The Pruning of the Tree
373
659.
Communes to Stay, Jim Says
377
660.
Baxter Wants End to River Commune
377
661.
Takapau May Have Commune Early in 1972
378
662.
The Government and the Tokelau Scandal
378
663.
Extract 1 from Draft of
Autumn Testament
382
664.
Extract 2 from Draft of
Autumn Testament
383
665.
Extract 3 from Draft of
Autumn Testament
384
666.
Crashpad Notes: October-December 1971
390
667.
[In Pharaoh’s Kingdom]
394
668.
The Jerusalem Experience
396
669.
Jerusalem Community Filled a Social Need
400
670.
Some Comments onWomen’s Liberation
403
671.
A Scorpion Circled by Fire
409
672.
[Sometimes I think that God has nothing to do with me]
413
673.
A Note on Politics
413
674.
Some Principles for Running an Urban Commune
415
675.
Letter to a Young Marxist
415
676.
Extract 4 from Draft of
Autumn Testament
416
677.
Extract 5 from Draft of
Autumn Testament
418
678.
Aspects of Christian Action
424
679.
‘Commune’ Closed but Baxter to Stay at Jerusalem
430
680.
Things and Idols
431
681.
Varsity Talk
439
682.
Talk to Training-College Students
442
683.
Points
448
684.
To the Christian Family Groups
450
685.
The House of Lazarus
451
686.
Notes on the Country I Live In
462
687.
[I walked south . . .]
467
688.
[Tonight, after a day of grief ]
468
689.
Extract 6 from Draft of
Autumn Testament
469
690.
Autumn Testament
471
691.
Poet Writes to Priest; Let’s Free the Slaves of Mankind
480
692.
Conversation with a Catholic Mother
484
693.
Draft of ‘
Jerusalem Daybook
2’
486
694.
A Handbook for the Christian Militant
489
695.
A Walking Stick for an Old Man
502
696.
[Transcript of a Tape-recording of Baxter Reading and Commenting on his Poetry]
507
697.
Thoughts about the Holy Spirit
from a Reading of the Prison Letters of Paul
512
698.
Elegy for Boyle Crescent
536
699.
N.Z. Poets Break through Culture Barrier
542
700.
Notes on Maori Education
543
701.
Three Kinds of Christian
546
702.
Escape from Fear
554
703.
Preface to ‘Parables for the Poor’
555
704.
The Biafran and the Blowfly
556
705.
The Priest who Got Married
556
706.
[Do not ask about this man]
556
707.
The Sleepy Man and the Flea
557
708.
Militancy in the schools; Notes on education: for my fellow adults between thirteen and seventeen
558
709.
Rigorous Emotional Honesty
562
710.
Confession to the Lord Christ
562