Andrew Colliver
Australia (1953 - ) Timeline
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Poems by Andrew Colliver
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Andrew Colliver is a psychiatric social worker working in rural New South Wales in Australia.

His major influences in writing are Mary Oliver and David Whyte, "with a dash of Rumi's exuberance."

When asked about the transcendent themes within his poetry, he says, "Poetry has always been a part of my reading, with occasional forays into writing, but for my own eyes only. Then, in 2006, the experience -- now happening to thousands across the globe -- of consciousness awakening to itself within the human form, began to up-end my life, and also to seek expression in words. Poems suggest themselves from the more profound experiences of awakeness, and what I do is then sculpt and refine them into something that I hope is intelligible to others. Ideas and words come most frequently when I'm in nature, but any setting can be seen at any time for what it is: the expression of undivided consciousness."

Poems by Andrew Colliver


Recommended Books: Andrew Colliver

The Longing in Between: Sacred Poetry from Around the World (A Poetry Chaikhana Anthology) This Dance of Bliss: Ecstatic Poetry from Around the World



Andrew Colliver