John Allison (anthroposophist)

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. He has lectured and written on themes related to poetic imagination and observation, anthroposophy, and Waldorf education., though he is no longer formally associated with anthroposophy.

Publications
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