‘Courting the Mystery’
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“Through the art of his poetry, Jeremy ministers to us. The mysteries of some of life’s threshold experiences are brought to the surface and come more clearly into focus. …There is a sense of the familiar about his images. They are about life and spirit and I recognise them.”
—Peter Roberts, Music-Thanatologist, co-author of ‘The Harp and the Ferryman’
‘I recognise myself in Jeremy’s words, in his images. …He highlights the exquisite beauty in the suffering, captures the courage to ‘be with’ someone as they struggle to meet the agony of their pain. He portrays the essence of the child, the adult, the spirit, the courage. It speaks volumes about who he is and who we are as human beings.’
—Jackie Tarabay, Specialist Bereavement Counsellor/Clinical Supervisor/Trainer, Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement
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Welcome
Jeremy Palmer is a writer based in Geelong, Australia. With a background in music teaching and disability support work, he works as a Spiritual Care Clinician, in a hospital setting, offering a companioning presence and space of reflection to patients and their families, supporting them to tell their stories, explore meaning and make sense of their experience, particularly in the last stages of their lives..…
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Portrait by Stacey Williams
“There is a loneliness I must not abandon too quickly;
it sits within me like the trembling bud of
some flower, too fine for the world to ever see…”
From ‘A Loneliness I Must Not Abandon Too Quickly’, ‘Poems of Pilgrimage’, 2020
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Photo by Patrick Callow
‘I Was Lost, so I Came to Your House’
Video by Patrick Callow, from the ‘Poems of Pilgrimage’ Book Launch, February 2021.