“We live our own unique odyssey; graceful, awkward, refined, robust, dramatic, reflective as a river that flows through many landscapes of sunlight and darkness.   We develop tools that form to our hands, worn down in a particular way so that getting our foot in the door of the poem becomes as easy as opening a well used gate.  And from this place, like the hiker equipped for expedition, the demands of the poem or whatever is our art. Though we cannot be sure we will come out alive, it is the art by which we choose to live, by which we interpret the universe.”​
“Judith Adams writes with a highly tuned sensibility. She lets paradox Be -- even with the little things. It is a rare artist who can quietly define and celebrate the emerging spirit of our day. With her strong clear vision and a light touch, downy words seem to drift and settle into the heart, bringing this spirit through for all of us.
– JERRY WENNSTROM
Author of “The Inspired heart”
Current Events​
The Poetic Apothecary every 2nd and 4th Wednesday at 2.00 p.m. To zoom in go to Healing Circles Langley.  Visit their website.

Poetry Reading every Friday at 2.00 p.m. Click here to Zoom; Click here to email.  Click here to zoom in.  For more information, email Diana Lindsay at Healing Circles Langley. 

Poetry and Loss
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Book this Talk 2019 - 2020

The Poetic Apothecary: Poems for Healing and Comfort

Just as a cup of tea can settle and soothe us, the right poem at the right time can be a powerful sustaining remedy.
Poet and performer Judith Adams explores poetry’s restorative powers by reciting and exploring poems that help us understand grief, fear, sadness, loss, and much more.
By sharing her love of poetry, Adams encourages audiences to share poems that have deeply touched their lives and discusses how writing poetry can be a potent medicine for us all.
To book this talk contact Humanities Washington
Hannah Schwendeman 206 682 1770 x102
Email:hannah@humanities.org

Friday Poetry Reading

 I hope you enjoy these Friday recordings from Healing Circles Langley’s weekly “Poetry for Uncertain Times” a virtual gathering which begins with a twenty to thirty minute poetry reading followed by sharing. For more information visit www.healingcircleslangley.com.
The End of Summer 2020
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 The trees are unaware of our dread of winter’s isolation.
Warm air behind mist to incoming chill from the sea.
With covered smiles we have not touched each other.
Though greeted the runner in front of the house
Nodded to the post man whose job is at stake
If there is a Lord God, what might she say?
 
Go out and buy for yourself, and for someone else,
A coat stuffed with goose down, hat and gloves,
Include silk underwear, for others too.
As winter approaches
Your ally is the parks, rails to trails
and local walks.
Set up on your balconies a small
Heat source to look at the moon’s
Lack of preference
Then be businesslike
Call for a convention of wild
Animals so you can listen to their sorrow.
Ask forgiveness for history.
If you don’t know what you are here for
Sleep on the edge of the sea and let it
Breath for you.
One day you will be able
to kiss again it will be
Different, pain purifies the heart
to kiss without ulterior force.
The end of summer is the new election.
Let the wind enter the garden with a ballot
As apples and pears drop into your hand.
Holding their ripeness, their willingness to let go
Their desire to nourish, is all the politics you need.
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