“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​

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“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”

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Poetry and Loss

"After the death of her husband,  poet Judith Adams found solace in her work and the poems of others. She explores why simple words on a page can help us grieve."  - Humanities Washington blog entry

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                        Book Launch March 2021 WICA

Just Published!

  
A Place Inside 
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Moments of hope, uncertainty, grief, and joy are what constitute a life, and poet Judith Adams has captured many such moments in the vivid poems here. Although each poem focuses, with precise details, on a specific individual or event, the strength of the poetry is the way it allows the reader to nod with recognition and with agreement-yes, that's just how it is.

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The Poem You Are Not Writing
 
Tugs at a reluctant morning.
Barelegged and half-undressed,
it drags you to its lair.
Words crop up like nettles, the 
blackbird’s song or the 
wind’s volume of silver
metaphors perch in the poplar tree.
The poem you are not writing
is thrashing around causing trouble, 
roaming back alleys,
and when it finds you,
shoves you up against the wall
until you empty your pockets
and give it everything. 

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Local Poets!

Do you have a poem you'd like to share?  I'd love to hear from you.  Please send me your poetry for consideration on our "Local Poets" page.

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Current Events

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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. dianalindsay@gmail.com.