To the Glory of GodTo Gwyneth, with Love The earth tremblesThe light manifestsWater forms into a lakeSome distinction rises into the victory of the skyThe stars are in successionForests battle like ice ages dyingThe night sky in a field of grassThe day bonds with our mindsTiger burning bright in a love for life itselfHolding on … Continue reading Getting Somewhere: James Adamson

To the Glory of GodTo Gwyneth, with Love The meanings of things is a heartThe heart of meaning is a motherShe cooks in the kitchenShe cares for childrenThe beating of the heart of a manWords speak of things beyond usThey can put words to nothingEven as though it is somethingWomen can see ghostsThe moon is … Continue reading A Word More: James Adamson

To the Glory of GodTo Gwyneth, with Love We all scream across the skySilhouettes that make us laugh and cryRuffled feathers of nobilityTalons of regrettable precisionSpreading wings in the breeze trying to be who we areStuck as nestlings greater than timeEach feather responding to the huntFlickering time itselfSeconds are in time with the direction feathers … Continue reading Eagle Identification: James Adamson

To the Glory of GodTo Gwyneth, with Love The woman of a kaleidoscope mindRespect for colour and changeGrabbing at straws as a means of handing out flowersA countenance like the sunA smile like a seasonTruth beams into your eyesShe goes unseen because her light is everywhereA friend to even those she hatesHatred truly felt like … Continue reading Eternal Rain: James Adamson

To the Glory of GodTo Gwyneth, with Love Buildings built for reasonsFacades fall awayThe incomplete load of bricksStructure that permeatesEvolving conceptsFaith in the people who move throughWe strive for a realityWhat education tells usBuilt in a two river drain basinFloods bring together and wash awayA place for everyoneMoving beyond cracks in concreteThe stage for naturePeace … Continue reading Spiritual Boomtown: James Adamson

To the Glory of GodTo Gwyneth, with Love The universe has music of the spheresThe solar system and our moon and planetWe interpret most, what we are familiar withThe moon had a sea of tranquillity long before we named itMars had huge canals and rivers long before our imagination conjured themVenus was our best hope … Continue reading Our Music: James Adamson

To the Glory of GodTo Gwyneth with Love Even the fundamentals change for every journeyAdults see them differently than childrenYet all journeys begin with one stepIt’s also a mystery sometimes whether we’re on a journeyAlthough life itself is a journeyIt seems to be quite often I have looked backand been amazed with myselfEven though it … Continue reading A Long Journey: James Adamson

To the Glory of God To Gwyneth with Love Sleep is the wood forms that support an archway while it is being built The arch supports itself after they are taken away Then water rises and the stones of the archway are submersed As if they are water as well Over time the water rises … Continue reading Sleep: James Adamson

To the Glory of God To Gwyneth, with Love A basket with a child Handed down through time The passion of broken china free of dreams Spirits moving with air vanish with pain of peers and their mystery Love on the edge of pink cracks A field of green in twilight Desperate and alone like … Continue reading Youthful Error: James Adamson