To the Glory of GodTo Gwyneth, with Love It’s JulyA small yellow leaf fellSometimes looking at nature is a feeling of communicationEverything hangs in the airEven my smile seems a spiritThe curtain of green gives wayYet the ocean and lakes are at my finger tipsBehind me is an audience sharing my viewThey include the back … Continue reading Quantum Signature: James Adamson

To the Glory of GodTo Gwyneth, with Love Children these daysThere is always a layer of snow on the fenceAnd icicles hanging in reachBut it can only happen once, then wait for the next snowfallA cut arm, what, sutures?What gauze and a bandage?Sanitizer and painkillers?I watched the sun set out my living room window yesterdayI … Continue reading What’s Done: James Adamson

To the Glory of GodTo Gwyneth with LoveA birthday poemJames Adamson I can feel subtle that makes me extremeAs if it were working for meI let it take me out further and I swim with itThen I can find its power to be released from itIt’s just something I needTo know it’s thereSo I can … Continue reading The Subtle Undertow: James Adamson

To the Glory of GodTo Gwenyth with Love There seems no hope; no response to your best effortthe rain evaporated before it hits the groundyour family tells you offyour friends borrow moneyit seems everyone cherishes their lieswhat seems a miracle only means people tell you to shut upyour cat steps on the biblethe best weather … Continue reading A Chance to Learn: James Adamson

To the Glory of GodTo Gwyneth, with Love It reminds me of being at the cottageThe power of nature, the power of waterAs it grows like woodThat can’t be broken Time etches the rocksThe wood feedsThe future where rootsWill flow again Fossils swirlInto our mindsLike our first steps and in the sunWe dig little holes … Continue reading Power of Nature: James Adamson

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