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    Legacy of Poetry ~ A Journey from Shadow to Light
    Legacy of Poetry ~ A Journey from Shadow to Light
    Legacy of Poetry ~ A Journey from Shadow to Light
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    Legacy of Poetry ~ A Journey from Shadow to Light

    By Judith James

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    Judith's poetry, written over the course of close to four decades, reflects a wealth of life experience from the darkest shadows to the brightest light. Her poetry is both cathartic and inspirational. Many women, in particular, will relate to her early life experience that led to her most vivid and raw poems. Anyone who has experienced a measure of transcendence, or wanted to, will identify with her “Love Letters to the Divine.”

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJudith James
    Release dateOct 1, 2016
    ISBN9781370565634
    Legacy of Poetry ~ A Journey from Shadow to Light
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    Judith James

    Judith James has worked as a legal assistant, trail guide, and for fifteen years as a psychologist. Her personal journey has taken her from the Arctic to the West Coast and she’s finally found her home beside the Atlantic Ocean. An avid reader and history buff, she loves music, adventure, and traveling to new places. Her writing combines a love of history, romance, and adventure, with her keen interest in the complexities of human nature and the heart’s capacity to heal.

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      Legacy of Poetry ~ A Journey from Shadow to Light - Judith James

      LEGACY OF POETRY

      Judith James

      Copyright 2016 by Judith James

      Smashwords Edition

      This book is available in print at most online retailers.

      All rights reserved.

      No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the author, except in the context of reviews.

      Credits

      Editing & Photography: Jeannie West

      Wolf Sculpture: Kappy Wells

      PREFACE

      I’m extraverted, adventurous, autodidactic and a fragment of Source or if you prefer-consciousness.

      These poems, sayings and mind wonderings are the compilation of 39 years, from 1977 to the first part of 2016. There were weeks, months and years during which I was not inspired to write poetry. However, I was busy journaling pages upon pages every day.

      The main reason for publishing was for my children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and siblings. For them to know a part of me which was camouflaged by the outer expression; not knowing that my interior life was richer by far than anything outwardly expressed.

      The early writings were about getting the psychology of myself sorted out. Moving on to seeking the Source of myself and coming to a place of peace and acceptance that all are fragments of the Whole and that we each are perfect at all times, no matter what the outer appearances seem to be. Coming to a place of non-judgement, a place where there is no right or wrong—only what is in the moment. Knowing that what is changes, moment by moment as awareness expands.

      Recognizing in others the phase in their awareness which I have experienced and passed through. Offering words, empathy and compassion by sharing stories of my own process at that stage of unfolding. Offering these writings to the world in general, it is my desire that something I have written will trigger a place within the person that will open up a new world to view and embrace.

      Appreciating your time and willingness to read my writings, I offer Love and Joy. Most of all, I thank the Spirit of me for sustaining me always in my life.

      ~ Judith James

      September 21, 2016

      Santa Fe, New Mexico

      ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

      Appreciation and Heartfelt Thanks

      Jeannie West, editor, photographer and patient friend. To her I send extreme thanks for her encouragement, without which this Legacy would have remained dormant in my computer.

      Kappy Wells, artist, sculptor and soul sister, who delights me in our friendship and our interchanges.

      Immense respect and thankfulness to all the women that have accompanied me on this journey. Whether their time with me was long or short, their presence was and is invaluable.

      SELECTED POEMS 1977-2016

      Creativity is expressed Love

      ***

      We must all express our creativity

      to its fullest

      or

      Face Insanity

      ***

      Cool breezes

      Bright sunset

      Soft snoring

      Even breath

      Nude body

      Smooth skin

      Constant companion

      Better friend

      You are Love

      ***

      ISCHON OF EASTER ISLAND

      Standing on a bluff

      Flowing, white robes

      Magnificent lean body

      Features, Masculine yet feminine

      Androgynous

      Knowledge his tools

      Tones his vibration – life

      Statues his contribution

      Rejection his fear

      Seeing his undoing

      Lying in his tent

      Sleeping on this island

      Knowing what awaits him

      Not fearing his death

      The fruits of his life

      Still standing in position

      A mystery to historians

      ***

      WHY

      Why am I here

      To cause misery

      to myself, others

      mainly myself

      Why

      I hate me

      I defeat life

      I am

      Suicide

      Why not

      Dramatics

      They don’t get attention

      Only disgust

      Suicide

      Be brave

      Be responsible

      Why

      You care, simply care

      An inner choice has been made

      Bringing, inner peace, outer calm,

      Loving energy

      ***

      It seems as if I’m being forced into action,

      Me who has never had

      A problem sleeping, can’t sleep.

      What is going on, is the rest over

      What am I going to write

      "Brothers of the world, be ye united,

      Know your Oneness"

      All this writing seems like some words

      I’ve read somewhere else

      Where is the voice in me

      That just dictates the writing

      What kind of thinking am I doing

      To create this—

      No sleep—can’t lose weight

      What lack do I think I have—

      What is the wrong thinking

      What inside me drives me

      I said I want to know this God and

      I feel propelled in that direction

      I want to know my Creator,

      Nothing else matters

      I guess this is the path I’m on

      Questions, questions do they ever end

      Who asks these questions

      What asks these questions

      Why do some connections seem

      Closer than others

      How can we tune in to

      Some people and not others

      Ah Ha--

      When we love without distinction,

      Then we love with God Love.

      How can I look on a pack

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