Two Red Lines

judith Admas 1948 (Newmarket)

December 22 


Two red lines.

Oh no,
the arrogance of it 
I could be sent to the Gulag. 
Or mini version of branding, of a sort.
Confined thus
I see my mind for what it is,
a blender without a top
and for what it does
wasting time
using up sacred winds,
turning against itself.
Up this close it is obvious  
it can waste a cherished life. 

About this poem

I wrote this poem after testing positive for Covid.

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Written on December 12, 2023

Submitted by judithalison.adams on December 27, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 1, 13

judith Admas

Bio Judith Adams is an English-born poet living on Whidbey Island, Washington State. Judith has published four books of poetry and recorded several CDs of her work and performances. She has two children’s books published by Wynstones Press in England. Her poems have been published in magazines and anthologies and her poetry choreographed for Eurythmy performance in New York State. Judith has taken poetry to patients at the Cancer Care Alliance, read at the Frye Museum, Bainbridge Island Museum, Spokane Museum of Art, Third Place Books in Seattle, Wa State Correctional Institutions, libraries, State Hospitals, theatres, retreat centers and schools. Judith conducts poetry workshops for youth and adults and most recently is leading a Poetic Apothecary at Healing Circles Langley, WA. Judith was selected for the Washington State Speakers Bureau for 2017-18 and was selected to speak for another two years 2019/20. more…

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