A poem by David Adams

Recently we have had a couple of visitors from Botton Village, England, namely David Adams and his wife Marie-Reine. During the few days of their stay we saw them at the Christian Community and at Cascadia Society for Social Working, our local Camphill in North Vancouver. They are on a tour of several countries to visit various Camphill locations. Last Sunday at our Christian Community we had a special event after the Michaelmas where many of us sat in a circle and shared poems both self created and quoted from existing authors, stories and music. The last song we sang is one written by Giselher Weber in 1983 called Arcangel Michael. Giselher is a gentleman who attends our Congregation here in this part of the world and although this song is not too well known here, incredibly it is very much sung over in England! You just never know where one's creation may catch on and become popular! The next day at Cascadia David Adams handed me a copy of his own poem which he had read out at Michaelmas and asked me to post it here which I will now do on his behalf. It appears to be an untitled poem.

Let us just be famous
Famous for the truth.
Open, trusting, positive
And other such virtues
Calling from the future.

As our castles crumble round us
Let us stand straight and tall
Wearing these qualities like a cloak
So we do not fall.
Let us be open and honest
Striving for the truth.
This will lead to freedom
And the new-dawning day.
                   David Adams 


 All the contributions that day were well recieved and it was a very pleasant event in general, there have been similar gatherings in our community before and God willing there will be more!