Adams' poems have been published in over fifty venues, including The Southern Poetry Review, Missouri Review, and Poet Lore. Her first published collection, a 36-page chapbook entitled Everyday Still Life, consists mostly of poems written during her time in graduate school. Her next chapbook, In the Shadow of the Mountain, was published five years later. centering on the deadly 1902 eruption of Mount Pelée, it contains many historically-based poems written from the point of view of locals before, during, and after the eruption. Adams' most recently published collection is Through the Glorieta Pass. This book contains historical poetry about the Santa Fe Trail in the time when pioneers were settling the Wild West, drawing upon journals and other records of pioneer, Hispanic, and Native American women. Adams traveled to gather additional information in Santa Fe, NM, and along what remains of the trail.