At the Edgelessness of Light

'These Poems Express My 75 Years Of Experiencing The World As A Child Adult Teacher Artist Son Father Husband Lover Adventurer: A Poet' Says James Mcgrath. 'I Have Spoken With Stones Clouds Bugs Ghosts A Grandson Native American Elders A Mother And Father Students Ex-Wife And Friends In Greece Japan Yemen Santa Fe And My Birthplace Tacoma Washington. I Care About What And How I Write While Letting The Poems Speak On Their Own In Their Own Time. A Poem May Come In A Meeting With Natalie Goldberg David Whyte Joan Logghe Morgan Farley Sharon Olds A Friend In A Local Writing Group At A Stoplight On The Hopi Reservation In The Middle Of The Night In My Home With A Group Of Artists At The Congo River At Coole Lake In Ireland With My Daughter On A Beach In Leros In The Dodecanese In India Or In A Classroom Of Children In Seoul Korea. Each Time Place Thing Or Person Is Sacred. And What Does The Edgelessness Of Light Mean? It Means That Place Where Love And Light Are Revealed: A Vibrant Gentle Lonely Place Where The Tides Of Feeling And Understanding Move In And Out With Constant Illumination And Exposure Of What Is Important In The Moment Before Fading Leaving The Edgeless Shadow Of A Poem. Writing A Poem Is My Way Of Blooming Bearing Fruit Decaying And Returning To That Edgelessness Of Life With A Word Of Praise. I Try To Share A Revelation As I Have Glimpsed It. When Something I Have Written Is Felt By You That For Me Is A Blessing.'