James Ray Wilson - The Poet's Note

I guess we should get something straight right now. I didn't write any of this

poetry. I received

it. It comes from out there, into my head and out through

fingers. Once one gets started I

can embellish it and modify it, but the

basis for

every single one is a gift from the universe. I've

been picking up and

recording

signals for about 30 years. I seem to have changed channels a

couple of times as

life experiences come and go. So you may find exactly

opposite views in two

separate poems written years apart. But fear not. This

will never be mistaken

for a

biblical text.

I write several different kinds of poetry. There's some bathroom mirror verse.

Tape it on the

side. Read it everyday kind of motivation. There's effect of the

opposite sex stuff. I would like to

say those are like Rumi or Hafiz

... w

here

you

don't know if

they are talking about God or girls

or both. But the majority

work is just observations of

daily life. I hope that you will read

one and

give

that

little soft exhaust cough and a "hum" that

comes with an idea. Then

you

say

either: "I never thought about it like that." Or "That's exactly

what I

think." Then

you smile a

little, think about someone you'd like to read that one

to, and

you go

on to the next one. So

you see the purpose and goal of

poetry i

s pretty

simple, and

that ought to make it safe to

go on and read ...

Enjoy.

Jim Wil

son

Poet's Note

These poems are
tracks marking the
happy meandering path
of ongoing discovery ...