Mixed Greens is an abundant, gallimaufry of poetry praising aging and witnessing an adventurous trek as gifts in the life of ninety year old poet/teacher James McGrath, author of six books of poetry from Sunstone Press. The poems in this book stabilizes the poet's green life of kindling and fueling the poetic fire, creating a response to loneliness, war, love, loss and silence. McGrath ran out of childhood preparing to love the earth and its endless clouds and images. He writes as a loved-one, a witness, a companion, as we all are. ''After reading James's poems my head is agog: mud, Lorca, footprints, mint, wind, chimes, moonlight, tears, feathers, apples, honey, rain, shadows--going round and round, mostly taking place in our beloved New Mexico. James's poems are offers, invitations to love our lives and each other.'' --Catherine Ferguson, author of I Thought You Would be Shelter ''If Life itself were to say, 'Give me a voice for all the myriad of experiences I have Given to you,' it would be this collection of poems by James McGrath. No emotion is left unturned. His words play upon the senses like a keyboard, touching all the high notes as well as the rich depth of the low notes. His language is the language of the heart: simple yet eloquent and down to earth, so everyone can relate. This collection of poems is a treasure of a life fully lived and fully loved.'' --Paulette Frankl, artist and author of Lust for Justice: The Radical Life & Law of J. Tony Serra and Marcel & Me: A Memoir of Love, Lust, and Illusion James McGrath is known for his narrative poetry in the KAET/PBS American Indian Artist Series in the 1970s. He was poet-artist-in-residence with the United States Information Service, Arts America in Yemen, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Republic of the Congo in the 1990s and his fifty year retrospective as artist was held at the Meridian Gallery in San Francisco in 2002. He lives in La Cieneguilla, Santa Fe, New Mexico.