Poems from Ian Mccleary
Poetry is important to my life because it gives me a way of saying things I never imagined were in me. My poems deal with all kinds of subjects, my attitude on today's culture, art, corporations, nature, etc. But these aren't the only things that I write about in my poetry. I don't have a favorite poet, but probably Michael McClure is the poet I have learned the most from, from his readings on YouTube.
The institutions take on the shape of whatever political ideology is relevant at the time. They are like the chameleon that changes to the...
The ideological echochambers created by our society
limit the human mind from gaining broader understandings of the world around it, of...
I crack up over the stupidest things,
anatomical words that little boys
would laugh at, scatology etc.
Normally I never find humor in life...
I summon the spirits of the Chicago Seven,
Abbe Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, among others
Into this room.
I bring them back and as much as I try...
Thanks must come within
It cannot be beaten into the head
with a dishtowel having the
words have gratitude sown
into it
Thanks comes with...