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.
Work if it is not done with that sense of mission
that purpose of helping others around us, are then the
false gods adopted& erected...
We exert ourselves at work beyond the established laws
of nature.
As I go in everyday to work, I can't help feeling that their expectations...
Our bodies one day will be viewed instead of computer screens
like the papyrus of the Egyptians or of Sumer
I don't mean in tattoos or as...
Seeing Nature acknowledge me
through a kingfishers eyes
Warming around a bird nest of
mockingbird fledglings
When I stare at them from...
Looking outward to things, like philosophy,
religion, politics with a hunger for meaning
and truth, sometimes helped me sometimes
not....