Imccleary's Poems

Here's the list of poems submitted by imccleary  —  There are currently 16 poems total — keep up the great work!

Creativity

In secondary school did your art teacher ever ask you to draw your demon?
This is not an abstract question. It is the first thing all mentors should introduce as an exercise to their students
The power of the earth over all human activity is the...

by Ian McCleary

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Lay Down Your Weary Tune Lay Down

I never heard Bob Dylan sing ever with this much nakedness. With this much beauty.
No song of his could ever make me cry, the way this one did.
Sometimes, it's true, that the live recordings of Dylan surpass his studio works.
And the songs that...

by Ian McCleary

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A Mind for Stories

The garden gnome followed the squirrel across the road thinking he was real. But then a car drove by and smashed his head and...
The child saw disapproval from their parents
... it's getting late and it's almost your...

by Ian McCleary

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Philosophy's Use

Philosophy, the source for all human morality has been used by the prideful, by the haughty, and the arrogant. It's only usefulness is when it has made it beyond the scope of a mind exercise.
It got me thinking to when I learned of Socrates
...

by Ian McCleary

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Poetry In All Her Forms Transcended

There is a poetry of life that transcends the written or oral traditions of poetry.
This poetry is in and is creation itself,
it is the life that lives outside of the head and
body.
Poems of those two traditions have been eclipsed by the look...

by Ian McCleary

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The Dedication at The Temple

Joseph and Mary, brought their child Jesus to the temple as a little boy so he could be raised in the knowledge of Jewish practices and customs, and learn the teachings of the law. This was exactly what my parents did when they had me baptized in...

by Ian McCleary

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Hirsute Women

As something sold in a store window with untold value, is the same as how I fetishize and commodify the parts of women's bodies.
Broken down into preferences without much meaning.
The bodies of Hirsute women. The daughters of Eve who give the...

by Ian McCleary

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Organic Music

The organic sounds produced in Madagascar it's recordings, the sounds of the instruments when played by their expert musicians.
Makes all the music of America, in the luxury of a producers studio, seem less able to capture the soul of the...

by Ian McCleary

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Subtle Manipulation in American Pop

American commercial radio practices in psychic manipulation better than the sirens on Odysseus and his crew.
Much more subtly than on The Manson Family cult.
I stood there watching the Pop Idol, being one of thousands in the crowd. Mostly...

by Ian McCleary

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The Gorgon Head

The Gorgon's eyes stare at me from all directions.
They are in the doorknobs, the chairs, and tables.
The flowers by the elevator are lifeless things their petals made from hard plastic.
I am sure it was Stheno who saw them by the wall and gave...

by Ian McCleary

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The Drawing Room

As a child I was free to go as I wanted, my parents and teachers stood to the side of me often watching curiously, or going about their own business. I lorded over them for their attention to what I was doing.
My hands were creating movie...

by Ian McCleary

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Still Like The Boy of Old

Some of the habits that have carried over into my adulthood.
Delaying my trip to the bathroom to produce number 2 because it creates a pleasant sensation holding it above the ring of my anus.
Picking my nose for boogers because it is easier...

by Ian McCleary

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Birding

I make a journal of the birds I see, writing down their names on paper.

These aren't like the angels found in scripture, invoking fear in the people they are sent to.
These creatures are neither angels nor wood sprites.
These gifts give...

by Ian McCleary

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The Capitalist Enterprise System in Our Entertainment

From the same mouth, the monsters drink. Taking no risk.

 The book that is produced into a movie which becomes the material for a Broadway show.
The all to easy marketing strategy is now the current entertainment of America.
Sadly.
The...

by Ian McCleary

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A Lack of Coordination

I move in a clumsy way, in a body too large for me, quick large movements like if my hand were a bears paw

 I will suddenly thrust my arm out in one quick swipe of the countertop, and knock over a glass cup breaking on the floor.
These movements...

by Ian McCleary

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Therapeutic Art, Arts Pacification

Art of the past now hangs in a cage
They decorate the walls like an unoffending pastel.
In Doctors Offices, Nursing Homes, they have been sterilized by the culture that once tried to cut knives through it.
It has now become the prop of...

by Ian McCleary

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