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Ideas and Institutions


The institutions take on the shape of whatever political ideology is relevant at the time. They are like the chameleon that changes to the color of whatever background it finds itself in. Our education, our entertainment, our religion, are the body of the chameleon, they follow wherever the tide of thought is going. We can all learn from the ideas of others and should always have an openness of mind and soul to them. But when the concrete dries And ideas along with them They assume an authority That goes unquestioned
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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.

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