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People are looking for meaning in their life They are looking to reconnect with themselves in some way that reminds them of who they are The search for self lost in this consumer driven society. Where clever advertising sells escape through booze. The beer you would have a beer with. Now I can remember what Blake meant in the opening few verses in his The Little Girl Lost about people looking for the divine, for God. If it can be found by one searching for the spark. Just through the hearing of Gods voice recorded in The Bible, I have found what helps when other books cannot do it for me. This world is hearing voices that are loud and distracting, a rumble of the sediment. A way of knowing the thoughts original to this world, is through being close again with the words of God. The search for self identity is like trying to the tie down the wind. It is much easier to know the creators voice and get familiar with it.
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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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