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May 24 · 40
One Percent Of Nothing
Kelly McManus May 24
What's reality
imaginary concepts
benefiting few
May 17 · 67
Dribble On Your Bib
Kelly McManus May 17
Your elusive dream
the one that you seek to find
is out of your mind
May 13 · 43
The Sound Of Progress
Kelly McManus May 13
The sound of progress
close my eyes trying to rest
taking a deep breath
never enough time
to meet the schedule
my eyes have dark circles
popping  pills to compensate
always seems to be to late
yet life goes on
without missing a beat
the sound of progress
tapping my feet
May 9 · 42
Snooze Button
Whatever your dream
you need sleep to achieve it
the rest of your life
May 4 · 42
Oxygenated
Life is what you love
not things your programmed to do
a breath of fresh air
May 3 · 95
Unaware
It's far beyond time
the day of change has arrived
but gone unnoticed
Apr 13 · 249
Way Of The Dodo
Kelly McManus Apr 13
Will we all survive
uncivilized warring tribes
or die from small minds
Apr 12 · 44
Hors d'oeuvres
Kelly McManus Apr 12
They'll peck your eyes out
because that's what buzzards like
eating memories
Apr 12 · 46
Paradise At Play
Kelly McManus Apr 12
Paradise at play
a sunny Hawaiian day
dreams are ocean waves
with a soft breeze
in the trees
which carry you away
to paradise at play
Apr 9 · 82
A Ghost Of A Chance
Delicate balance
I could wake up tomorrow
spirited away
Apr 7 · 66
Saddle The Camels
So much frustration
to bring the world to peaceful
cohabitation
Apr 6 · 66
Good Qualities
See the worlds beauty
and have a sense of humor
remaining patient
Apr 4 · 169
Hip No Therapy
Wished by many scribes
that poetry and music
would end all the lies
Apr 4 · 56
What's Your Pleasure
What's it gonna be
living a happy future
or war and disease
Apr 1 · 124
Keep The Change
Buddha has to laugh
people refuse to change
so worse they remain
Mar 24 · 52
Megaton And Done
Kelly McManus Mar 24
Already to late
the human error mistake
that will seal our fate
Mar 23 · 65
Or Is It
Kelly McManus Mar 23
You can't see the wind
moving the trees in the yard
yet you know it's there
Mar 21 · 50
Haiku Koo
Kelly McManus Mar 21
It's a simple dream
not to be ruled by *** holes
who threaten us all
Mar 21 · 68
It's Called Evolution
Kelly McManus Mar 21
Enough time has past
to end all confrontation
disband all nations
Mar 17 · 575
So Gouda
Kelly McManus Mar 17
I'm finally free
outlived all my enemies
now I'm the big cheese
Mar 16 · 80
Flower Power
Kelly McManus Mar 16
Venus fly trap waits
secreting a nice fragrance
then snap lunch is served
Mar 16 · 80
The Plot Thickens
Kelly McManus Mar 16
Human history
only resembles one thing
a funeral procession
Mar 16 · 51
Ghost Of A Chance
Kelly McManus Mar 16
The power of prayer
the lord will always be there
give it time you'll see
Mar 16 · 50
Love I Am
Kelly McManus Mar 16
How to live your life

faith's the most important thing

without it your lost
Mar 16 · 72
A Glitch
Kelly McManus Mar 16
How dud we get here
on the edge of disaster
with no plans to change
Mar 12 · 62
A Seasonal Haiku
Kelly McManus Mar 12
Winter becomes spring
which then turns into summer
until the leaves fall
Mar 11 · 68
Chicks
Kelly McManus Mar 11
Birds are commingling
now is the season again
when chicks sing feed me
Mar 10 · 81
A Silent Majority
Kelly McManus Mar 10
It wont be pretty
the end of the human race
incompetence rules
Mar 9 · 175
Fluttering Wings
Suspended in air
humming birds at a feeder
sipping sweet nectar
Mar 8 · 60
Insane
Where's the sanity
in superiority
when no one remains
Mar 2 · 144
Thumb On The Scale
What's your life based on
some slide rule profit margin
they say's a bargain
Feb 20 · 818
Be Advised
Kelly McManus Feb 20
The older you get
the shorter the days become
so live while you're young
Kelly McManus Feb 16
They've written the script
mankind's annihilation
no we won't be back
Feb 9 · 271
In A Nutshell
Fish walked on a beach
then became a chimpanzee
now just floundering
Feb 8 · 79
Rule of None
Still gladiators
performing in arenas
in a thumbs down world
Jan 28 · 69
No Flags Too Defend
Kelly McManus Jan 28
The last text was sent
when it all came to the end
hypocrisy won
Jan 23 · 58
A Delighter
Kelly McManus Jan 23
Mosh-pit in the sky
lit a room full of lighters
dance the fireflies
Jan 23 · 83
Dunce Upon A Time
Kelly McManus Jan 23
Covid's a warning
that they're too stupid to heed
no they're the disease
Jan 19 · 58
Therapy
Kelly McManus Jan 19
Electronically
impulses pass
through the brain
shocking the
insane
Jan 19 · 125
Everlastingly
Kelly McManus Jan 19
I'm never lonely
angels keep me company
singing praise to thee
sadness casting a shadow
just add more vibrato
tears become
smiles and laughter
as in the ever after
where someday i'll be
on a beach by the sea
everlastingly
Jan 19 · 65
BFF'S
Kelly McManus Jan 19
My only true friends
Father Son and Holy Ghost
those I Love the most
Jan 18 · 197
Orbital
Kelly McManus Jan 18
Know where they keep us
running around in circles
round and round we go
Jan 18 · 62
Having Seconds
Kelly McManus Jan 18
The clock is ticking
you all better change your minds
or run out of time
Jan 18 · 47
Conveyer
Kelly McManus Jan 18
AI takes control
assembly lines for cloning
no originals
Jan 17 · 76
Unseparated
Kelly McManus Jan 17
Span my conscious mind
passionately cross my heart
unseparated
Jan 17 · 250
Glimpse When You Wince
Kelly McManus Jan 17
When the world is bad
remembering
the good times
that we use to have
Jan 15 · 154
Squirrely
Kelly McManus Jan 15
Out on the fence line
two squirrels
dine side by side
critter crunch and bird seed
seems to make them as happy
as chasing each other
around the trunk of a tree
Jan 13 · 176
SSSSSSSSSS
Kelly McManus Jan 13
Nothing left to do
a world ruled by greedy fools
hanging from a fuse
Jan 10 · 67
Haiku of Doom
Kelly McManus Jan 10
Life expectancy
with the current state of things
limited at best
They must be insane
continuing to build bombs
until we're all gone
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