Kelly McManus: Poems

May 2021 · 87

Going Gray

Kelly McManus May 2021

Going Gray

Befriend and betray
state's its own worst enemy
watch its portrait age

Kelly McManus

May 2021 · 73

Obligatory

Kelly McManus May 2021

Obligatory

Worlds the way it is
because they've run out of time
capitalizing

Kelly McManus

May 2021 · 74

Effigy

Kelly McManus May 2021

Effigy

Patriotically
their statues will still stand tall
once they've killed us all

Kelly McManus

May 2021 · 65

Juicy Tooth

Kelly McManus May 2021

Juicy Tooth

It's tourist season
and the sharks are on the hunt
like theirs nice and plump

Kelly McManus

May 2021 · 284

Big Eyes

Kelly McManus May 2021

Big Eyes

An owl in a tree
patiently waiting to see
its dinner scurry

Kelly McManus

May 2021 · 114

Brainwave Blockade

Kelly McManus May 2021

Brainwave Blockade

Working together
advancing evolution
far beyond this rut

Kelly McManus

May 2021 · 94

Sir No Sir

Kelly McManus May 2021

Sir No Sir

They ask for respect
yet threaten the world with their
ignorant warfare

Kelly McManus

May 2021 · 62

Your Move

Kelly McManus May 2021

Your Move

I can see through you
and the games that you play will
one day undo you

Kelly McManus

May 2021 · 593

Toothpicks

Kelly McManus May 2021

Toothpicks

While your popping pills
zombies chew fresh human brains
just to ease the pain

Kelly McManus

May 2021 · 53

Oops

Kelly McManus May 2021

Oops

Pushed the wrong button
launched radioactive stash
oops cinder and ash

Kelly McManus

May 2021 · 60

What Industries Done For Me

Kelly McManus May 2021

What Industries Done For Me

We use to dream of
flying dandelion seeds
in air we could breath

Kelly McManus

May 2021 · 71

Flea Bitten

Kelly McManus May 2021

Flea Bitten

Run fast as you can
fetching a stick for the man
alone with your bone

Kelly McManus

May 2021 · 87

Amiss In The Abyss

Kelly McManus May 2021

Amiss In The Abyss

So we still remain
in an empty minded world
that just needs to think

Kelly McManus

May 2021 · 460

My Watch Stopped

Kelly McManus May 2021

My Watch Stopped

The fate of the world
left up to human beings
never stood a chance

Kelly McManus

May 2021 · 82

Somethings Wrong

Kelly McManus May 2021

Somethings Wrong

Does it inspire your
sanity humanity
to collect your bombs

Kelly McManus

May 2021 · 45

Self Leveling

Kelly McManus May 2021

Self Leveling

World full of people
letting psychotic fools rule
what a bunch of tools

Kelly McManus

May 2021 · 172

A Half Life

Kelly McManus May 2021

A Half Life

When they're done doing
what they said they'd never do
nothing left except

Kelly McManus

May 2021 · 74

Visualizing

Kelly McManus May 2021

Visualizing

Natural lighting
colors of flowers blooming
red yellow blue green

Kelly McManus

May 2021 · 88

Treachery Department

Kelly McManus May 2021

Treachery Department

One operation
they create social unrest
to fill their war chest

Kelly McManus

May 2021 · 104

Nickle And Dimed To Death

Kelly McManus May 2021

Nickle And Dimed To Death

You can write letters
or carry signs while shouting
to make real change

Kelly McManus

May 2021 · 136

Counterintelligence

Kelly McManus May 2021

Counterintelligence

Warriors of peace
what bigger contradiction
than that affliction

Kelly McManus

May 2021 · 114

Growling

Kelly McManus May 2021

Growling

Territorial
beasts is what you wish to be
prowling your boarders

Kelly McManus

May 2021 · 78

They're Only Human

Kelly McManus May 2021

They're Only Human

They try to maintain
their imaginary names
in reality

Kelly McManus

May 2021 · 97

Shrivel

Kelly McManus May 2021

Shrivel

Past is their future
everything they lay waste to
watches them wither

Kelly McManus

Apr 2021 · 82

Inevitability

Kelly McManus Apr 2021

Inevitability

Let them continue
to tell you what you should do
human race is through

Kelly McManus

Apr 2021 · 68

Something

Kelly McManus Apr 2021

Something

Another Haiku
written short and to the point
if only there was

Kelly McManus

Apr 2021 · 91

Outliving Misgivings

Kelly McManus Apr 2021

Outliving Misgivings

Where's the civilized
in a world that fights and dies
to conceptualize

Kelly McManus

Apr 2021 · 333

Spiraling Out Of Control

Kelly McManus Apr 2021

Spiraling Out Of Control

We're circling the drain
position they put us in
with their run around

Kelly McManus

Apr 2021 · 76

Perspective

Kelly McManus Apr 2021

Perspective

In and of itself
invasion of privacy
simply harassment

Kelly McManus

Apr 2021 · 62

That's Entertainment Or Is It

Kelly McManus Apr 2021

That's Entertainment Or Is It

Big brother worldwide
scripted media feeding
us all of their thoughts

Kelly McManus

Apr 2021 · 87

Infused Delusions

Kelly McManus Apr 2021

Infused Delusions

You speak of duty
and some percentage we owe
sorry don't think so

Kelly McManus

Apr 2021 · 84

Weeping Incessantly

Kelly McManus Apr 2021

Weeping Incessantly

Makes a poet cry
nothing you can say or write
that stops stupid fights

Kelly McManus

Apr 2021 · 63

Got A Minute

Kelly McManus Apr 2021

Got A Minute

See the second hand
running as fast as it can
to avoid the hour

Kelly McManus

Apr 2021 · 97

A Vicious Circle

Kelly McManus Apr 2021

A Vicious Circle

Your so called hero's
are trying to zero in
on controlling you

Kelly McManus

Apr 2021 · 62

Biggest Arsenal Blues

Kelly McManus Apr 2021

Biggest Arsenal Blues

We're all intertwined
separate but together
and out of our minds

Kelly McManus

Apr 2021 · 77

Wake Up

Kelly McManus Apr 2021

Wake Up

The end of your dream
allowing hypocrisy
to choose your future

Kelly McManus

Apr 2021 · 100

Depicting

Kelly McManus Apr 2021

Depicting

Bloodshed misery
they sure love their history
and want more of it

Kelly McManus

Apr 2021 · 59

Mans Epitaph

Kelly McManus Apr 2021

Mans Epitaph

Defeated themselves
by the choices that they made
why the Earth's their grave

Kelly McManus

Apr 2021 · 88

Waste Management

Kelly McManus Apr 2021

Waste Management

This world means nothing
in the universal scheme
so destroy yourselves

Kelly McManus

Apr 2021 · 78

A Novelty

Kelly McManus Apr 2021

A Novelty

Close the book on them
humanity chose to be
just a short story

Kelly McManus

Apr 2021 · 313

This Is Not A Test

Kelly McManus Apr 2021

This Is Not A Test

Sharpen your pencils
learn to be subservient
to hypocrisy

Kelly McManus

Apr 2021 · 54

? x ? = !

Kelly McManus Apr 2021

? x ? = !

So what will it be
greedy forms of sovereignty
live together free

Kelly McManus

Apr 2021 · 71

Destiny

Kelly McManus Apr 2021

Destiny

Way things are going
who's gonna win in the end
just the Grim Reaper

Kelly McManus

Apr 2021 · 52

State Of The World

Kelly McManus Apr 2021

State Of The World

The group as a whole
given up it's control to
raving lunatics

Kelly McManus

Apr 2021 · 55

Withstand

Kelly McManus Apr 2021

Withstand

Trying to survive
amidst many warring tribes
yes I'm still alive

Kelly McManus

Apr 2021 · 53

Makes The Crowd Proud

Kelly McManus Apr 2021

Makes The Crowd Proud

How'd they get this land
what horrible things they've done
to the rising sun

Kelly McManus

Apr 2021 · 67

Aw Shucks

Kelly McManus Apr 2021

Aw Shucks

Ban things that go bang
would it hurt country music
and make the hounds cry

Kelly McManus

Apr 2021 · 66

They Know Not That Their Fools

Kelly McManus Apr 2021

They Know Not That Their Fools

Just another day
with a pending nuclear threat
they just don't get it

Kelly McManus

Apr 2021 · 54

Hollow

Kelly McManus Apr 2021

Hollow

The animal man
barbaric nature remains
more than using brains

Kelly McManus

Apr 2021 · 64

Ghost Writer

Kelly McManus Apr 2021

Ghost Writer

A happy poem
that skips along sniffing a
fragrant long stemmed rose

Kelly McManus