Kelly McManus: Poems

Aug 2019 · 84

Take One For The Team

Kelly McManus Aug 2019

Take One For The Team

Will your side survive
breathing the cinders before
a nuclear winter

Kelly McManus

Aug 2019 · 36

This Is Not A Test

Kelly McManus Aug 2019

This Is Not A Test

Will they give you time
to pray when the missiles are
five minutes away

Kelly McManus

Aug 2019 · 179

Back Aches

Kelly McManus Aug 2019

Back Aches

Julius Caesar
would be pleased that his doctrines
still dictate the world

Kelly McManus

Aug 2019 · 59

Charade

Kelly McManus Aug 2019

Charade

It's a mockery
the control freaks don't abide
by the thou shalt nots

Kelly McManus

Aug 2019 · 66

Kink The Hose

Kelly McManus Aug 2019

Kink The Hose

The worst thing about
weapons of mass destruction
they take new orders

Kelly McManus

Aug 2019 · 124

Aromatic

Kelly McManus Aug 2019

Aromatic

To a rivers edge
stagers a bear stops to smell
the air and then smiles

Kelly McManus

Aug 2019 · 159

News Flash

Kelly McManus Aug 2019

News Flash

Only conclusion
of their illusion was death
by nuclear fusion

Kelly McManus

Aug 2019 · 46

Type O

Kelly McManus Aug 2019

Type O

Cast no reflection
and will ignite in daylight
count on your leaders

Kelly McManus

Aug 2019 · 69

Interested

Kelly McManus Aug 2019

Interested

It costs less for them
to make it cost more for us
you can bank on it

Kelly McManus

Aug 2019 · 43

Top Ten List

Kelly McManus Aug 2019

Top Ten List

The Ten Commandments
that I can salute the rest
I just give the boot

Kelly McManus

Aug 2019 · 43

Peace Be With You

Kelly McManus Aug 2019

Peace Be With You

I pledge allegiance
to God not self appointed
false profits of war

Kelly McManus

Aug 2019 · 59

Family Reunion

Kelly McManus Aug 2019

Family Reunion

Distant relative
is what you'll find when you run
away from yourself

Kelly McManus

Jul 2019 · 52

Oh Crap The Lens Cap!

Kelly McManus Jul 2019

Oh Crap The Lens Cap!

A butterfly rests
fluttering its wings on a
blooming violet

Kelly McManus

Jul 2019 · 117

Take A Dip

Kelly McManus Jul 2019

Take A Dip

Chocolate fondue
just for you on table two
sometimes dreams come true

Kelly McManus

Jul 2019 · 391

A Remote Setting

Kelly McManus Jul 2019

A Remote Setting

Unusual That
the usual programing
is programing you

Kelly McManus

Jul 2019 · 103

Monolith

Kelly McManus Jul 2019

Monolith

Politicians want
statues no better gift for
a bunch of chislers

Kelly McManus

Jul 2019 · 72

None Of The Above

Kelly McManus Jul 2019

None Of The Above

Bad replaces bad
so what are you voting for
more bad things to come

Kelly McManus

Jul 2019 · 100

All In A Day

Kelly McManus Jul 2019

All In A Day

The sun comes up and
the sun goes down while the moon
likes to hang around

Kelly McManus

Jul 2019 · 70

BOOM!

Kelly McManus Jul 2019

BOOM!

Yes we need more nukes
just to be sure their builders
don't survive as well

Kelly McManus

Jul 2019 · 55

OUCH!

Kelly McManus Jul 2019

OUCH!

This world must be hell
because they're torturing me
with stupidity

Kelly McManus

Jul 2019 · 45

Rabbit Ears

Kelly McManus Jul 2019

Rabbit Ears

After a long day
avoiding traps mice go home
to hear the big cheese

Kelly McManus

Jul 2019 · 93

Avast

Kelly McManus Jul 2019

Avast

Business in cahoots
with the government pirates
plundering us all

Kelly McManus

Jul 2019 · 120

Bibs Optional

Kelly McManus Jul 2019

Bibs Optional

There's no leftovers
when you dine at Loves table
seconds anyone

Kelly McManus

Jul 2019 · 68

Treatment

Kelly McManus Jul 2019

Treatment

New starts can replace
a forest after a fire
given time to grow

Kelly McManus

Jul 2019 · 393

Entanglements

Kelly McManus Jul 2019

Entanglements

As the spider is
to the fly stuck in its web
that is the system

Kelly McManus

Jul 2019 · 59

Defeatists

Kelly McManus Jul 2019

Defeatists

How long's the lifeline
in the hands that carry guns
ask their unborn sons

Kelly McManus

Jul 2019 · 54

Stuffed

Kelly McManus Jul 2019

Stuffed

Once upon a time
was a beast called gluttony
that devoured mankind

Kelly McManus

Jul 2019 · 77

Tickling The Ivories

Kelly McManus Jul 2019

Tickling The Ivories

If it's civilized
to use a fork and a knife
play chopsticks for me

Kelly McManus

Jul 2019 · 66

Dipped

Kelly McManus Jul 2019

Dipped

Time melted away
when you could be all alone
with your ice cream cone

Kelly McManus

Jul 2019 · 42

Scratch

Kelly McManus Jul 2019

Scratch

Where's the wherewithal
where would it be without me
but then where am I

Kelly McManus

Jul 2019 · 102

Conceptualize

Kelly McManus Jul 2019

Conceptualize

In the Beginning
there was a big bang nine months
later there was you

Kelly McManus

Jul 2019 · 79

Backbone

Kelly McManus Jul 2019

Backbone

When and if mankind
ever finds a spine guess what
it will be peacetime

Kelly McManus

Jul 2019 · 258

Chattering Teeth

Kelly McManus Jul 2019

Chattering Teeth

In a world run by
grave diggers the only laughs
are found underground

Kelly McManus

Jul 2019 · 75

Fresh Meat

Kelly McManus Jul 2019

Fresh Meat

It's a rainy day
the birds are feeding on worms
instead of my seed

Kelly McManus

Jul 2019 · 62

In Formation

Kelly McManus Jul 2019

In Formation

Your minds are being
molded through a process called
indoctrination

Kelly McManus

Jul 2019 · 231

Shekel Shackles

Kelly McManus Jul 2019

Shekel Shackles

You're chained to money
but you still claim to be free
that's funny to me

Kelly McManus

Jul 2019 · 55

The Scoop

Kelly McManus Jul 2019

The Scoop

Strip mining on mars
just gotta get the gear there
for earth's gold diggers
Kelly McManus

Jul 2019 · 90

Supplementary

Kelly McManus Jul 2019

Supplementary

If faith is a test
do you think you'll need to do
some extra credit
Kelly McManus

Jul 2019 · 60

Conundrum

Kelly McManus Jul 2019

Conundrum

You have no control
so what's your expectation
of remaining whole
Kelly McManus

Jul 2019 · 432

Have A Scow

Kelly McManus Jul 2019

Have A Scow

It's time to invent
a new line of boats that float
on a plastic sea
Kelly McManus

Jul 2019 · 227

Adverse Possession

Kelly McManus Jul 2019

Adverse Possession

All the bugs will love
that waterfront property
after we're all gone
Kelly McManus

Jul 2019 · 51

On Sale

Kelly McManus Jul 2019

On Sale

Most won't be happy
until selfishness is free
for everybody
Kelly McManus

Jul 2019 · 60

Heed Yeah Well

Kelly McManus Jul 2019

Heed Yeah Well

You have gone astray
following those who would lead
you to death's doorstep
Kelly McManus

Jul 2019 · 31

Unsatisfactory

Kelly McManus Jul 2019

Unsatisfactory

Spent philosophy
honoring and promoting
animosity
Kelly McManus

Jul 2019 · 54

Impending

Kelly McManus Jul 2019

Impending

If they only choose
to air nothing but good news
then the end is near
Kelly McManus

Jul 2019 · 56

Take A Number

Kelly McManus Jul 2019

Take A Number

Truckers are robots
the lanes are changing into
unemployment lines
Kelly McManus

Jul 2019 · 82

Remember When

Kelly McManus Jul 2019

Remember When

Past life memory
a time when free was free and
there were no countries
Kelly McManus

Jul 2019 · 41

Tilted Beret

Kelly McManus Jul 2019

Tilted Beret

As a trumpet plays
I stroke my goatee and say
that brass has got class
Kelly McManus

Jul 2019 · 194

What The

Kelly McManus Jul 2019

What The

Keep the pace when you're
chasing dreams they might outrun
your expectations
Kelly McManus

Jul 2019 · 145

If Only

Kelly McManus Jul 2019

If Only

File it away with
all of the lost memories
a love that couldn't be
Kelly McManus