Kelly McManus: Poems

After The Last War

Kelly McManus Feb 2021

After The Last War

Can't you use your brains
before it begins to pour
all that acid rain

Kelly McManus

After Words

Kelly McManus Oct 2024

After Words

Keep your faith
and know
there's
a better
place
than this
hope to
see
you there

After You No After You I Insist

Kelly McManus Aug 2021

After You No After You I Insist

Be like day and night
shares this world without a fight
despite differences

Kelly McManus

Again

Kelly McManus Dec 2021

Again

Past has gone away
when it turned into today
same as tomorrow...Kelly McManus

Aggress Of Progress

Kelly McManus Dec 2021

Aggress Of Progress

If they have their way
living things we have today
won't live much longer...Kelly McManus

A Girl's Gotta Eat

Kelly McManus Jan 2020

A Girl's Gotta Eat

With her ravenous
appetite it's a wonder
her children survived

Kelly McManus

A Glimmer

Kelly McManus Jun 2021

A Glimmer

Taking a close look
transcending imperfections
there's a chance of hope

Kelly McManus

A Glitch

Kelly McManus Mar 16

A Glitch

How dud we get here
on the edge of disaster
with no plans to change

A Glowing Example

Kelly McManus Dec 2021

A Glowing Example

Dandy lions grew
from the radioactive
goo that once was you...Kelly McManus

Agree To Be

Kelly McManus Mar 2020

Agree To Be

Cooperating
so our species can survive
will that lesson last

Kelly McManus

A Grievous Error

Kelly McManus Oct 2020

A Grievous Error

If you let their past
continue to dictate you
your future looks brief

Kelly McManus

A Haiku Adieu

Kelly McManus Aug 2023

A Haiku Adieu

It's the end of life
military diatribe
if we don't they will...Kelly McManus

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

A Hook

Kelly McManus Jun 2019

A Hook

What will you find at,
the end of the line, when you
finally reach it?

Kelly McManus

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Ahoy

Kelly McManus Aug 2020

Ahoy

This world is a ship
set sail out on a vast sea
and sinking slowly

Kelly McManus

Ain't It Good To Be Alive

Kelly McManus Jan 2022

Ain't It Good To Be Alive

When will the day come
when survival supersedes
their destructive needs...Kelly McManus

Airfare Somewhere

Kelly McManus Jan 2020

Airfare Somewhere

Forced to fund their plans
doctors lawyers and the man
lounging on the sand

Kelly McManus

A Little Ball Of Dirt

Kelly McManus Apr 2021

A Little Ball Of Dirt

What separates us
nothing of any real worth
is worth losing Earth

Kelly McManus

All Aboard

Kelly McManus Oct 2019

All Aboard

You bought your ticket
thier railroading you next stop
annihilation

Kelly McManus

All Aboard!

Kelly McManus Jun 2019

All Aboard!

No implied consent
switch off mics and cameras
training means railroad
Kelly McManus

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

All In On Perspiration.

Kelly McManus Aug 2019

All In On Perspiration.

Hedging your bets on
people who sweat profusely
dampen your spirit

Kelly McManus

All The Data Shows

Kelly McManus May 2021

All The Data Shows

Leave it up to them
life expectancy will be
decidedly less

Kelly McManus

All The Pleasant Peasants

Kelly McManus Aug 2021

All The Pleasant Peasants

Who started this mess
did they wear a shiny cap
decree genuflect

Kelly McManus

All The Time

Kelly McManus Jun 2021

All The Time

The world differences
aren't so different after all
all is all we want

Kelly McManus

All Things Excluded Will Be Deemed Included

Kelly McManus Nov 2021

All Things Excluded Will Be Deemed Included

Their dream's a nightmare
consists of selling your soul
for nothing at all...Kelly McManus

Allure

Kelly McManus May 2021

Allure

Faith's a funny thing
wish on a four leaf clover
hope makes it happen

Kelly McManus

All You Need

Kelly McManus Jun 2019

All You Need

Hate will never pass
through the pearly gates only
love is welcome here
Kelly McManus

Almost Forgot

Kelly McManus Jun 2019

Almost Forgot

Two androids sitting
on a bench reminiscing
remember humans
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Alone In The Blast Zone

Kelly McManus Feb 2022

Alone In The Blast Zone

What seems to be here
primitive barbarians
who simply don't care...Kelly McManus

Alternate Reality

Kelly McManus Jun 2019

Alternate Reality

My mirror image,
an interdimensional
reflection of me.

Kelly McManus

Always Uniform

Kelly McManus Jul 2024

Always Uniform

Once again once more
their celebration of war
always uniform

A Measured Response

Kelly McManus May 2021

A Measured Response

When will we be free
of all of the control freaks
who won't let us think

Kelly McManus

Amend Your End

Kelly McManus Mar 2020

Amend Your End

Where do guns get you
not any nearer to peace
closer to deceased

Kelly McManus

A Mine Mind

Kelly McManus Nov 2019

A Mine Mind

Own self interests
owning everything they can
don't let them own you

Kelly McManus

Amiss

Kelly McManus Jan 2022

Amiss

The meaninglessness
of their status quo abyss
and your willingness...Kelly McManus

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

A Mushroom With A View

Kelly McManus Jul 2021

A Mushroom With A View

What you hope to find
following in their footsteps
someone else's path

Kelly McManus

Amusingly Soothing

Kelly McManus Sep 2020

Amusingly Soothing

Comforting to know
that when the end does begin
it is what you chose

Kelly McManus

Anals Of History

Kelly McManus Sep 2021

Anals Of History

Only stupid fools
make excuses to stockpile
nuclear weapons

Kelly McManus

An Angry Crowd

Kelly McManus Jun 2019

An Angry Crowd

Just so depressing!
Can't he write, anything,
nice about our vices?

Kelly McManus

Anchovies

Kelly McManus May 2021

Anchovies

The biggest question
what can bring us together
end of Roman Rule

Kelly McManus

And Now The Weather

Kelly McManus Sep 2020

And Now The Weather

Make you live in fear
until there's nothing you hear
but what they tell you

Kelly McManus

And So It Goes

Kelly McManus Oct 2019

And So It Goes

Your following fools
who tempt fate by building bombs
one day they'll go off

Kelly McManus

And Sometimes Y

Kelly McManus Nov 2021

And Sometimes Y

Who are they too say
who what why when where and how
we should live our lives...Kelly McManus

And The Award Goes To Propaganda

Kelly McManus Jan 2020

And The Award Goes To Propaganda

Dispatch your little statues
and express your heaps of praise
for the guns they raise

Kelly McManus

And The People In A Petri

Kelly McManus Jul 2020

And The People In A Petri

Who's patient zero
the governments of the world
your in their test tubes

Kelly McManus

And They're Off

Kelly McManus Dec 2019

And They're Off

Looks like in the race
oblivion's in the lead
unless wisdom wins

Kelly McManus

A Need To Know Basis

Kelly McManus Mar 2022

A Need To Know Basis

The ten commandments
if they don't abide by them
guess who their lord is...Kelly McManus

An Escrow Burial

Kelly McManus Dec 2020

An Escrow Burial

Follow where they lead
to a place where you can bleed
and maintain their deeds

Kelly McManus