Kelly McManus: Poems

Status No

Kelly McManus Sep 2021

Status No

What are our options
certainly not what they say
that's what got us here

Kelly McManus

Stem The Tide Clyde

Kelly McManus Jun 2019

Stem The Tide Clyde

People are the ghosts
chasing things like the dodo
bird to extinction
Kelly McManus

Step In Duty

Kelly McManus Aug 2019

Step In Duty

Yes sir march them all
into the pit that always
stays lit with lost souls

Kelly McManus

Step Right Up

Kelly McManus Jul 2019

Step Right Up

The lure of a deal
the call of the barker for
a one time offer
Kelly McManus

Stick It

Kelly McManus Dec 2020

Stick It

What is politics
but a pile of false profits
you scrape off your sole

Kelly McManus

Still Have A Pulse

Kelly McManus Nov 2019

Still Have A Pulse

When the last bullet's
been fired from the last gun then
I guess we'll be dead

Kelly McManus

Stimulating

Kelly McManus Feb 2021

Stimulating

They're imitation
but disaster they'll bring with
their radiation

Kelly McManus

Stimulus Package

Kelly McManus Sep 2020

Stimulus Package

Laying here in bed
connected to a slow drip
tube to ease my pain

Kelly McManus

Sting Yourselves Too Death

Kelly McManus Nov 2020

Sting Yourselves Too Death

Continue to mourn
remaining as angry swarms
trapped in uniforms

Kelly McManus

Stoke

Kelly McManus Apr 2021

Stoke

Generals and fools
marching the whole human race
to that fiery place

Kelly McManus

Stop Playing Dumbasses

Kelly McManus Jan 2020

Stop Playing *******

Dumb barbarians
simply playing at being
intellectuals

Kelly McManus

Stop Yield U-Turn

Kelly McManus Sep 2021

Stop Yield U-Turn

Soon they'll end the world
because that's where they're going
showing you the signs

Kelly McManus

Storm The Castle

Kelly McManus Dec 2019

Storm The Castle

The futility
of feudal society
unpleasant peasants

Kelly McManus

Storm Warnings

Kelly McManus Mar 2021

Storm Warnings

Change in the weather
will that bring us together
or rain out the game

Kelly McManus

Streaming

Kelly McManus Sep 2024

Streaming

Babbling brook flows
towards distant memories
and dreams of large seas

Strike Up The Band

Kelly McManus Sep 2020

Strike Up The Band

Convincing the world
life is worth less than his cause
propaganda man

Kelly McManus

String Along

Kelly McManus Apr 2021

String Along

It's hard to believe
for so long people agree
to the puppetry

Kelly McManus

Strings Attached

Kelly McManus Nov 2019

Strings Attached

Just loosen the straps
tied to my back i'll wriggle
out of this jacket

Kelly McManus

Struck By Lightning

Kelly McManus Aug 2020

Struck By Lightning

It makes you wonder
people how many more years
they'll be blundering

Kelly McManus

Stuffed

Kelly McManus Jul 2019

Stuffed

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

Kelly McManus

Sublime

Kelly McManus Mar 2021

Sublime

A world without guns
or weapons of any kind
sure would be sublime

Kelly McManus

Such A Disappointment

Kelly McManus Sep 2020

Such A Disappointment

Made to be greater
than hostel invaders of
your fellow man's lands

Kelly McManus

Such A Sweet Sound!

Kelly McManus Jun 2019

Such A Sweet Sound!

One thing I wonder
  about birds in trees, do they
    shout obscenities?

                                 Kelly McManus

Such A Waste

Kelly McManus Jun 2021

Such A Waste

Seeking a species
whose mental prowess is more
than simply feces

Kelly McManus

Such A Waste

Kelly McManus Jun 2024

Such A Waste

Tell you what I see
a species with potential
to destroy themselves

Sudden Awakening

Kelly McManus Oct 2021

Sudden Awakening

When we start  to dream
so many sporadic things
begin narrowing

                Kelly McManus

Suddenly Reappeared

Kelly McManus Oct 2019

Suddenly Reappeared

Finding the laughter
misplaced for so many years
with welcoming tears

Kelly McManus

Suicidal Society

Kelly McManus Aug 2020

Suicidal Society

BANG, BANG, BOOM, BOOM, BANG
put the rope around your neck
and then simply hang

Kelly McManus

Suicide's So Taxing

Kelly McManus Sep 2023

Suicide's So Taxing

Let them build their bombs
machines that will say so long
laugh until we're gone

Suicide Watch

Kelly McManus Nov 2019

Suicide Watch

Man's insanity
chose eminent destruction
to living in peace

Kelly McManus

Sundial Shadows

Kelly McManus Oct 2021

Sundial Shadows

Have your attachments
time and money won't let go
like the status quo

Kelly McManus

Sunny Side Up

Kelly McManus Jun 2019

Sunny Side Up

A rooster dreams of
one day being over easy
with a flock of hens

Kelly McManus

Sunrise

Kelly McManus Jun 2021

Sunrise

The horizon fades
through my eyes into my brain
soon be dark again

Kelly McManus

Superiority Complex

Kelly McManus Aug 2019

Superiority Complex

Know the greater good
is not for you and I but
those we should defy

Kelly McManus

Supersedes

Kelly McManus Mar 2021

Supersedes

When Love is above
all our other wants and needs
that's when we'll be free

Kelly McManus

Supplementary

Kelly McManus Jul 2019

Supplementary

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

Support Mechanism'

Kelly McManus Sep 2020

Support Mechanism'

Your following those
who base their existence on
pure contradiction

Kelly McManus

Sure Fire

Kelly McManus Dec 2019

Sure Fire

Being pushed around
by punks with guns saddest thing
you elected them

Kelly McManus

Survival Diet

Kelly McManus Jun 2019

Survival Diet

Remove everything
that's unhealthy in your life
and dine on world peace
Kelly McManus

Swayed Day To Day

Kelly McManus Mar 2020

Swayed Day To Day

Use of video
and audio to control
people's little minds

Kelly McManus

Sweet Dreams

Kelly McManus Jun 2021

Sweet Dreams

One of life's delights
is sleeping at night without
all of the worlds woes

Kelly McManus

Sweet Poetry

Kelly McManus Aug 2020

Sweet Poetry

The ice cream was scooped
then placed on a sugar cone
dipped in chocolate

Kelly McManus

Switch On The Microphone

Kelly McManus Sep 2020

Switch On The Microphone

Watch what you write
stakeouts are at poetry
sites both day and night

Kelly McManus

Syphoning

Kelly McManus Feb 2021

Syphoning

They don't hesitate
wasting time with their debates
just to raise their rates

Kelly McManus

Systematically

Kelly McManus Aug 2019

Systematically

Additionally
division and subtraction
is multiplying

Kelly McManus

Systematic Nerve Gas

Kelly McManus Dec 2024

Systematic Nerve Gas

Stockpile arsenals
is a new meaning of peace
the latest disease

T - 0 And Counting

Kelly McManus Aug 2020

T - 0 And Counting

Our time has run out
waiting for the clock to stop
just one last cuckoo

Kelly McManus

Tail Wagging

Kelly McManus Dec 2021

Tail Wagging

If they threaten you
in any way they're not friends
yet you follow them...Kelly McManus

Take A Dip

Kelly McManus Jul 2019

Take A Dip

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

Kelly McManus

Take A Message

Kelly McManus Aug 2021

Take A Message

Sipping a Mai Tai
somewhere on the sand in shade
watching ocean waves

Kelly McManus