Kelly McManus: Poems

58 · Jun 2019

Game Day

Kelly McManus Jun 2019

Game Day

The fans in the stands
are all clapping their hands while
cheering every play
Kelly McManus

58 · Jun 2021

You'll Become One Too

Kelly McManus Jun 2021

You'll Become One Too

Cause they're idiots
why they know not what they do
you follow those fools

Kelly McManus

58 · Aug 2019

Seeds

Kelly McManus Aug 2019

Seeds

Field of sunflowers
you and me under a tree
what more do you need

Kelly McManus

57 · Oct 2019

Gurgling

Kelly McManus Oct 2019

Gurgling

Where's the common sense
that should exist in the world
down the drain it swirls

Kelly McManus

57 · Jun 2019

Fat Lady Sings

Kelly McManus Jun 2019

Fat Lady Sings

The opera tongue
in which one should it be sung
one where the tongues mute
Kelly McManus

57 · Apr 2021

Odds Are

Kelly McManus Apr 2021

Odds Are

Fifty fifty shot
whether we're gonna wise up
or lose this coin toss

Kelly McManus

57 · Jun 2019

Far As The Eye Could See

Kelly McManus Jun 2019

Far As The Eye Could See

Tulips mint green stems
rose peach plum crow cobalt cream
flowers in a dream
Kelly McManus

57 · Sep 2019

Unheardof

Kelly McManus Sep 2019

Unheardof

Recognising who
is creating division
might change your vision

Kelly McManus

57 · Aug 2020

A Sharpened End

Kelly McManus Aug 2020

A Sharpened End

If all of the tribes
would lay down all of their spears
pointlessness is fear

Kelly McManus

57 · Dec 2019

Withdrawn

Kelly McManus Dec 2019

Withdrawn

Compounded daily
wasted thoughts so many with
little interest

Kelly McManus

57 · Aug 2019

We The People

Kelly McManus Aug 2019

We The People

Just to let you know
to maintain the status quo
we're expendable

57 · Sep 2020

Nyah! See?

Kelly McManus Sep 2020

Nyah! See?

It's a gangster run
symposium that somehow
makes you think your free

Kelly McManus

57 · Jun 2019

Not Positive

Kelly McManus Jun 2019

Not Positive

Negativity
without a smile on your face
and in a dark place
Kelly McManus

57 · Sep 2021

Just Ask The F.C.C.

Kelly McManus Sep 2021

Just Ask The F.C.C.

Communications
protecting your privacy
how can you be sure

Kelly McManus

57 · May 2021

Too Ten

Kelly McManus May 2021

Too Ten

Lab tech dropped the tube
paralysis first set in
before he could count

Kelly McManus

57 · Jun 2021

Long Division

Kelly McManus Jun 2021

Long Division

So much time wasted
on ununited nations
remainder zero

Kelly McManus

57 · Jul 2021

So Long

Kelly McManus Jul 2021

So Long

As the daylight fades
on a careless human race
chasing destruction

Kelly McManus

57 · Dec 2019

Don't Mention It

Kelly McManus Dec 2019

Don't Mention It

Intentionally
hoping things will get better
eventually

Kelly McManus

57 · Aug 2019

Out Of Thin Air

Kelly McManus Aug 2019

Out Of Thin Air

A winged bug flying
above a pond one good thing
the frog's tongue is long

Kelly McManus

57 · Aug 2019

High Spirited

Kelly McManus Aug 2019

High Spirited

Always hear my host
The Holy Ghost laughing most
at my enemies

Kelly McManus

57 · Apr 2021

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

57 · Jun 2019

Under Your Nose

Kelly McManus Jun 2019

Under Your Nose

Just do it daily
you don't need to say a thing
just keep on smiling
Kelly McManus

57 · Aug 2019

Systematically

Kelly McManus Aug 2019

Systematically

Additionally
division and subtraction
is multiplying

Kelly McManus

57 · May 2020

Brains The Main Course

Kelly McManus May 2020

Brains The Main Course

When the zombies come
will you run to your leaders
who created them

Kelly McManus

57 · Apr 2020

Disgraceful Race

Kelly McManus Apr 2020

Disgraceful Race

They choose to remain
primitive and violent
in nature so sad

Kelly McManus

57 · Jun 2021

Then Be On Your Way

Kelly McManus Jun 2021

Then Be On Your Way

How can we be free
run by corporate policy
sell your stock today

Kelly McManus

57 · Nov 2019

One Star Accommodations

Kelly McManus Nov 2019

One Star Accommodations

Better change your ways
extraterrestrials come
but they never stay

Kelly McManus

57 · Jul 2019

Hogs

Kelly McManus Jul 2019

Hogs

I hear them squealing
about wheeling and dealing
raise the debt ceiling
Kelly McManus

57 · Jun 2020

Thoughts Misplaced

Kelly McManus Jun 2020

Thoughts Misplaced

Your minds being swayed
by evil people making
a violent race

Kelly McManus

57 · Jun 2019

Chamber Of Horrors

Kelly McManus Jun 2019

Chamber Of Horrors

As the fingernails
scratched deep into the chalkboard
mercy was implored
Kelly McManus

57 · Mar 2021

M Is For Money

Kelly McManus Mar 2021

M Is For Money

It's the same complaint
of catering to the rich
shaken but not stirred

Kelly McManus

56 · Jun 2019

Nurturing

Kelly McManus Jun 2019

Nurturing

Environmental
threat to mother nature who
will survive her you
Kelly McManus

56 · Mar 2020

Solitudinarian

Kelly McManus Mar 2020

Solitudinarian

To stay in good health
make sure you distance yourself
from everybody

Kelly McManus

56 · Mar 2021

What Have You Done?

Kelly McManus Mar 2021

What Have You Done?

Nothing will remain
but an irradiated plain
of forgotten dreams

Kelly McManus

56 · Sep 2020

Another Soul To Go

Kelly McManus Sep 2020

Another Soul To Go

Cooperating
never know who's asking you
until it's too late

Kelly McManus

56 · Nov 2021

More or Less

Kelly McManus Nov 2021

More or Less

Someday we will be
something more than what we are
if we outlive less...Kelly McManus

56 · Jun 2019

Unison

Kelly McManus Jun 2019

Unison

Did you ever wish
you could dance with the fish in
sea choreography

Kelly McManus

56 · Nov 2019

Gripping

Kelly McManus Nov 2019

Gripping

There's no holding on
to something that's letting go
so set your life free

Kelly McManus

56 · Aug 2020

Ahoy

Kelly McManus Aug 2020

Ahoy

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

Kelly McManus

56 · Sep 2020

Lost And Foundry

Kelly McManus Sep 2020

Lost And Foundry

So many people
worshiping the status quo
gold won't save your soul

Kelly McManus

56 · Jan 2020

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

56 · Jul 2019

Round and Round

Kelly McManus Jul 2019

Round and Round

Repeating your past
where you mastered disaster
are you past that now

56 · Jan 2020

Attack Of The Lap Dogs

Kelly McManus Jan 2020

Attack Of The Lap Dogs

Watching their stooges
telling you wouldnt be wise
to live your own lives

Kelly McManus

56 · Mar 2020

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

56 · Feb 2020

One Of These Days

Kelly McManus Feb 2020

One Of These Days

Until there's complete
demilitarization
survive suicide

Kelly McManus

56 · Mar 2021

What Choice Do I Have

Kelly McManus Mar 2021

What Choice Do I Have

A smile on my face
I look at the human race
pathetically

Kelly McManus

56 · Jan 2021

Return To The Root

Kelly McManus Jan 2021

Return To The Root

Governments function
implementing corruption
not an assumption

Kelly McManus

56 · Jul 2019

Take A Number

Kelly McManus Jul 2019

Take A Number

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

56 · Aug 2019

Deferred Maintenance

Kelly McManus Aug 2019

Deferred Maintenance

We the people are
part of the infrastructure
left in disrepair

Kelly McManus

56 · Jan 2020

Complications

Kelly McManus Jan 2020

Complications

Those that you admire
will dissipate as this place
just evaporates

Kelly McManus