Dennis Shanaberg : Writing

Dear Casey Jones is Crazy

Dear Casey Jones is Crazy

A Poem by Dennis Shanaberg


There's a bullet trainInside by my brainThat has so quickly gone off the rails.The cars did breakAnd the ground did shake,And debris fell like metalli..
American Dream Obscene

American Dream Obscene

A Poem by Dennis Shanaberg


We've created a system of oppression where we pay people to oppress us. We feed the insatiable too full while fare for the hungry seems superfluous. ..
Fame for the Deranged

Fame for the Deranged

A Poem by Dennis Shanaberg


Bleeding hearts can never be independent of the page Or else we're left to scrawl on walls to tell that we're deranged Insane Our brains They c..
Daylight Returns

Daylight Returns

A Poem by Dennis Shanaberg


The skylines hid behind curtains of fog. The sun's stayed dark for far too long, But frozen lakes boil with coming dawn, And the pall falls back li..
Crazy...

Crazy...

A Poem by Dennis Shanaberg


I'm feelin' crazy Like Kim Jong Un. And all the dumb s**t I've done Is gonna catch up soon. If anything gets off the ground It'll be a fluke. I..
The American Scheme

The American Scheme

A Poem by Dennis Shanaberg


The wretched rich shall reap what we've sewn Garnishing grossly garish bank vaults With the green that we've grown. They shall inherit the earth W..
Scream Into the Screens

Scream Into the Screens

A Poem by Dennis Shanaberg


I see you there And want to reach and touch you, But it’s all too cold, And my breath fogs up the glass. I hash a mark Just to beg ..
Rogues gallery

Rogues gallery

A Poem by Dennis Shanaberg


Humanity has a history Of heralding heretics Who’ve got the language down While the best of us all drown. Hoping for Him to ..
Lovely Labyrinths

Lovely Labyrinths

A Poem by Dennis Shanaberg


We've lived such livesAs labyrinthsLit by elusive dreams.We've longed to findLiberationWith lovely, lusty schemes.My heart beats strangeWhen you're aw..
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A Poem by Dennis Shanaberg


ChangeOn the horizon.So needed as the present falls to piecesEverything breaks.Every thing.Nothing is safe.All that man has ever made will one day cru..