Short Cry Wolf Poems

liars cannot retire ~ for fear they cry wolf on their funeral pyre


By
David Kavanagh...

Read More

Histrionically dramatic
Always loud and frantic
Her sobbing did not panic
Any of us substanic
Until we noticed 
The two by four sticking
Out of both sides of her head...

Read More

Don't ever be, dyed in the wool,  be wise
   Against anyone, who's always spinning yarns.
   To them it's just another game, to pull wool over eyes.
   As every time that they cry wolf, it's always false alarms.
   For a wolf will wear sheep's clothing, to catch you by surprise....

Read More

Ive taken the tablets but dont want to die
It wasnt for real just a desperate cry
The medication hits me i fall to the ground
It shouldnt be this quick i was supposed to be found
But ive taken to many and a muscle i cant move
Why have i done this and what does it prove
Im slipping away now and never felt so alone
But i cant get help i cant reach for the phone
But.......no matter now as i feel deaths icy grip
And into the darkness of oblivion i slip...

Read More

When a stranger calls,
the shining
city lights
die hard
behind enemy lines.

I walk the line
out of the past
roots,
where the red fern grows
in cold blood
of mice and men.

The thin red line
short cuts
a nightmare on Elm Street.
The searchers
don't look now
within these walls.

In the heat of the night,
the illusionist
cast away
titanic
cries and whispers.

The silence of the lambs
never cry wolf
while you were sleeping.

(Each line is a separate movie title.)...

Read More