Dennis Shanaberg : Writing

The Harpist & The Dragon

The Harpist & The Dragon

A Poem by Dennis Shanaberg


Rise up, oh deadly Serpent! The Strings stir you awake. Please, sing your fiery harmony, And satiate my wanton hate. Demon, take to trebled wing..
My Hollow Hobby

My Hollow Hobby

A Poem by Dennis Shanaberg


I tried to be existential. It didn't matter. I wrote something consequential. I shouldn't have dared. I revealed my personality. Shouldn't have b..
Malevolent Metamorphosis

Malevolent Metamorphosis

A Poem by Dennis Shanaberg


Crucify me in this chrysalis. I never want to come back again. I've been reborn and never better. I would rather I just stay dead. We all have d..
To Yorick's Skull and No One Else

To Yorick's Skull and No One Else

A Poem by Dennis Shanaberg


Perhaps, I'm possessed.Probably,Oh, I should confess,Sinfully,That I'm the worst man That I've ever known.I'm sorry.Honestly,Oh, I kinda love it.You c..
Behind Viral Lies

Behind Viral Lies

A Poem by Dennis Shanaberg


You’ve got it all at your fingertips But you’d never pass the Turing test Your humanity’s just junk inside the code We are ghosts..
Pessimists Aren’t Allowed to Write Love Songs

Pessimists Aren’t Allowed to Write Love Song..

A Poem by Dennis Shanaberg


I wish that I could give you The heart I had A decade or so Ago Before it got torn apart. I wish that I had met you Back then Or just That I..
Cerebral Showers

Cerebral Showers

A Poem by Dennis Shanaberg


Sometimes storms rumble through cerebrum Rolling across hills and valleys therein Thunder cracks across corpus callosum And rends my senses of self..
to tired Too  try

to tired Too try

A Poem by Dennis Shanaberg


All thats left to do Is to give up, oh we’re through Theresynothing left that s true When we’ve livedsuch lies All that I can say Is ..
cephalalgia...

cephalalgia...

A Poem by Dennis Shanaberg


May I weld all those wires in your brainSo they can’t shock you with the pain? Let me carve those shards from your skullSo they can’t stab..