Short Garbage Can Poems

dog
sniffs garbage can
perfume...

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coyote
raids garbage can
urban pest...

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On our actions should the only curb
Be aiming at not to others disturb 
We may merit the name of man
If not, we stink like the garbage can...

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Popeye The Sailor Man


My name is Popeye the sailor man
I don't live in a big garbage can
I dis-like Spinach
strong to the finish
I'll cook your goose in a fying pan.


Written: 11/14/14
Theresa...

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If you step on someone's foot, they open their mouth
Just like a garbage can but an oral outburst they arouse
Nastiest ever known
Quite an angry tone
“Watch where you're going you stupid old cow!”...

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It can be disappointing
yet liberating,
to realize that your Intellect,
your religion,
all your borrowed knowledge,
every kind of spiritual teaching
and practice
must be put in a garbage can
until you are ready to talk rubbish again....

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And they laughed. Lovingly, affectionately.
As the morning sun was the hero in the windowpane in this city.
And I thought about the cop, this city and his tattooed skin.
God is a garbage can, where people on earth are a glad tiding.
And warning too.

June 8, 2023...

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An orange and tan 
orangutan
with origins
that span
to Pakistan
orates flimflam
o'er an ornate
garbage can
ordained an oracle
by an ordered clan
to plant a plan
for their ordure
that ornaments
said garbage can
the ornery orangutan orotundly
upon does scan...

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Who? -- Me?!
   I never thought I'd see
This wily jockstrap
  writing poetry

And you, Mr. Businessman
   Investing ldly in a product
that can't return a profit
   on a mini-garbage can...

When our bodies 
   make their final plans ~
Our souls the farthest heavens scan...

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sIn is
        a bin 


what i meen by that is sIn is rubbish trash bad stuff so we frow it in the bin and ferget about it
just do good things Gods way sin leads to all kinds of trubble in life chuck anything from  
satan in the garbage can where it belongs.

by james christian...

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I watch the child peel a banana one small bit of peel at a time
Rule is one trip to the garbage can; but I am in charge now.
Teacher has left the room.

He travels back and forth to the waste can throwing one bit in at a time.
Eighteen trips; I say nothing.
Being one of those “cannot sit still” kids myself....

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I have a neighbor who ties up 911
Complaining that a dog is barking 

A person who is in dire need might not be able to get through
He might not be able to connect while they are still conscious
We have tried to explain this to her

But she is selfish, and does not put others first
Pete’s garbage can is still out.
There she goes to call 911....

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the fire hydrant comes handy
first and fore most it saves lives
but to walk a dog in the city
it's a place of choice
better than the lamp post
and a tree we leave alone

as on a leash I am directed
to do my business in a jiffy
and always a piece of paper
as it degrade and never a plastic bag
to reach the next garbage can
she is so crazy but I love her...

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Black fat cat Pepé on his back got white spots
Swinging its tail getting tied up in knots.
Nerves he dances like a girl
Leaps on fence its tail does curl
Tripped into the garbage can where food rots

Darn male skunk keeps sneaking under the fence
To visit my black cat at my expense
Thought I would get between them
In my best jeans, fate condemn
Interrupted their starry vehemence...

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Riddles
Riddle me this Batman:
what is the middle of a fat man?
Is there anything clean
about a garbage can?
If two can dance
can Toucan Sam?
Is beige the same as ecru or tan?
Why
-does it come between ex and zee?
Is the alphabet
a good bet,
or is beta better?
Are you meant to sweat
when you wear a sweater?
Or for that matter
pant in pants?
Or ambulate in
an ambulance?
...

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Why does mama only see the dog stains?

How can dad step over dog stains and not see them?

Why is it that mama is the only one who notices trash lying on the floor?

How can dad step over trash on the floor and not see it?

Does anyone but me see a pattern?

My son makes a game of balancing trash on top of the overflowing garbage can...let's 
see how high we can stack it!!  What fun!!...

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I sit on your garbage can and fiddle with a knob
Your back door shakes a bit, I search for a corn cob
Smash goes the lid to your aluminum garbage can
I am the man, I think now, I am the man!
You are in your kitchen, terrified to see that knob
Slowly move back and forth; my cousin has the corn cob
Fighting ensues, we slap each other and screech
You call the cops. They send out Officer Leech....

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the porch boards are precariously weak.
water runoff has warped and damaged them again.
we have had this porch rebuilt a few times
one board has a giant hole in it.
I put a garbage can over it, so the dogs will not break a leg.
Our handyman says he will come and fix it soon.
Yesterday I noticed two spots that felt like they were giving way.
Will he get here soon enough or will I be the one with a broken leg?...

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With the passing of each second adds to another minute of being without your and that adds up to the hours we apart, the hours apart turn into days, month's and even years. Years that are lost to the past we never get back or go back to all the time wasted like trash throw in the garbage can, a love that evaporates tell nothing left remains but the emptiness we have now created that won't be uncreated no matter how hard we try....

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at arm’s length

at arm’s length 
the damaged 
will keep you---
having been round the bush
having seen a good portion of
the world’s ability to destroy,
terrorize & horrify,
the concept of “trust” has been
completely annihilated. 

either accept these conditions of the
21st century &
come back to the poker table
with a new hand,
or be on your merry way
into the vast garbage can of the 
past mistakes
that brought us to this point in the
first place....

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I think about eating a cookie
It’s not mine; it is theirs.
But I had no breakfast, so lookie….
It's up for grabs on the top of the stairs.

Old dog yelps, “don’t do it, Pup!”
This aged geezer never fills up my confidence cup.
I leave the cookie and army of ants move in.
Now may I have it? I yelp with a grin.

Mama of the house picks it up in a dustpan.
I will never listen again to this old man.
It’s gone now, in the garbage can.
I howl the night away, annoying this old man....

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