Scott "the Alaskan" Norman
Publications by Scott Norman
Poetry for Guys
Most people ignore most poetry because most poetry ignores people. - Adrian Mitchell
Poetry doesn't have to be about complex things using words you need a dictionary to decipher. Poetry can be about simple things people have in everyday life.
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Diet coke can
I was in the woods
when I found a diet coke can.
I've found plenty of beer cans out here
which I don't like
but I can understand
'cause when your drinking in the woods
you got other things on your mind.
A diet coke drinker though
is not only sober
but self-conscious.
Guess you don't have to be liquored up
to be lazy, selfish, & stupid.
I was in the woods
when I found a diet coke can.
I've found plenty of beer cans out here
which I don't like
but I can understand
'cause when your drinking in the woods
you got other things on your mind.
A diet coke drinker though
is not only sober
but self-conscious.
Guess you don't have to be liquored up
to be lazy, selfish, & stupid.
No Trespassing
Why is it
All the good mushroom hunting spots
Are in the woods
behind no trespassing signs?
A better question though
Is how do I know this?
Sleeveless T-Shirts
for Tom
Trying to be cool
or
trying to be cool.
Muscles
Tattoos
Shoulder surgery scars.
Skin Billboard.
Underarm hair
stretch marks.
hidden truths
under the self promotion above.
Why is it
All the good mushroom hunting spots
Are in the woods
behind no trespassing signs?
A better question though
Is how do I know this?
Sleeveless T-Shirts
for Tom
Trying to be cool
or
trying to be cool.
Muscles
Tattoos
Shoulder surgery scars.
Skin Billboard.
Underarm hair
stretch marks.
hidden truths
under the self promotion above.
Aluminum Can Crusher
When I was a kid
my favorite chore
was using the can crusher.
It wasn’t a crusher at all
but a smaller version
of the carnival strongman game
without the sledgehammer
or the bell on top.
I’d spit on my hands
to insure a good grip.
Every once and awhile
the moment was so fierce
I forgot to put in the can.
A can couldn’t be crushed
it had to be annihilated.
When Dad wasn’t around
I’d hang on the handle
to smush every bit of the can.
“Don’t hang on that
it’ll come off the wall!”
A 30 gallon trashcan
received the remains.
We sprayed the cans down
with the some water
to keep the bugs away that dine
on the metal scraps of my wrath
Dad took the cans
to the junk metal place
that paid twenty cents a pound
but what is money
to a strongman
in training.
When I was a kid
my favorite chore
was using the can crusher.
It wasn’t a crusher at all
but a smaller version
of the carnival strongman game
without the sledgehammer
or the bell on top.
I’d spit on my hands
to insure a good grip.
Every once and awhile
the moment was so fierce
I forgot to put in the can.
A can couldn’t be crushed
it had to be annihilated.
When Dad wasn’t around
I’d hang on the handle
to smush every bit of the can.
“Don’t hang on that
it’ll come off the wall!”
A 30 gallon trashcan
received the remains.
We sprayed the cans down
with the some water
to keep the bugs away that dine
on the metal scraps of my wrath
Dad took the cans
to the junk metal place
that paid twenty cents a pound
but what is money
to a strongman
in training.