Best Oohs Poems

The rainbow needs a new name. 
What it should be I don’t know.
Its name before Babel surely a song.
Shimmering, glistening, magical thing!
Outlandishly colored, and elusive....

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Like shooting stars, they pierce the dark,
painting the sky with bursts of light.
As oohs and ahhs follow each spark,
like shooting stars, they pierce the dark.
Fireworks...

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I am part of a display team
we don't practice, we all just know
to twist and turn together,
as we put on our aerobatic show.

This display is...

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I love to fart, it stands me tall,
the raucous rumbling, belly bell,
all look around with eyes aghast,
to witness such a mighty  blast.

when before the...

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Penny for the guy

C’mon mister give us a penny for the guy
This little ragamuffin asked with sad eyes brimming
Need the money to buy food she...

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circus performer
a family tradition
passed on to me

a big top flyer
Oohs and ahhs heard from below
in the spotlight's heat

higher I rise
reaching for my partner's hands
the moment...

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There is no point
If you have ‘been there, done that’
Unless you announce so loudly
On social sites
Show the proof of
The ‘Happy Family’ moments
You see, enjoying those...

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There flows in the blooming fields of Master, Claude Monet
a tulip river that springs to life with each impassioned stroke
A painting into which butterflies would...

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Dreaming of creamsicle
vanilla and orange swirls
My tongue is swimming,
diving into the delectable
spoonfuls of tangoing 
flavors of joy-bursting “ahh.”
Better yet - creamsicle milkshake,
that goes straight to...

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Suspended with roses, a garter and courage.
Her wispy white costume blows in the breeze.
Silky vibrations as she sways her bodice —
the Rapunzel-princess of the swinging...

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When Jill was asked to create a “Pie Chart”
She believed her teacher meant a la carte
     Using a Lego set
 ...

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The skillet hung near the old wood-burning kitchen stove.
Aside from her family, Mom considered it a special trove.
With that blackened old pan she prepared delicious...

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I guess it would cause oohs and ahhs
if I wrote of the doggie's doo dahs
So I'd best keep it clean
even though it will mean
this 'tale'...

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Whisper of silence drowns the air, 
you stand in the distance as a guiding light 
to my broken vessel
let’s look upon the midnight stars
and embrace...

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Holiday Dangers
                    by Odin Roark

‘Tis greater...

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