Best Oz Poems

Haiku Princess
I Bow to your pen
"Skat", Are you an Angel?

Inspiration the Poem - Haiku Rally ( 11/16/2011 )
Dedicated to "Scat - Oz"       Respectfully Flipper

Author's note - I think this is a Question-Ku
4-5-6. Thank-you " Scat"...

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I knew a land not far from here
where stories kissed goodnight
 - a land like Oz before the storm
when all was black and white.

Yet now as ruby tinted mists
add colour to that time
 - a distant land of spires and farms
awakes as church bells chime.

I...

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The scarecrows head is full of straw 
So his thinking is really poor 
With an empty head 
He has to be led 
Maybe a brain would even the score. 

Now the Tin man was really smart 
Even though he was falling apart 
He was off...

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It's raining mud in Kansas,
200 miles an hour wind-hammers
broke Kentucky's heart.
Good people rush to help,
poets watch,
dogs bark
reporters report.

In the days of the Delta variants
children are left out in the cold
to eat lunch -
it's for their own good.

Meanwhile an iron gauntlet
grips the neck of the Republic
for...

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lazy lips in tangle with A I
breathing secrets
I wonder why

why not
organize your thoughts, o scatterbrain
don’t be
a brain full of hay

eventual outcome -
the crows will pick your brain
s$it for brains

forgive my insane outburst
but the storm’s a-coming

a storm of flying monkeys
a witch to boot

the only way to...

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no thoughts like Scarecrow
no heart to break like Tinman
no courage like Lion...

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Dragon had the acting bug! He wanted that big brass ring.
If the Sheriff of CrazyLand could act, then… so could He!
I told him tryouts for the Wizard of Oz were going on, this week.
So Dragon went running off to find, his most perfect part, to...

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Saw a stage play of the WIZARD OF OZ
At our local theatre, didn't expect it, I was in awe
Extremely well done
So enjoyable and fun
My hat is off to these performers and a big hurrah


© Jack Ellison 2016...

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In Oz most things had a glitch:
Like bricks from red to yellow did switch;
 - Monkey things
 - with flyin’ wings;
And ...  the water’s bad – ask the witch!...

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I've had several poets ask who I'd have cast in the roles of characters, so if no one is willing to play along, OR allowed to... I'll still share my thoughts.  Since I limited the parts to 3 per character, please know that some...

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Dorothy and Toto went skipping
the Yellow Brick Road(she was tripping).
She had just smoked a joint--
getting high was the point--
and now she was bent on some stripping.

She thought that old scarecrow looked easy
(he'd be a good score easy-peasy).
She tripped on her slippers,
her gingham went rippers,
the scarecrow...

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Tribute

You are a wonderful human being and a man of many talents Jack Ellison for all your many achievements. 
Age is only number - your charismatic persona and optimism shines through your poems.

I’m honored to be your friend. Thanks for your poem ‘An Aussie Sweetie’...

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My work is identity
The axe in my hand
No blisters to bother me
As for years I just stand

The weeds and the flowers
Call me back down to earth
The brown rust confuses
Destroys my self-worth

The tears and the rain
Have frozen me here
It could be forever
At least that is my...

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(A call for the lights to dim as a single spotlight illuminates the legend Judy Garland, who is center stage. She wears a faded housecoat as her beautiful, brandy brown eyes hold a lifetime of stories. She speaks directly to the audience, her voice a...

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She yelled, bring the girl and the little dog too!
My blood ran cold, wondering what she would do.

I was brought to her castle many years ago.
Ensuring my own kin I would never know.

We all grumbled about it, but we took off anyway.
To cross this old...

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