Best Wizard Of Oz Poems
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 fear
But then I hear singing
And love with a twirl
There's something of beauty
This dog and this girl
She stops to acknowledge
Where my work is so stale
I am rescued completely
My Dorothy Gale
We converse, no lips moving
I creak and I groan
She talks of a journey
To get herself home
I determine to help her
As she's helping me
We walk and we talk
It feels good to be free
It's strange but I know that
She strives for the best
I feel something beating
Once again in my chest
Not sure where we're going
When this journey will end
But I feel like I love her
This newly found friend
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 to Oz
Just because
What he needed was a heart.
Then the Lion put on a great act
Jumping from a bush to attack
Pretending he was brave
But there was no way
For he was just a pussycat.
Now it was off to the land of Oz
Hoping to meet the wonderland boss
When asked where you going
They said without knowing
To see a wizard that never was.
So off down the yellow brick road
Happily skipping they would go
Having travelled so far
Wishing upon a star
Led by Dorothy and little Toto.
Even though their friendship had grown
Still dear Dorothy felt so alone
With a tear in her eye
She bid them goodbye
For there was no place like home.
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 its own good,
but it's all bad
and there is still no vaccine
for stupid.
no thoughts like Scarecrow
no heart to break like Tinman
no courage like Lion
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
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 of you would've been added to this list, but I didn't want to break my own rule.
TOTO, PULL BACK THE CURTAIN!!!
Dorothy - Tania, Deb M., Anaya
Tin Man - Sheriff K, David K, Mike G (because they are the law in Milton Creek)
Scarecrow- Terry Flood (because of his cover photo and his sense of humor)
Cowardly Lion - I'll just call BS for this one
Wicked Witch - There are 3, but they'd probably try to set me on fire
Glenda-Good Witch - FJ Thomas, Lin Lane, Susan Ashley (perfect candidates)
The Wizard - Tom Cunningham, John Watt, Mo McG (why not a wise woman?)
Uncle Henry - Harry Horseman, Frederic Parker, John Gondolf
Aunty Em- Belle, Paula G., Eve
Munchkins - I thought I'd get volunteers for this role
Toto- Caren K...my only choice because she's as adorable as the little pup
I see no harm in posting this list
despite the one who raised a fist.
If anyone whose name I've used
feels terribly offended or abused,
just let me know and I'll remove it.
Make your own list. Use your wit. (I'd like to see yours, too)
Thanks to those who asked that I post the cast of players.
On my road to see the Wizard of Oz
I've stopped at many places
Suddenly turned into each character
Survived each one of their Faces
My life has turned 360
Now I'm a light giver
The Wizard gave me some hope
I'll Stand and deliver
Now I can see the light in others
That they refuse to see
I can offer some words of kindness
To evolve in this century
It's not about anger and pain
I'm not a victim anymore
I'm finished with my rusty chains
I left them on your shore
Now I am an anchor
An example I will make
No one will be shipwrecked
My solid ground it doesn't shake
So when your off to see the Wizard of Oz
Don't forget to ask
To be stripped of your alter ego
Not come out in another Mask!
Our heroine Dorothy is caught up in a storm,
She looks around as she lands, unbeknown will transform
Children’s dreams in an adventurous way,
With her new friends, let’s say hurray,
Magic shoes travel The Yellow Brick Road, not the norm.
They discovered the Wizard Of Oz was human, a con,
But gave Scarecrow his much wanted brains, wow he won,
The Tin Woodman was given a heart,
Which he wanted from the start,
Cowardly Lion made brave , ruled all beasts under the sun.
Witch East splattered by Dorothy's house landing, she was bad,
Grateful Good Witch North, gives Dorothy magic shoes, Dorothy glad,
Bad Witch West dissolved with water, airfoam,
Good Witch South Glinda, sends Dorothy home,
Click your heels Dot, destination Kansas, a fairy-tale grand.
HEADING – FIRST TWO LINES OF JUDY GARLAND’S SONG
Poetry Competition; Wizard Of Oz Limerick Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Charles Messina
Date: 2024/11/23
Placed 1st in the contest
I found myself in Kansas, and with dread
saw endless rows of wheat ahead of me,
and so I clicked my slippers, ruby red,
and landed in the role of Dorothy.
Small folks with suckers sang me a sweet song.
Then finally I learned where I must go.
A road of yellow brick I skipped along
beside a lion, tin man and scarecrow.
In Oz I met a wizard not too bright
and wished to be in Kansas once again.
I clicked my heels and then a blinding light
transported me where rice grew on a plain.
A Chinese from two-thousand-twenty-four
said, “Girl, this no be Kansas any more.”
Epilogue: Everyone knew Chinese
and there was Universal Health Care.
Written by Andrea Dietrich/Aug. 27,2012
Inspired by Michael J. Falotico's
"Close your eyes and click your heels" Poetry Contest
In the movie The Wizard of Oz
Dorothy had a major cause
how did it all begin
they would take a spin
she and her friends were breaking laws.
The law of wind took them far away
a wild storm with huge clouds of gray
to a far off land
with music and a band
now to see the sun's bright ray.
With her cute little dog in tow
where in this big world would they go
meeting three crazy friends
yellow road to the end
it was just a dream did you know?
(Lion)
I imagine myself as a king
With the gall to face anything
Yes it's true, there's no denyin
That I am the cowardly lion
But the element of surprise I will bring!
(Scarecrow)
I can't scare a crow or fasten a boot
But I can reveal every square route
I've no face for poker
I am quite the joker
Without wicked witches life's a hoot!
(Tin Man)
I'm canny. Well, I am made of tin.
I'm all heart. I am without sin.
With each delight
My soul takes flight.
I soar and I always grin.
(Dorothy)
I'm glad that the witch thinks me pretty.
There's more to me! I am witty.
With To-To in tow
I go where I go
And carefree, I sing my little ditty.
(To-To)
With a growl and a woof
With a huff and a puff
A bark and a bite
You'll see that I might
Turn out to be tough!
(The Wicked Witch)
I'll get you my pretty, you'll see
It's a mistake to fool with me!
Just stay clear of water
Or I'll do what I ought'a
Before you learn it frightens me.
(The Wizard Of Oz)
The great and powerful Oz I'm not.
There isn't anything I have got
That makes me superior.
In fact, I'm inferior.
For behind this fascade I hid a lot.
Dorothy's friends comprised a quite motley lot
Wanted Wizard to fix things that were shot.
Thought Wizard surely must know
best fixes for poor ego
Instead he said "These guys the best you've got?"
Wicked Witch of the West’s
Castle is now a home for unwed children, numbering twenty-three,
Children who are gloriously sock-loose and dance-e-bee.
The flying monkeys have turned into baby sitters, and lovers.
They protect the children from all mean witches and mothers.
The scarecrow and the lion come by about twice a week,
To make sure things are comfortable, they both do peek.
Tin-man runs a home for cairn terriers down the road.
He occasionally also saves an iguana, or a horny toad.
They get a face-time call from Kansas, USA, once a day.
Dorothy is in college now, so she does not have time to play.
But she picks up the ruby slippers and makes them shine,
Showing them she will never forget Oz was a fabulous time!
The not so "great" Oz
showed them they searched for something
they already had
"Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue,"
A radio plays where the curtains withdrew
Her distant voice drifts from another room,
Drizzling drops still fall and dark clouds loom
In another place, another day, another time,
The house was new and the weather sublime
Winds whistle through windows broken,
Singing along with the lyrics spoken
Echoing from somewhere with hope anew,
"Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue."