Best Wizard Of Oz Poems

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

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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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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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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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(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...

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The not so "great" Oz
showed them they searched for something
they already had

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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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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...

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