Tinman Poems - Poems about Tinman

Dorothy in the land of Oz

...In a cyclone, Dorothy was swept,
To the land of Oz with a dog she kept,
There she killed a wicked witch,
They rejoiced she killed the b*tch,
Then she realised she was lost, she wept.

A good wi...

Aftermath of Oz

...The rubiest shoes, on display,
walked yellowest bricks all the way.
The emerald glows,
but Dorothy knows
the rainbow hues melting away.

A barrel of laughs in the night.
Ho hum after witchiest...

Some People Without A Brain Do An Awful Lot Of Thinking

...The Scarecrow, he was born without a brain 
And the Tinman got all rusted from the rain 
Because the Tinman had no heart 
And because the Scarecrow was smart 
Instead of walking to Oz, he'd taken...

2024 TiNmAn-

...wooden people
Plastic hearts
Metal feet 
Aluminum socks

It's... 

the Tin man revised

8/18/24
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr  2024...

The Wizard Will Know

...The wizard will know everyone I met along the way said.
Okay, I thought, for I am from Kansas and not daft in my head.
I looked for the curtain as I pranced down the yellow brick road.
Instead of ...

The Wizard Will Know

...The wizard will know everyone I met along the way said.
Okay, I thought, for I am from Kansas and not daft in my head.
I looked for the curtain as I pranced down the yellow brick road.
Instead of ...

Do Not Take Tinman To the Airport

...Airport security is a nightmare when Tinman is around.
When security leads him off, he makes not a bit of a sound.
Lion rolls his eyes because fear overtakes his heart.
Don’t fret says scarecrow, ...

At Your Last Breath

...If I had to explain to a child 
What is fear?
I could not 
I would not

But for the adult 
Fear is all too familiar 
Yet so unknown 
Transcendence is skewed

Fear is natural 
Yet it is cor...

Matters of the Heart

...I'm not your 'Life of the party' kind of GUY,                                                                                                               but more the withdrawn kind, and SHY.      ...

She Woke Up In the Wrong Movie

...She woke up in the wrong movie, mad as heck.
Her hair so curly, surrounded by birds that peck.
Where was Toto? The Tin Man? She would welcome the witch.
She turned to look at the sunset, it gave h...

Tinman 2

...Brother of mine
Where have you been
Because ive been so lost 
Without my kin
They've come for my heart
They're under the skin
Dont think ill make it
'Cause im drowning in sin
IM NOT MADE OF T...

Tin Man

...Think I wanna be heartless
So I would stand a chance
So wish I was heartless
Like the Tin Man
Think I wanna be heartless
So I could be that cold
Oh when I am heartless
A sight to behold...

Walking On Jigsaw Waves

...crowded, my feelings -
rolling hitch.
i lay on the broiler pan
scorched, unturned.
                    even if
i could climb to the top
of a mountain,
spy out the lay of the land,
i’d only se...

My Way Continues

...complicated by your mysterious eyes and then you smiled my way.
incompliant hair, teased by the brawny solar wind, potently alluring.
my pulse swoons at your flawless turquoise eyes, th...

Voting Is Not Everything

...How did I land in Kansas?
Who plunked me here?
Smack in the middle of the USA?

A state where my vote will never count.
Thanks to the Electoral College

What was I thinking when I arrived?
No...

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