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| illustration: Delphine Jones |
A rickety old hat rack,
Stands proudly
in the hall,
Bedecked in
quirky millinery
That’s loved
by one and all.
A potpourri
of colour,
A diversity
of cloth
That’s
sometimes gnawed and nibbled by
The greedy household
moth.
There’s
Uncle Bertie’s bowler
And Katrina’s
riding hat,
A tattered
Tom o’Shanter
Often donned
by Grandpa Mac.
A beautiful
Balmoral,
A magnificent
beret,
A black and
white straw boater,
For a picnic
in the hay.
A superhero
helmet.
For exploring
on a bike,
A grubby
khaki bucket hat
For taking
on a bike.
A fancy
fascinator,
For the day
the brood are we,
An Ebenezer sleeping
cap
To keep you
snug in bed.
But one
thing is for certain,
I’m
convinced you’ll all agree,
If they didn’t
have a hat rack,
Untidy they would be.
3 comments:
I like this Sarah; our neighbour over the road has a hat stand like that and passersby think her home is a shop when they see the array of hats when they look through the window! You should come back to the writing group - it’s quite fun
Enjoyed reading this (I love hats so it struck a chord 🙂) enjoyed a glance at the quirky characters who owned the hats.
I like this one, Sarah. You certainly express things in an imaginative way: "A potpourri of colour, A diversity of cloth". Good stuff!
Alex
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