16.03.22: dVerse Hats

TheΒ Mote family 1914. Group of women and children standing in line, two women four girls and a boy

It and I

My favourite hat smelled of quiet sun,
but it is past tense now.

It pains me to say
that a gust caught it on the lake,

and it floated off to a nether realm.
It and I shall never go

picking strawberries in Wexford
nor blackberrying like Sylvia did.


ForΒ dVerse Poets, Hats.Β Image is fromΒ Flickr Commons, National Library of Ireland, TheΒ Mote family 1914. Group of women and children standing in line, two women four girls and a boy.Β  Β©Misky 2022 Shared with #amwriting on Twitter

20 responses to “16.03.22: dVerse Hats”

    1. You sure wouldn’t want to cross words with that nanny on the left!

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      1. Ha ha. I think she did her belt up too tight. She has probably got a strangulated hernia.

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  1. Aww, that’s sad… how old were you then?

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    1. Old enough to know to hold on to my hat when I cross Tower Bridge! πŸ˜‚

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  2. This is great. I love hats. I have quite a collection.

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    1. So does Mr M. He even has a proper Panama hat, which doesn’t really come from Panama. They’re from Equador, I think, although he bought his in Colombia… because we haven’t been to Equador. Yet.

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      1. πŸ‘ Well done, Mr M. I’ve got one of those squishy panamas that you can stuff into a bag and it springs back into shape.πŸ˜‚

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        1. That’s the one. If it doesn’t spring back, it’s not real.

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  3. I think this picture enhances the poem that’s already so loaded with beauty. What a fun poem. I hope you didn’t miss it too much after it flew away from you. Hats are funny that way. Thanks for sharing.

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    1. I don’t seem to be attached to hats, Selma. No pun intended, but there it is nevertheless.

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  4. My hat’s off, too, Misky. Thanks.

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  5. I absolutely love, love this! πŸ’πŸ’ Gorgeously rendered πŸ˜€

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    1. Thank you very much!

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  6. That’s a fantastic picture, and poem inspired by it!

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    1. Thanks so much, Ingrid.

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