(This is not the best of poems but this my opinion, however (not popular opinion) and I challenge you to agree or disagree in poetic terms. This could be real interesting subject from a lot of different peoples points of views.) Please excuse the length of this. I await your better talents.


Bring back the hat!
It sailed away on the winds of fashion
Now its mostly a nostalgic memory
Of a time when women wore skirts
Men wore ties and white shirts at the office
During a time
Nice ladies never swore
And men still opened doors

I'm not complaining
That era is past
A lot of things have changed for the better
Yet still
I wish the hat would come back

I'm old enough to remember
And young enough to care
Of what sophisticated charm
Raidiated from the face of a
Women in a hat

These days if your lucky
You might get a passing glance
Of a lady in a hat
On TV or a gala event.

As for me, I would like to simply state
I feel cheated
My grandma wore a hat
My mother got the chance too
All I ever got to wear was an Easter bonnet!

Now I believe it is time for a change
I would like to wear one
Whenever I took the notion
Without making a big commotion
Or creating a public stare

If I could wear one
Without creating a stir
Hearing whispers
About that crazy lady in the hat
I could wear one anywhere

I could wear one with dress
I could wear one with a gown
I could wear one with my jeans
I could wear one into town
I could wear one to church
I could wear one to work
I could wear one in the yard
I could wear one in the car
I could wear one in the mall
I could wear one just anywhere I pleased

Not just for a special day
Not just for a special reason
Not just to keep the sun out of my eyes
But just because..

I wish
That when I woke tomorrow
I woke to find
Hats on heads of all I met
For although I'm not shy
I'm not a leader
I'm a most sensitive type
I don't like to be a main attraction
I just would like to be
In the hats of those
Who have gone on before
I can't understand
Why the hat disappeared
When it was the bra women burned!
Yet the bra survived!

I hear by take one small step,
Backward
For womenkind
Of America
And all those who agree with me
I hearby decree
I have the answer
The perfect solution
For the bad hair day..

Ladies, lets get the
Hat out of the box!