Hat Of Red

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Artist is Jacquline Hurlbert

 

Hat of Red

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I sit here
in my hat of red
feeling blue

oh how I wish
ill-tempered weather
would ensue

to drive the joyful
all around
to indoor spaces

so I’d be spared
the pain
of smiling faces

and the bitter
bitter memory
of losing you

~ ~ ~

rob kistner © 2019

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  • 37 thoughts on “Hat Of Red”

    1. The thought of how weather can be too joyful for a mourning person… funerals should be banned in summer.

    2. This starts off almost… (not trivial, that’s the wrong word, but… lighthearted?)
      That last stanza couple of stanzas flip the tone of the poem completely. It’s masterfully done. I could feel the knot it my throat as I finished.

    3. I don’t know which is worse a funeral on a sunny day or a rainy day. They both make my soul weep.

      When I saw this piece it reminded me of a woodpecker and I almost wrote about it. The other day at work a baby woodpecker landed outside my cubicle window just staring at me. It was very surreal.

    4. This is such a great take on this piece. Nothing I would have come up with (which is also great). 🙂 I can understand that feeling where everything annoys, and you do not want to see sunshine or happiness when you are so sad.

      1. Thank you Merril! Melancholy is a strong element in my emotional bag, in spite of the fact that in person I am quite often tossing out humorous, occasionally absurd comments — intended to strike starkly and get a rise out of folks. I find I actually like feeling melancholy at times, even momentarily sad. Crying at sad movies is emotionally stirring for me. But I want no more grief in my life. I have had quite enough of that, thank you!

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