Dress, Dress, comic poem 395 by Angela Lasnbury

Delightful dress

Relieves distress

On my birthday

I looked my best

On other days

I sometimes don't dress

'til just before lunch

I shouldn't confess

Took an hour to prepare

More or less

Keep re-using this picture, 

I shall confess

I practise dressing

Every day

And learned to do it

Many ways

Dressed like a girl

Not like a boy

Not like a robot

But like a toy

Overdressed for work

Undressed for play

Dressed up for night

Dressed down for day

Dress to impress

Dress your best

Hurry up

You look a mess

Dress, fine dress

Toes up to chest

For east or west

Like mother bird in her nest

Dress, dress

I confess

I am half dressed

More or less

Dress foa party

A celebration

A religion

Or a nation

A policeman

Or a nurse

Bandages

Or something worse

Dress as a fairy

Or a witch

Or a dog

Or a bitch

Hire an outfit

Make your own

Split the seams

Lightly sewn

Wear a uniform

Attracting scorn

Attraction pride

Morning suit for a ride

Lots of pockets

Where I hide

Hankies and tampax

Deep inside

Crown it all

With a grand hat

Wear smart shoes

Left on the mat

In the drawers

In a box

Out of season

Winter socks

Clothes for a girl

Clothes for a boy

Dress as you like

More to enjoy.

-ends-

Written Thursday 4th April 2024. Revised Friday 5th 2024. Some people might like the short, snappy first draft of the poem of the day. 

The second version might improve the rhythm, or develop a philosophy, or link one verse with the next or amplify the theme or remove irrelevancies which were stuck in to make a rhyme, when a new, better idea occurs to me later.

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Gotta Get A Hat

 If you want to get attention

You have to get a stunning hat

Like Ascot hats with a big brim

To make chattering classes chat

If you're a super sporty type

Wear your favourite baseball cap

Not to opera, on the bus

So cool! There's nothing wrong with that

I'm not a sporty type, but fat

And so I wore a swimming cap

And posed beside a diving board

And asked a stranger, "Take a snap!"

If a lawyer goes slightly bald

Or silver grey, somewhat thinning

He's lost his comb, left wigs at home

A big hat's a bold beginning

I was partying New Year's Eve

Alas, I dropped my Covid mask

So I grabbed a spare Santa hat

And hoped no-one would know or ask

In olden days top hats looked tops

Paper hats from crackers were free

Streakers used hats for picnic pee

Teens in toy hats acted as cops

A hat brim shields you from the sun

You must admit big hats are fun

When a dicey courtship's begun

Wear your best hat - the race is won

So now we've had this little chat

Goodbye - may I borrow your hat?

-ends-

I changed the end from fetch my hat, which adds a note of finality, to the humorous end. 

Useful Websites & Resources

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About the Author

Angela Lansbury is a travel writer and photographer, author and speaker, fashionista. Please share links to your favourite posts or one or more of the blogs

Books include Wedding Speeches and Toasts (Ward Lock/Cassell)

Quick Quotations (Lulu.com) 

travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.com

dressofthedayangela.blogspot.com

https://comicpoemsbynutter.blogspot.com/

https://comicpoemsbynutter.blogspot.com/2020/12/how-to-write-christmas-card-poem.html

For one hour online individual tutorials or group workshops contact

annalondon8@gmail.com