The Honest Toun Lassies

Red Hat Poems

When I was in my younger days,
I weighed a few pounds less,
I needn't hold my tummy in
To wear a belted dress.

But now that I am older,
I've set my body free,
There's comfort of elastic
Where once my waist would be.

Inventor of those high-heeled shoes
My feet have not forgiven,
I have to wear a nine now,
But used to wear a seven.

And how about those pantyhose-
They're sized by weight, you see,
So how come when I put them on
The crotch is at my knees?

I need to wear these glasses
As the prints were getting smaller;
And it wasn't very long ago
I know that I was taller.

Though my hair has turned to grey
And my skin no longer fits,
On the inside, I'm the same old me,
Just the outside's changed a bit.

Author Unknown

My hat I wear with great aplomb
It makes me feel so bolder
For though I've passed the '50' mark
I don't feel any older
Than when I was a sweet young thing
Just barely out of my teens
And wearing out my platform shoes
And wide bell bottom jeans
But now I have a purple frock
It really is a shocker
All finished off with 'Big Red Hat'
With ostrich feather topper
I know the colours really clash
To me, it does not matter
I'm proud to say, I'm in the club
I'm a 50 plus 'Red Hatter'

Marjorie Ramsay 2008

Grandma's Off Her Rocker!

In the dim and distant past,

When life's tempo wasn't fast,

Grandma used to rock and knit,

Crochet, tat and baby sit.

When we were in a jam,

We could always count on gran.

In the age of gracious living,

Grandma's life was one of giving. 

BUT TODAY....

Now grandma's at the gym,

Exercising to keep slim,

She's off touring with the bunch,

Or taking all her friends to lunch.

Driving north to fish or hike,

Taking time to ride her bike.

Nothing seems to block or stop her,

Now that grandma's off her rocker.