Auden Forgive Me

A poem to WH Auden.

 

Auden forgive me, but I do hate hats
the power they gave you, for me, costs too much.
They are but simple things as surely you know
then again, they change so much – changes profound.

 

The soul of me is the one thing I possess
my equal share of God’s love and grace. 
Hats only serve to change my soul’s projection
and lie to the world as to who I am.

Author's Note

a free verse poem .

WH Auden loved to collect hats. He once said "Putting on a hat is like putting on someone else's skin, it let the world see you in a whole new light."

Reviews

[Constance]

I only wear a hat when I'm fishing and the sun is high. :) What I dislike the most are all the hats one is MADE to wear in one's life, without really wanting to wear one at all. Of course, I'm not talking about physical hats, now...but then neither were you or Auden, really. When I put on a hat, I don't feel I see the world in new light, I just feel I can't see as I ought.
Nicely expressed, and food for thought. Well done.

[Michael Handel]

I like this a lot. Short-sweet, honest, to the point.
"Hats only serve to change my soul's projection
and lie to the world as to who I am." How true that is