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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A HAT TRIMMED BY A MADWOMAN, by RUTH MASON RICE
First Line: I saw she'd trimmed the straw hat with avid care
Last Line: Not knowing she had sewed her madness there.
Subject(s): Hats; Insanity; Madness; Mental Illness
First Line: I saw she'd trimmed the straw hat with avid care
Last Line: Not knowing she had sewed her madness there.
Subject(s): Hats; Insanity; Madness; Mental Illness
I saw she'd trimmed the straw hat with avid care;
And either side the brim she'd set a pair
Of raucous roses, red and bottle-green;
And sold it for a farthing at a Fair;
Not knowing she had sewed her madness there.
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