The Giant Hat
Wacko Jack from Ballarat
Built the most enormous hat,
Made of canvas with a great big brim,
Three storeys tall with a velvet trim.
Some dogs howled, while babies cried
When they saw Jack’s hat he wore with pride,
Old ladies gulped while others grinned,
Until one day a howling wind
Saw Jack take off, up he went,
Sailing high like a flying tent,
He yelled out loud with a face so grim,
“Next time I’ll make a smaller brim.”
That same night when it was late,
A UFO spotted above Bass Straight,
But it was only Jack still holding on
To the flying hat that’d gone so wrong.
© John Williams
Australian Children’s Poetry 
Picture book potential?
Great fun. Well done.
Loved it. I do love poems that make me smile.
Thank you Sally,Kaye & Tricia for your lovely comments.. I have just put up a web site
with lots of comedy poems on called: kidscomedypoetry.com.au
It hopefully will add to everyone’s effort to spark interest in children’s poetry in Australia.