Best Hattie Poems

HURRICANE HATTIE                                           ...

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Hattie L. Rogers

1844 – 1917


The playing cards of life are a stacked deck.
As soon as you begin to breathe
You begin to die and disintegrate.
All of the winners in life  
Eventually end up the losers.
You enter this Big House with nothing.
Nothing but a cracked soul,...

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Hattie gladly had a fatty patty.
If a bad fatty patty had Hattie,
That fatty patty would’ve made Hattie batty;
But, Hattie had a rad fatty patty!
The fad-clad Hattie is also a caddy.
“And gladly,” chatted Hattie, “I take after daddy.”
Hattie’s daddy, Mattie, was a caddy as a laddie.
But...

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Being an early African American actress, included moments of outcries & burst
That ended with pride & joy, on being so many of our first

Like the first African to win an Oscar, for the movie Gone With the Wind
Opening doors ajar for minorities like there has...

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She’ll always be our family’s valedictorian of sight…
For
 She was the no nonsense type of woman who gave all of her love and insight to the world…
That was her gift, her sight and God’s sun that shinned through her… known as the light.
Hattie is our...

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One dark evening, Hat-less Hattie,
Took a walk with her cattie.
She didn’t see the thing fly down;
Bat attached itself to her crown; 
Hat-less Hattie’s locks are now Matty!
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In Memory of Hattie McDaniel

By Elton Camp

Hattie McDaniel built her career playing a maid
Back then, blacks were called “Shine” or “Spade”
Recognition of her acting talent did finally begin
With role of Mammy in “Gone With the Wind”

Some criticized her for the roles she would accept
For bigger...

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MS. HATTIE:  THE SOUL TOUCHER

Her kindness kindled the soul,
Her sense of dignity and brilliance
Permeated the classroom
Inciting logic and wit
That only a “thinker” could endure

She plunged forth in strident awe as though
Learning about God were all there was to life.
Her smile engulfed the hearts of...

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