Hattie Poems - Poems about Hattie

...She asked me to dance. Matter-of-factly, led me Held my eager hands - She ruled, and I followed. Cling to smell of cinnamon, while She saw dark chocolate, craving to be had. Neat and tidy as sh......Read More

...Sunlight entered the aquamarine potting shed from the east Beating the master gardener by a few minutes or steps Ruffled marigold seeds were waiting to be planted in seedling trays It was March th......Read More

... My real name is Billy, But my friend......Read More

...There’s something very special about country life It took me back to when things were so slow I would sit under a tree with an apple and a pin knife Gazing out over the corn and counting each row ......Read More

...One whispers and tiptoes as another drops her teacup in a night when the dying soul releases her last breath. The crash sound is heard by crickets as well as angels. Clay fashions itself i......Read More

... “Wha’da-ya’ s’pose he’s thinkin’ about,” I heard a nurse inquire, “he sits there almost every day just gazin’ at the pond?” “Hard to say,” a laundry gal replied, “but chances are...if you could, s......Read More

... “Ever met the Pinkertons?” I asked my friend, Nadine. “Well…Dexter’s wife, Matilda, is a gossip through and through, And yesterday my sister called to see if I might know if what Matilda’s aunt, ......Read More

... I was only six years old when Grandma Hattie died, but through the years I’d stayed with her a lot. And I recall the last time that we went to visit her, how…as we left…Mom put me on the spot. ......Read More

...Young Hattie Hope does not like soap She’s not too keen on water Her dad’s even given some soap on a rope To his favourite, grimy daughter The greengrocer gave her a cheque For the sprouts gro......Read More

...Note: this is the 2nd HALF of this piece, a little too long to post as one poem, sorry. If you enjoy story-poems, it's definitely worth the read, believe me. (Or the "listen".) “We learned of yo......Read More

...This is the 2nd Half - sorry, this is the only way to get my long pieces posted - an full length audio version is also posted “Every single person, and the minister agreed…and just to ra......Read More

... While sorting through the remnants of my mother’s life one day, Trying to make decisions of “to keep”…… or “throw away”…… I chanced upon a letter she’d just written, from her bed. It star......Read More

...If you don't love dogs, you probably won't like this poem...my wife and I DO! Can’t believe I used to think - when I was very young - that dogs made poorer pets than cats and birds! It wasn’t l......Read More

...I went searching for hattie pattie But found scarfy larfy With a pin Moved on to henny penny Who said the sky was fally wally......Read More

...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 plunge......Read More