Hattie Poems - Poems about Hattie

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 her students And evoked an intrigue for enlightenment. O, the mystery...

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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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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 family’s pillar of strength; Our educator of many lessons learned… The type… Who’d...

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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 once Mattie had Hattie, a bad caddy was Mattie, and...

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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, a cursed heart And that stacked deck of crooked playing cards. Your...

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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 never been The first African woman, to sing on the radio Showing...

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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 parts, Miss McDaniel was well adept But as one of the...

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