Long Hattie Poems

Thank You!...

It's Black history month, so we come to celebrate, 
all the hues of brown that made our nation great! 

From Fredrick and Harriet to Mandela, and Muhammad Ali, because of the stance they took,...

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We all think that when we were young 
The sun shone for 23 hours a day
Not altogether true
But it seems that way in hindsight
But things always look better looking back
They were more innocent times
More naïve...

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Miss Jill may find a way.

As I thought about your kindness
And the kids you teach at school.
I pondered how any help can come
From the ink of this old fool.

Is there any value in his work?
Reading...

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HURRICANE HATTIE                                 ...

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Ned Shepworth lived in a small, frontier town,
that just three years before had been empty ground,
he tried to keep up with the latest style,
and worked as a clerk in the mercantile.

Now Ned was in love...

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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...

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My real name is Billy,
But my friends call me Silly.
My girl friend's name is Nellie, 
and I have a twin brother name Stevie,
whose girl friend's name is Shellie Kellie.

A week ago, I met this guy...

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James McKee Rogers

1836 – 1900


I offer up this epitaph as an ode instead,
An ode of love, affection and gratitude
To Whittier, my true home away from my one true home.
I dedicate this plain and humble song
To...

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There’s something exceptional about country life
Taking me back to when things were so slow
Sitting under a tree coring an apple with a knife
Gazing over golden corn and counting each row

The gnats during the day would...

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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...

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JULY 4TH

I hate to say it    but
“In the old days –
        (will all the ancient folk ever tire of retelling?)
July 4th was a big BIG...

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Sammy Squirrel is having a party
And inviting all of his friends.
Robert Raccoon and Peter Possum
Have their names marked off as he sends.

Charles Coyote and Will Wolf are invited,
Edgar Eagle and Hattie Hawk too.
They say they...

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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 the fifteenth, an opportune time...

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life itself is an ocean

full of whales and sharks

sometimes swimming, sometimes sailing

sometimes surviving in an ark

don't be scared John Henry

just avoid the guns and knives

stay away from jealous men

and don't look at their wives 

don't...

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...Elton mountain up, was off in a whirl,
determined to save his beloved girl.
Ned followed after, still pushing quite hard,
trailing the mad Elton, but not by far.

Down through the street the angry Elton tore,
then he spotted...

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"Why that ain't nothing but my red petticoat that you done bought me Mr. Rhett." mammy 
says after he ask her what the rustling sound is he hears under her skirt.  "Let me see!"...

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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...

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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...

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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 growing out of her...

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Small  furry, stripy, cuddly puss makes
Lots of noise as the early dawn breaks
And so the reluctant household wakes.
“Get out of bed now,
Come down and feed us for all our sakes,
We’re on our last miaow.”

The...

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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...

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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...

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Alpha Ursa Major, Alert (Ali),
Bardonino (Bart), Barbera,
Cory, Cody, Cowboy
Deschka, Dodger, Drummer Boy,
Eroica, Elektra,
Firebird (Sandy’s daughter), Firecracker, 
Gangster, Gandy Dancer, Gimmick,
Happy Feet, Hellsapoppin, Hurricane Hattie,
Image, Iesha,
Just Morgan, Jolly Roger, Jalapena (Pepper),
Kerry,
Lucifer, Lucas (Sardy’s sons),
Morgan, 
Night Ranger,...

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