The Sorting Hat

Posted on 2018/07/16 by Bartholomew Barker

We had a Sorting Hat at the Harry Potter workshop Saturday and I wrote down what it whispered in my ear when I put it on. Try to remember what you heard and post in the comments below. We’ll be doing another Potter Poetry Workshop in the autumn.

20180714_131212The Sorting Hat

This one needs focus–
mind always flying
like a magpie
to the next shiny
to collect and catalog.

Too smart for his own good,
too much sarcasm,
so many flaws,
he belongs in House Ravenclaw.

About Bartholomew Barker

Bartholomew Barker is one of the organizers of Living Poetry, a collection of poets and poetry lovers in the Triangle region of North Carolina. Born and raised in Ohio, studied in Chicago, he worked in Connecticut for nearly twenty years before moving to Hillsborough where he makes money as a computer programmer to fund his poetry habit.
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4 Responses to The Sorting Hat

  1. JeanMarie says:
    2018/07/16 at 21:58

    Oh so many words in here
    This one is a reader
    A crafter, a puzzler, a seeker
    More curious than courageous
    Gets by on cleverness and charm
    Ravenclaw it is.

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