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.
The 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 an organizer of Living Poetry, a collection of poets in the Triangle region of North Carolina where he has hosted a monthly feedback workshop for more than decade. His first poetry collection, Wednesday Night Regular, written in and about strip clubs, was published in 2013. His second, Milkshakes and Chilidogs, a chapbook of food inspired poetry was served in 2017. He was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2021. Born and raised in Ohio, studied in Chicago, he worked in Connecticut for nearly twenty years before moving to Hillsborough where he lives and writes poetry.
Bartholomew Barker, Poet 
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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We’re house siblings!
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That must be why we look alike!
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It’s the only reasonable explanation.
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