Slytherin

The house of cleverness and wit

The best the sorting hat can pick

Has emerald ties

Brains and political ties

Be the best and never get caught

And all of the secrecy is never for nought

Our motto allows for never alone

We unite hand and hand

We're no golden drone

We keep our tradition pure

Samhein is practiced

For him and for her

Our emerald and silver trimmed

Greatness is always assured

While a wide-brimmed hat

Sorts little heads once unsure

Into the house of ambition

For once you're a snake

A snake you are

Forever more

 

© 2012 Emily Dickinson Jr.  All rights reserved

Reviews

[DophinBloom]

Amazing :D GO SLYTHERIN! Well done

[JuniperPearl]

I like this....nice to see some love for the house of Slytherin. I do agree with changing the double "ties"...yes the word can have a double meaning, but you used it the same way here.

Overall, really sound grammatically and structurally. Great visualizations as well.

[Emily Dickinson Jr.]

lol thanx I'll consider changing my ties

[Yheela]

Twisting, snakelike and brilliant.

[Emily Dickinson Jr.]

exxxcellent!!! I love slytherin lol and thank you for your kind words

[Yheela]

I'm a Hufflepuff myself. And very proud of it! ^_^

[John Alexander McFadyen]

No you are a more powerful Queen!

[Yheela]

LOL John.
I *am* a Hufflepuff - Pottermore told me so. XD

[John Alexander McFadyen]

No you are just gorgous and a lierary saint!

[Yheela]

Thank you.
Very sweet of you.

[Emily Dickinson Jr.]

I am a slytherin through and through according to pottermore :-) and I take it you to know each other??

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Yes I have met the Viking Queen and written of her beauty!

[Yheela]

Yes, I saw your text on the news feed when he reviewed it.

[Emily Dickinson Jr.]

lol well its always nice to meet even more ppl :-) nice to meet you

[John Alexander McFadyen]

If Yheela likes your work it IS good. She's a teacher!

[Yheela]

Likewise. ^_^

[Emily Dickinson Jr.]

That's pretty comforting :-) so you think I should keep this up? I wasn't sure if I liked it or not

[Yheela]

How can you stop? O.o
Write more Potteresk poetry, this was great!

[Emily Dickinson Jr.]

I'm glad you like it! :-) I'm a rly huge hp fan

[Yheela]

Me as well.
I think I'll post my Severus (I LOVE YOU) poem ... ^_^

[Emily Dickinson Jr.]

ooh if you do tell me I'll definately check it out :-)

[John Alexander McFadyen]

hi Hannah, Needed to read you to decide if i was happy. I love this. I like to take stories or tales and turn them into poetry-see 'Promethian I am', 'Lorein Ley' and 'Rewriting' for example. I would craft it so it flows a bit better and definately change these lines as you rhyme with the same word:
Has emerald ties
Brains and political ties

[Emily Dickinson Jr.]

well theyre not really the same word they have different meanings even though they're pronounced the same ....

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Yeah but darling to us illiterates they look too much like two pert words!

[Emily Dickinson Jr.]

hm maybe I should change that I put in as kind of like a joke/ word play something like that maybe it was to subtle ...

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Yes perhaps but it was still good!

[Emily Dickinson Jr.]

Im glad you enjoyed it all the same

[John Alexander McFadyen]

I did and it was a joy to read. You are a talented writer.

[Emily Dickinson Jr.]

lol now your going to make me blush.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

And that makes you humble and a canvas upon which a great writer will script!

[Michael Perez]

Wow. This poem makes me want to read the Harry Potter series again! (11th time reading it). The imagery is astounding! great work!

[Emily Dickinson Jr.]

Im glad you liked it I always enjoy ur reviews michael :-) Im a rly big hp fan

[Sky]

I love Harry Potter - HUGE fan.
"The house of cleverness and wit"
I thoroughly enjoyed this poem.

[Emily Dickinson Jr.]

Im glad you did!!! I am such a huge hp fan and this is my only hp based work. do u have any???

[Sky]

No, I don't. I should though! =) I do have a Sandman poem. Hmm...I post it.

[Sky]

*I might post it.

[Emily Dickinson Jr.]

If you do plz tell me I will read anything hp related gladly :-)

[Sky]

Of course :)

[John Stussy]

I'm a HP fan myself, and this was a great way to portray that best of all houses! Great work on this one, you flowed well and rhymed smoothly.

[Emily Dickinson Jr.]

thanx so much!!!!! I actually wrote another similar one but my computer glitched and I lost it ... this is very similar to it though so I did what I could. I'm really glad you liked it so much I'm a huge HP fan personally yet I'v never before now done a poem on it :-)

[John Stussy]

Well, great reconstructive work and awesome tribute! You did well. :)

[Emily Dickinson Jr.]

I'm glad! :-D do u hv any hp based work?

[John Stussy]

Nope, I'm usually a teller of horror stories and poetic reveler in that edge of insanity. :P Sorry.

[Emily Dickinson Jr.]

lol it's alright :-) I'm a bit varied I touch on most genres or at least I try to.

[John Stussy]

That's a good goal to have as a writer.

[Emily Dickinson Jr.]

thats what I thought lol :-D

[Heromen Selena]

This is cool! I'm not a complete harry potter fan but I know enough to get this. I'm not sure if the second "ties" is suppose to be "lies" and I think "alows" is suppose to be "allows." But other than those few minor things this is great!

[Emily Dickinson Jr.]

the ties are both meant one is supposed to be emotional ties but the other is like the cloths ties. I'll fix the allows lol I do that one alot for some reason :-) I'm glad you liked the poem and appreciated it even if your not a huge fan

[Heromen Selena]

Oh I understand now :)