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(Poem 245 for 2024 – I am writing a poem a day)

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When Harry dropped the resurrection
stone in the forest after conferring with
his lost loved ones, the imagery was
reminiscent of the Garden of Gethsemane
and the agonizing acceptance of death
as the only way to life for all of humanity.
To have the power to save yourself and
choose submission to pain and fear of
the unknown is a most noble sacrifice.

@Home Studio – 245th poem of the year (After watching it at home while Lydia & Charlotte watched it at Cinemark on 9/1/24 for Back to Hogwarts Week)

Yates, David. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows-Part 2. Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Warner Bros., 2011.

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Harry Potter 7

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(Poem 244 for 2024 – I am writing a poem a day)

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This time what struck me was
the intimacy of Hermione and
Harry’s friendship as young
adults trying to endure hardship.
They leaned on each other for
support and inspiration and
literally for survival in dire times.
To have even one friend you
would trust with your life and vice
versa is a miracle, yet this story
depicts those depths of friendship
as the norm…what an aspiration.

@Home Studio – 244th poem of the year (After watching it at home while Lydia & Charlotte watched it at Cinemark on 8/31/24 for Back to Hogwarts Week)

Yates, David. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows-Part 1. Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Warner Bros., 2010.

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Harry Potter 6

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(Poem 243 for 2024 – I am writing a poem a day)

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Severus’s mother was the magical
being he wished he could be named
for instead of his Muggle father whose
surname he got stuck with—Snape.
To hate your own blood, or any part of
yourself is a curse that can only lead
to misery and misfortune for the bearer.
I suppose he had that in common with
Tom and Hitler, and who knows how
many other evil people who throughout
time have wanted to root out others
because they despise their own roots.

@Home Studio – 243rd poem of the year (After watching it at home while Lydia & Charlotte watched it at Cinemark on 8/30/24 for Back to Hogwarts Week)

Yates, David. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Warner Bros., 2009.

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Harry Potter 5

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(Poem 242 for 2024 – I am writing a poem a day)

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I paid closer attention to Kingsley Shacklebolt
this time through the Order and found myself
wishing for more of his story, especially knowing
that he eventually became the Minister of Magic.
Not only does he look quite kingsly, but he is in
the inner circle of Dumbledore’s most trusted
friends, a fierce protector of Harry, and brave
in combat against multiple evil villains repeatedly.
We would be about the same age in real life.
He is a man I would love to meet could he step
from the pages and sit with me for a cup of tea.

@Home Studio – 242nd poem of the year (After watching it at Cinemark with Debbie & Celinda on 8/29/24 for Back to Hogwarts Week)

Yates, David. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Warner Bros., 2007.

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Harry Potter 4

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(Poem 241 for 2024 – I am writing a poem a day)

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I think what I noticed most this
time around the Goblet of Fire
was just how good a young man
Cedric Diggory was depicted as.
He was the lad every girl would
want to bring home to meet the
parents and the British version
of the quarterback All-American—
a man’s man, rugged good looks
and charm, kind to everyone and
if he could be so effortlessly killed,
what did that say for everyone else?

@Home Studio – 241st poem of the year (After watching it at Cinemark with Debbie, Jenny, Celinda, David, & Charlotte on 8/28/24 for Back to Hogwarts Week)

Newell, Mike. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Warner Bros., 2005