Wonderful Poetry (not only about HP!) and new Summery Executions.
Poetry:
More than a year ago I found 2 wonderful Harry Potter poems about Harry and Draco by an unknown author. After googling I found they (and many others) were written by Judy Nathanson, a retired theater arts teacher, who has written poetry all her life. On her site you can find both HP and not HP poems.
My favorites among HP poems are still the first 2 poems, which I found long ago. As for not HP poetry, I haven’t decided yet. A few examples are:
If We Took The Time
Where Are The Children? (about her former students)
Secret Dreams of The Heart
Guardian Angel
Summery Executions 9:
What can evil stem from, if not from cruelty? How does Molly decide to congratulate her son for being promoted to a high rank in the Auror business? What are the dangers of a wild snowball fight down on the grounds of Hogwarts and why is Narcissa furious at Bellatrix? Read to find out.
Note: My criterion for choosing summaries is their being funny, not the fic's badness. If I am highly amused by a summary, I think probably other people will enjoy reading it too for one reason or another. Since a summary is supposed to make people want to read a fic, its' being funny is a plus (if it’s intentionally funny, of course). Sometimes there can be summaries of wonderful fics. I read only a very small part of those fics, but if I read a fic and like it, I will give a link (this post has 3). I will never link to a fic I didn’t like, since that would be a sort of flaming.
* Now that the Wizarding world is safe, Fudge needs a job. So when he's offered the opportunity to host the new Wizarding reality show, 'England's Got Evil', he realizes that it is a chance he can't miss. But will he be able to keep it together during the final episode where Bellatrix Lestrange, Amycus Carrow, and Fenrir Greyback compete to add a hot tub to their Azkaban cell? And who in the name of reality shows everywhere are the Stage Handz?
And I thought some RL reality shows were unethical…
* Draco is depressed. He shuts out everybody who cares for him. He's getting weaker and weaker. When he's strolling around the castle, he faints... (H/D Friendship)
HBP in AU?
* Evil doesn't always start out as cruelty. Sometimes it's simpler than that. Sometimes it begins with something as simple as
aesthetic appreciation... A younger Tom Riddle reflects on the Unforgivable Curses.
* Thirteen year old Bellatrix Black is on a divine quest to unlock the secrets of the universe.
She probably had a developed sense of aesthetic appreciation too.
* A Dash of Weasly, A sprinkle of Potter, A teaspoon of Stacey, A cup full of Lagarto Malfoy, A whole load of Hogwarts and Magic and just a Hint of Marigold. Mix them all together and you get a recipe for complete mayhem! Get ready as Marigold Weasley starts her first year at Hogwarts. First in the Marigold Weasley series.
Does it remind only me of the following? It even speaks of a charm [a recipe] and powerful trouble [complete mayhem] too.
Eye of newt and toe of frog,
Wool of bat and tongue of dog,
Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting,
Lizard's leg and owlet's wing,
For a charm of powerful trouble,
Like a hell-broth boil and bubble.
* Narcissa is worried for Bellatrix. She's also furious, because Bellatrix, a recent escapee from Azkaban, is currently having tea with her, as if it were a normal occurrence. And Narcissa isn't sure she can have that. Genre: Angst
Hee! It reminded me of Bellatrix telling Voldemort it’s “an honor to have you here, in our family’s house”, referring to the Malfoys’ Manor, which from what I understand has no connection to her at all. This insolent Bellatrix!
* The eight Gryffindor seventh years are all bored out of their minds. But then, Dean gets a wonderful idea to start a wild snowball fight down on the grounds of Hogwarts. All is going well when Ron somehow brings to life an Army of evil snowmen. Their recent fight against each other soon becomes a raging battle to protect their sanity and prevent themselves and their friends from getting kidnapped by the snowmen.
The fic is called “Idiot Ron Starts A War”.
* Bellatrix, Andromeda, and Narcissa Black, as explained by Isaac Newton.
* It's true, we're all a little insane, but none more so than the Dark Lord Voldemort.
A secret of Harry's victory.
* Aradia, the Italian all girls school of witchcraft. A new year, a new group of pupils and a new danger, perhaps worse than the war in England... Not technically a dark fic. Well, not yet anyway...
But if you don’t want to read a dark fic, better skip it.
* Does he love her? Love, she remembers, is for lesser mortals. Does she love him? She doesn’t know but no doubt there is chemistry. Lucius/Narcissa.
* After a scuffle in Flourish and Blotts with the Malfoys, Harry Potter and the Weasley family return to the Burrow. Later Ginny Weasley finds a mysterious black diary tucked in a second-hand schoolbook. The story contains a little humour, mystery, darkness and insight.
I think I've read something similar before.
* When Ron Weasley is promoted to a rather high rank in the Auror business, his mother congratulates him by informing him that it's high time he found a place of his own.
Ron may be quite good at his job as an Auror, but he now faces the most difficult challenge of all...
* Narcissa Malfoy is not the submissive little housewife you thought she was. In reality, she hides a secret life from her violent husband and bitter son.
The main secret is that she isn’t a submissive little housewife, from what I understand.
* Post-HBP, a lot of developments have begun to take place. While Harry is preparing himself for the big battle, You-Know-Who and his two-minded servant are too....So you have him bursting in the scene everywhere - in the wedding, in Mundungus' den, in Godric's and even in JKR's mansion...
For is a crazy universe where the real and literary worlds coexist - and the only person who hasn't read book 6 is none other than - Lord Voldemort!
* Tom M. Riddle is initiated into the Order of the Phoenix. Objections are voiced but not heeded, blood is shed, and an irrevocable mistake is made that will haunt generations.
The mistake is initiating Tom Riddle into the Order, right?
... And he Turned Around Snobbily and Strutted Away by Mind_Over_Matter
Rated: 1st-2nd Years - Warnings: None
"Strutting around the place with his friends and admirers..." ~Professor Snape, PoA
There may be some reason behind Snape's words.
For some reason, I found the fic funny.
A Duel with the Mind by FuzzyMuffins
Rated: 1st-2nd Years - Warnings: None
Ron attempts to complete an essay for Snape on the Psychology of Dueling.
The fic is very nicely written.
* Lucius Malfoy is found dead at his home during a hunting week-end. The Trio, Ginny, Draco, Narcissa, Snape, Dumbledore and Voldemort each have their reasons for wanting Malfoy dead. Stranded together during a magical storm, suspicions will build and tempers will fly. But will they solve the mystery in time?
* His heart constricts along with her long tail and for a moment, just that minor second, Tom understands affections and perhaps the need to weep, bleed, and protect. This is all, of course, before he becomes another creature...free of the traditional views of love.
What are the non-traditional ones? *interested*
* I do believe many of you have been curious to know as to how my nose came to be quite so crooked. What an odd thing to wonder, I tell you, but none the less, I will comply. It is quite an entertaining tale to say the least, occurring on two different occasions during my younger days. I, Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore, write this in my own hand, to satisfy all those who need to practice quenching their curiosities for more appropriate matters.
The fic’s name is “The Grand Order of the Crooked Noses”.
Halloween Sweets by Bellatrix Malfoy (Chapters: 1)
Rating: PG - Spoilers: None - 509 hits - 1976 words
Genre: Mystery, Drama - Main character(s): D, LucM, NarM - Ships: None - Era: Multiple Eras
Life is tough for seven-year-old Draco Malfoy. It's Halloween and his father won't let him go trick or treating. Add that to the fact that his mother won't give him sweets and you have one very bored boy. So, how will he pass the night?
* Hermione convinces Harry and Ron to go with her to the auditions for Professor Lockhart's new Drama Club. This is Harry's first foray into show biz, and he's not at all impressed.