Below is a little ditty I penned for my daughter's 10th Birthday, when I gave her a promise ring. She's a huge J.K. Rowling fan--read the entire series 5 times through!
I know your love of Potter's craft
will help you understand
the special spell I want to cast
by giving you this band.
For dark arts do, indeed, exist
to mar and turn the good
from doing all that goodness knows
it can-and, yes, it should.
So, with this ring I offer you
my pledge to be your Dad,
and teach you every spell I know
to help you fight the bad.
I'll walk beside you, as you grow,
giving all my smarts
to ready you with incantation-
just like old Hogwarts.
Now I bless you with this band,
and you must solemn-swear
to give your life to Magic Pure
and Truth, my Princess Fair.
Dr. Robert L. Jackson is the associate professor of English and Education at The King’s College. He is married with four lovely children, and it’s been said that he is somewhat in love with Robert Frost.
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