Best Notre Poems

Your Spirit Lives


Oh, Notre Dame, sad days have come-
   that beast of fire's swift momentum,
brought down your sacred decorum-
   but not your heart of Christendom.

Fire does not care- treasure or not,
   its blaze destroys- no why or what.
Though you...

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Notre Dame...Notre Dame...
your eight hundred years of wisdom’s gone;
eight hundred years of beauty strong;
architectural sage, Notre Dame.

Notre Dame your life has seen
so many broken centuries and
oh, the stories your stones could tell,
told by the ringing of your bells.

Will they rebuild you once again?
Will your façade...

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Our Lady of Paris
With your ribbed vaults
Flying buttress
And rose colored windows
The Huguenots
The Republicans
Couldn't destroy you
Victor and Quasimodo
Loved you
Napoleon restored you
Fire couldn't destroy you
Your spire fell
But your spirit
Your cross
Still shines

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With a rhythmic spell,
Quasimodo sounds his bell
In his tortured hell,
Esmeralda hears him yell
From his hunchback prison cell....

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Hail Mary full of Grace, 
In castles, painted stone.
The chairs too small for children now,
The Lord is (somehow) with thee.
Though the faces scorn and mock me.
The angels died with heaven.
Blessed are thou among women 
Who look on silently,
Staring into me,
and blessed is the fruit of...

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Hunch Back of Notre dame!

Just because I decided to let go
My back has released me from a hunch that was so overwhelming
I choose to change
I choose to move forward

I choose to her my name being called across the sands of time
I choose her wisdom is...

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A beautiful cathedral of glory 
Deep within the heart of Paris is found. 
It has become a place of world renowned, 
And has a rich cultural history. 
 
It all began in the twelfth century, 
When a cornerstone was placed on the ground. 
As the...

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I watched Norte Dame cathedral burning
People outside in the streets crying, singing and praying
So sad that this icon was burning
Norte Dame, Norte Dame, Norte Dame
Please do not burn away
Please do not take away our place of worship
Norte Dame, Norte Dame, Norte Dame
You are a symbol...

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Never again will Notre Dame grace Paris the same.
Only ashes will remain of the beloved Cathedral.
Tears flow down her people's saddest cheeks as fire
Razes this elegant ancient wooden structure while
Evasive flames burn out of fireman's control.

Devastation looms large as morning dawns
Artifacts irreplaceable and stained glass...

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Nortre Dame Cathedral, 
ancient and regal
devoured by smoke and flame
history lost, stones crumble
who is to blame?

water and flame fight
deep into the April night
Parisians in the streets
watch the lady's defeat
mournful songs fill the smokey air

in the morning, hearts in mourning
will the Grand Dame of Paris still...

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the syrupy smile of 
the chimeras and griffins
remove the flesh from our bones
roam the walls of Notre Dame...

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By the time
 the game dial
  ticked its last tock

Clemson had punched
  Notre Dame's clock...

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The people gaze in disbelief
As flames engulf the screaming spire.
Raised eyes, transfixed, are full of grief
To witness this ferocious fire.

The very heart of Paris groans
As acrid smoke erupts with ease
And atheists reduced to tears
Console those driven to their knees.

And as the spire comes crashing down
The...

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Paris is burning, hypnotized, majestic spire plummets to earth....

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Our Lady?

You are our lady
of grace.
And now your dress?Is flames.?
The beauty of your sunken dome from a drone
Is a poem in itself.
Written by us and
Destroyed by chaos.?

This is what we do that rivals the stature of the gods:?
To astound ourselves and each other,?
With the wonder...

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