Short Notre Poems

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

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keen that heaven’s more glorious, I marveled the lofty cathedral

4/15/2019...

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Fearless, strong, driven
C'est un bon homme, notre "Cap."
Hero's heart for good....

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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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Quasimodo's lair
Within Frollo's Notre Dame
Sanctuary from the mob
Sanctuary from sure death
For Esmeralda's love...

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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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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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Nous nous gravons...
Notre secret dans les yieux noirs
Pour chacun ses temps d'affronter l'espoir
Que n'effacera plus...le message...

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Notre Dame erupted in fire
Ghosts gasped in the funeral pyre
For the Devil's horns
Are the Crown of Thorns
Held fast by an angelic choir...

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There is a Pug dog named Jackson
and college football is his game,
with no time to spare
he's up in his chair,
to watch his favorite team Notre Dame...

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Christmas Eve just isn't the same
Sans Midnight Mass at the Notre Dame
With fires everywhere
Does God really care?
Is "Climate Change" really to blame?...

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An athletic greyhound-bulldog blend
is the pride and the joy of South Bend
Fast and vivacious
Strong and tenacious
At Notre Dame he’s playing tight end...

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Still
beneath flying
buttresses of Notre Dame--
Polaroids shake
in their furious hands.
I wonder quietly,
tepid remorse
of stillness, mine
and its, will it illuminate
or dissolve in the light?...

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Tu en croira pas tes yeux
En amitié 
Tu est bien aimé
Parmis vos ennuies
Rend lui ton appui
Son épaule toujours là
Même si tu y pense pas
Jésus-Christ sera notre encre
Miracle après miracle...

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L'encre à Dieu
Bonne fête grand-maman
On s'est connue sans sacheant
Royaume formidable
Pas croyable
La beauté
Vous le sacher
La prommenade à pied
Bon Dieu à nos côtés
Notre monde ici
C'est un paradis
Merci...

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Elle est belle
Une relation bien établie
Jesus-Christ notre appui
Toujours là
Il guide nos pas
Rempli de son amour
Livré chaque jour
Voilà son amitié
Toujours prêt à partager 
Lesson du coeur
Où le bon Dieu demeure...

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The head of a gargoyle
    rests in one hand
  the scent of olive oil
    aloft in the wind

  While elves make mischief
    in sweatshops subterranean
  guilt storms man's conscience
    'gainst backdrops Notre Damian...

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wandering quaint streets 
long ago with my small group,
we view Notre Dame

graceful Parisian essence . . .
fire can’t devour memories


May 11, 2019
Poetry Contest: Notre Dame In The News 
Sponsor: Kim Rodrigues...

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Notre Dame
  now maimed
terror's imprint
  hate proclaimed

Notre Dame
  ravaged, lame
intolerance aflame
  for shame, for shame

Notre Dame
  great holy name
fearful to blame
  ~ to the world inflame


Not for the ND contest...

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devastating fire
flickering flames light dark sky
Paris mourns its loss


Notre Dame destroyed
like a phoenix from ashes  ...
it will rise again

5,7,5, checked with  How Many Syllables



6/5/19...

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Bien ouvert
Amitiés
Bien touché
Entre nous
La force au bout
Coeur grandit
Parmis lui
Gros changement
À tout les croyants
Resté humble
Parmis la vie de la jeungle
Gardé la foie
C'est bien notre choix
Jour après jour
Remplissons l'amour...

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CATHEDRAL

in sanctuary
sunlight strikes the panes blood red
huge g minor chord

paris – notre dame
its big bell shatters silence
ghost – quasimodo

marvelous stone pile
cologne cathedral inside
universe enclosed

old priest asking alms
cologne cathedral inside
blessed – face of god...

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Jésus notre Royaume
Félicite tes diplômés
Sont bien élever
Vaincu en famille du respect
Béni notre paix
Soit notre appuis
Éclairs la nuit
J'y vois ta beauté
Avec chaque goûte tomber
L'humour
Notre secours
Tout les jours vous est là
On y arrivera
Grâce à votre échelle
Je vois la vie réelle...

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Avait besoin de secours
Voilà l'endroit
Elle a gardé sa foi
Un ami
Dans notre vie
Réflexion d'eau
Des plus haut
Toujours là
Pas laisser une fois
Quelqu'un qui me fais rire
Surtout sourire
Tu nous délivres tous les jours
Merci de ton amour
Ta note d'amour que tu nous chantes
Je vous fais confiance...

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They speak at length about the moral.
But I know the pigeon
and its custom
to alight on the shoulders
of the children,
on the palms of enamored,
to sleep
under the roof of Notre Dame.
They speak at length like a wind
in the gutter.
And we are the Sunday bells.

See, the pigeon – dear.
See, the pigeon....

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