Short Notre Dame 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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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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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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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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(A Haiku Trio)

Notre Dame chosen,
Love's spiritual seed sown;
Gardener assigned:-

Winds of love blowing...
The garden of love blooming...
Harvesting soon comes... 

Let's get ready,
God's harvest is on the way;
Christmas is coming

...

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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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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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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 be there?...

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Grieving Notre Dame

Lamenting for lost culture

History in tears!








© Demetrios Trifiatis 
       17 April 2019


* Notre Dame ( Our Lady) took 107 years to build between the 12th and 13th century and for 850 years stood as the guardian of Paris, alas , it took only 30 minutes to be turned into ashes by a vicious fire!...

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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

NOTRE DAME IN THE NEWS Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Kim Rodrigues
5/16/19...

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Hunchback of Notre Dame
Up in his bell tower hideout
Recluse guardian of
The most famous cathedral
Through all ages
Parisian landmark
Immortalized in world literature
Heart of harrowing drama
What's left of his undying love 
For his beautiful Esmeralda



Submitted on April 18, 2019 for contest NOTRE DAME IN THE NEWS sponsored by KIM RODRIGUES  -  HONORABLE MENTION...

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Without you...

The sun would join the Union of Astral bodies and go on strike
Batman and Robin would have a big argument
The stars would be unglued and fall out of the sky
The Lunchpack of Notre Dame would drop Esmeralda..oops
John Wayne would get shot at the start of the film
Christmas would be abolished and I would never find my socks

So I think it`s clever to stay with you......

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That dirty green hearse (the
     first one I'd ever seen)
Mushed through traffic
Like a Notre Dame back
     on a muddy field.
Dripped slush, tears
Aiming straight down
A hollow cheek
     and left to mingle
     unnoticed on concrete,
And flung salty sleet
Bathing me in half-hearted
     insult,
Two miles from no-land
And a scented corpse.


slightly edited June 30, 2021...

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En route avec le Seigneur on l'a suit
Aucun regret
Parmis la forêt
Mes pionniers
Vous avez bien trouvés
Lesson d'amour
Au secours
Apprendre à partagé
Vous avez bien semés
Dieu retrouve en moi
Choix de sa foix
Au temps du respect
Une jeunesse imparfaite
Mon Dieu je te demande pardon
Merci de vos leçons
Plus de souffrance
Viens on danse
Tu te rapproche
Au fait des roches
Du village petit
L'épiphanie...

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Long ago at Notre Dame
In the concert sang I
And afterward something new
The first time I met fans
Walking out of the hall
Many people saw I
And for reasons I don’t understand
They all wanted me
To tell me how
They all like the show
Loved the songs I'd sung
They all wanted me to touch
I didn't know what to do
Years have passed from that day
As still indeed I say
I do not know what to do
When ever I meet a fan...

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