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# The Cathedral
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/the-cathedral/
- Published: 2021-08-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-08-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: the gothic spires of Notre Dame spill gargoyles to the streets below the hellfire paints them in its glow stark halos for the newly damned
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

the gothic spires of Notre Dame  
spill gargoyles to the streets below  
the hellfire paints them in its glow  
stark halos for the newly damned

will Quasimodo’s bell ring true  
scorched by the hungry orange flames  
it groans as it resists their aims  
bronze skirt now takes a reddish hue

an army of old bishop ghosts  
stands guard upon the windowsills  
their ancient breath preserves and chills  
the stained-glass angels and their hosts

and Esmeralda, you’d have guessed  
still so defiant and so proud  
observes, arms folded, head unbowed  
bears witness for the dispossessed

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**Author notes:** image from GreatBigCanvas.com lc 16