<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[gargoyles]]></title><description><![CDATA[Gargoyles]]></description><link>https://www.gargoylespoetry.net/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 08:52:41 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.gargoylespoetry.net/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Our Autumn Nights]]></title><description><![CDATA[Our fire glows after we set up the tent. Smoke curls up the air like our spit drifted down When we spat into the Lake at the pier. It's dying down. Now listen, look, and hear. Hear the last embers sizzle, pop, and crack, Crack like the helmet to hip, black on brown, From the high school football game, the QB sack, The foghorn that surprised us when they scored, Because we'd never watched the Orioles before; We'd never crossed the bridge out by St. Jo; We'd never shared a real banana split;...]]></description><link>https://www.gargoylespoetry.net/post/our-autumn-nights</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69dc748b43e56f31776f7610</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 04:54:39 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Jake Waldvogel</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chapel at King's College, Cambridge]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have passed under the towering arch And the organ set with gold, The windows stained with storied glass And saintly robes unrolled Over...]]></description><link>https://www.gargoylespoetry.net/post/chapel-at-king-s-college-cambridge</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68e498ae5410b45ad9a83100</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2025 04:46:06 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Jake Waldvogel</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Woods]]></title><description><![CDATA[I grew up on a football field. Across the way, a cinder track stretched a lazy circle around our practice field, which was mostly dirt....]]></description><link>https://www.gargoylespoetry.net/post/the-woods</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68e4961aa062988b03716be6</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2025 04:30:15 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Jake Waldvogel</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mirror Pane]]></title><description><![CDATA[Let us polish our silver mirror pane. Our muddled self reflection folds, deflects, And awkward bends our purpose posed refrain. A layer...]]></description><link>https://www.gargoylespoetry.net/post/test-poem-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">688d836e7ae5e5096a92f0e1</guid><pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2025 03:18:11 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Jake Waldvogel</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>