Looking Up: Poems from the National Cathedral Gargoyles

by Jeff Sypeck

From light verse and straightforward sonnets to strange soliloquies and songs, Looking Up gives voice to the stony figures that adorn Washington National Cathedral-the beasts, fiends, and sentinels that watch us as we pass unknowingly beneath them. Rooted in folklore and myth, medieval history, and the cathedral's restorative gardens and grounds, the 53 poems in this book awaken some of Washington's most enigmatic residents. Whether malevolent or...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 110590315X
• ISBN13: 9781105903151
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Length: 138 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"