The tireless effort
wire wrapped embraces
stone heart.
She longs for something
someone who will repay
the tireless effort,
Some soul
to respond to her
wire wrapped embraces,
Anything to touch her,
to re-awaken her long
stone heart.
(another Cascade poem)
(A cascade poem)
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What it is,
what it isn’t,
converging in a secret wish.
She knew
from the very beginning
what it is,
didn’t let anyone
force her to accept
what it isn’t,
held herself together,
past and future
converging in a secret wish.
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The form of a cascade is to create a free verse first stanza, and then repeat subsequent lines of that first stanza at the ends of the following stanzas, cascading the lines from the first stanza throughout the poem. This form was created by Udit Bhatia.
(A cascade poem)
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I waited for you
wishing for a miracle
on that long night
so long ago, and yet
I live in that moment still;
I waited for you,
holding your hand,
counting your breaths
wishing for a miracle.
Hospital bed,
The click of knitting needles,
on that long night.
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The form of a cascade is to create a free verse first stanza, and then repeat subsequent lines of that first stanza at the ends of the following stanzas, cascading the lines from the first stanza throughout the poem. This form was created by Udit Bhatia.
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FWIW- we did get the miracle, and four more years.
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Your smile
Lingers behind you
Caressing my heart.
I wander
Through my day, dreaming of
Your smile.
Can you
Feel the gaze that
Lingers behind you?
My happiness
Held in your hands
Caressing my heart.
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This is a CASCADE poem, a form attributed to Udit Bhatia. The form has no fixed rhyme or rhythm, but is arranged in stanzas that echo the model of the first stanza. Each following stanza ends in a subsequent line from the first stanza.
eg. where letters indicate a line and a grouping is a stanza, the pattern goes like this: ABC DEA FGB HIC The longer the first stanza, the longer the poem.
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Shawn L. Bird 