Petrichor | Cascade Poetry Type

Intoxicated by Petrichor,
daisies dance in joyous grace,
drenched in the summer rain.

I made myself a cup of tea,
and sat near the window sill,
intoxicated by Petrichor

Curled in a blanket with a book,
listening to peaceful patter, while,
daisies dance in joyous grace,
           
Oh my!! how could I forget,
the clothes are still hanging outside
now drenched in the summer rain.

Who else runs outside to bring the clothes after the sky unexpectedly starts pouring? 😀

Cascade Poetry Type

Cascade, a form created by Udit Bhatia, is all about receptiveness, but in a smooth cascading way like a waterfall. The poem does not have any rhyme scheme; therefore, the layout is simple. Say the first verse has three lines. Line one of verse one becomes the last line of verse two.

To follow in suit, the second line of verse one becomes the last line of verse three. The third line of verse one now becomes the last line of verse four, the last stanza of the poem.

See the structure example below a/b/c, d/e/A, f/g/B, h/i/C. To make the Cascade an even longer poem, use more lines in verse one. For example, if verse one has 6 lines, the poem must have seven stanzas so that each line of verse one is reused as a refrain in each following stanza (a cascading effect) Source – Shadow Poetry

Don’t Miss out on previous poetry types
Day 1 – A for Acrostic                                       
Day 2 – B for Blitz   
Day 3 – C for CinqTroisDecaLaRhyme                    
Day 4 – D For Diamente  
Day 5 – E for Essence                                       
Day 6 – F for Florette 
Day 7 – G for Ghazal 
Day 8 – H for Haiku 
Day 9 – I for Inverted Refrain 
Day 10 – J for Joseph Star
Day 11 – K for Kyrielle 
Day 12 – L for Lanturne 
Day 13 – M for Minute Poetry
Day 14 – N  for Nove Otto
Day 15 – O for Octelle
Day 16 – P for Palindrome
Day 17 – Q for Quatrain
Day 18 – R for Rictameter 
Day 19 – S for Shape Poetry
Day 20 – T for Trifall   
Day 21 – U for U, yes U
Day 22 – V for Villanelle 
Day 23 – W for Wrapped Refrain
Day 24 – X for X 
Day 25 – Y for Yuefu
Day 26 – Z for ZaniLa Rhyme

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