Dont let your dreams slip away
And fall through the cracks of life
Expect the unexpected and hold tight
Look at each day with new eyes
Keep your future plans alive
Dont let your dreams slip away
There’ll always be imperfections
Trying to crush dreams until they crumble
And fall through the cracks of life
So if you stumble and fall, rise up
Begin again, grasp your dreams
Expect the unexpected and hold tight
Cascade
#OctPoWriMo Day 11
Falling Through The Cracks
Suggested poetry form: Cascade
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).
Word Prompts:
unexpected, imperfection, slipping,
with new eyes, begin again
Leonas Lines--Poetry Plus 