Morning Pages

Udit Bhatia invented cascade poetry in 2007. This relatively new style of poetry got its name because it should flow down the page in a waterfall effect. The poem’s structure is simple and relies on the refrain to create the cascading rhythm. The magic of these poems centers around the refrain. The unmetered poems vary in theme depending on the poet’s desire. The only rule used when writing a cascade is that all the lines in the first paragraph are repeated at the ends of every stanza that follows. I will call this cascade poem Morning Pages.

Structure of a cascade poem and Morning Pages

The lines are represented as ABC.

  1. The first line ends with line A.
  2. The second line ends with Line B.
  3. The third line ends with line C.

I had written this form of poetry before and had fun with it. I plan to start the month of March using this style. The length of the stanza can vary. There is no rule about sticking to three lines. The thing to remember is that the longer the stanza, the more complicated the poem.

Morning Pages

And so we meet again
In the quiet before my morning pages
Before the rest of the world begins
Between a dream and sleep

This writer will never win
Without the words on the page
Word Daddy has gone away
And so we met again

This is not something I can ignore
My restless mind will never sleep
Away all the words that creep
In the quiet before my morning pages.

I might collect a great number of sins 
Wrestling with a plot twist in the dark
Searching for the secret spark
Before the rest of the world begins

The characters always seem to seep,
Into my brain without remorse
Impossible to chart a course 
Between a dream and sleep


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