‘Silence, Waterfall and Forest’ by Arthur Bowen Davies. Image courtesy Wikimedia Commons
I really enjoyed Jane Dougherty’s Poetry Challenge last week, so I thought I’d give it a go again this week. This time, Jane has challenged us to write a cascade, which consists of four stanzas each with three lines, where each line from the first verse is the last line of each subsequent verse. Jane shared the above painting as inspiration, and here is my cascade poem:
Longing
Among pine-scented shadows,
As water falls
I hear your voice, beloved.
Clad in velvet we wait,
The deer and I,
Among pine-scented shadows.
Cool spray rippling silver
Across a darkened pool,
As water falls.
Bright hair, red cloak,
A flash of light.
I hear your voice, beloved.
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I found this form more difficult than last week’s kyrielle, yet just as enjoyable to write. I found I had to consider the story I wanted to tell in the first stanza, as it would shape the remaining three. Thanks to Jane for another interesting challenge!
Helen Glynn Jones 
I love this! It’s difficult to get a smooth liaison with the repeated lines, but you have managed it beautifully 🙂
Thanks so much, Jane 🙂 Yes, that was the hardest part – making the first three lines count so that they fitted in with the continuing narrative – glad you think I’ve managed to do it 🙂
You did 🙂
Well done! Very evocative.
Thank you! Hope you’re having a nice weekend 🙂
Lovely.
Thank you 🙂 Hope your weekend is going well x
you’re a natch at this lark
Thanks, Geoff – same to you 🙂
It’s beautiful, Helen! Sigh! So dreamy and romantic. Well done!
Thanks, Ali – I’m really enjoying Jane’s prompts. And I can’t believe the Bash is this weekend! 😀 Bet you can’t either.
No! I can’t! It has flown by!
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Lovely!
Thank you 🙂
Your words have captured the painting perfectly! x
Thanks, Louise 🙂 I’m quite enjoying this poetry lark!