In sixty-six the lightning took out the mighty oak!
The shock was not the loss of the tree,
it was because it was on December twelve
then it snowed and snowed and snowed.
Four nights came and five days went
as snow measured from waist-deep to eaves tall
tunnels were dug to get out the big and small
In sixty-six the lightning took out the mighty oak.
Not a car was to be seen,
nor a snowplow could go.
People were in awe of the very deep snow.
The shock was not the loss of the tree!
Most natives warned it was bad as it could be
The snow just piled and piled, burying all the trees.
Then concerns rose about no Christmas possibly,
it was because it was on December twelve.
So much snow, nowhere to go,
There wasn't space to begin to plow
When we thought the worst was finally over,
then it snowed and snowed and snowed.
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Author Notes
Potlatch Poetry Club Challenge Cascade/ Rules & Info--2-6-2020
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CASCADE POETRY
Assigned Topic
Write a cascade poem on a weather0-related event that YOU PERSONALLY EXPERIENCED
FYI--NOT for NOTES
***time period may be from childhood to adulthood (current)
***This isn't the time to write 'I love Spring, Fall , etc. Write about an event that you were part of, such as but NOT limited to, a hurricane, flood, tornado, blizzard, etc. This is to be a TRUE, BIOGRAPHICAL poem. There are many weather-related events--think back to some in YOUR life.
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Created by Udit Bhatia, the Cascade form is all about receptiveness, but in a smooth cascading way like a waterfall". There is NO set meter OR rhyme scheme.
The defining feature of the form is that the lines of the first stanza are repeated as refrain lines in subsequent stanzas to give a "cascading effect".
L1 is repeated as the last line of S2,
L2 is repeated as the last line of S3, and so on until all lines in S1 have been used.
The number of stanzas is, therefore ONE MORE than the number of lines in S1.
Thanks for the use of Getty Images
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