Here is a cascade poem in English. Sooner or later, I will write one in Bulgarian, too, or at least will do my best to re-write or translate this one. The rules for this poem are simple: For the cascade poem, a poet takes each line from the first stanza of a poem and makes those the final lines of each stanza afterward. Beyond that, there are no additional rules for rhyming, meter, etc. Read more here
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I saw the beach again
Its sand so cold and coarse and old
Then I remembered what it was
When I believed in ghosts
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Not yesterday and not today,
brown autumn leaves and morning chill,
Then I awoke to that bright shock
I saw the beach again.
*
I simply walked alone downstairs
And found it still was there
Desolate at its old place
Its sand so cold and coarse and old
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I wondered whether I was dreaming
Or maybe waiting for the gulls
To pluck at that sensation
Then I remembered what it was
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The waves came crushing and forgiving
My sighs were spotted in the sand
As cold and nude as in the time
When I believed in ghosts
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