Cherita er det malajiske ord for en historie eller beretning. En Cherita består af en enkelt strofe med et enkelt liniet vers, efterfulgt af et to-liniet vers og så afsluttet med et tre-liniet vers. Det kan enten være skrevet alene eller af op til tre personer.
Cheritaen fortæller en historie. Det blev
skabt af ai li den 22. juni 1997 til minde om hendes (ja... ai li er et
hun navn) bedsteforældre, der var dygtige fortællere. Det var
også inspireret af Larry Kimmels følsomme genkendelse af en
kortet form indeholdt inden for den begyndende tre vers linie af ai lis
LUNENGA, der blev skabt den 27. maj 1997.
EKSEMPLER :
ai li's samling
Larry Kimmel samlingen
En Cherita af Anthea Arnold
En Cherita af Richard Cheevers
old woman at the door
collecting for
hungry ghosts
the shroud
she wears
for shawl
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drifting paper boat
the rain
on banana leaves
indoors
by an open window
poet
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black limo on a wet day
passing
the empty florist
colours
deepening
on stone
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christmas eve...
the presents wrapped
a cup of camomile tea
anonymous call
your eyes
avoiding mine
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a passing phase...
the drawers full
of lingerie
he orders
by phone
asking for black lace
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loveless
under
a stingy moon
the cotton sheets
between my legs
are wet
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tiara in a pawn shop
the missing ticket
with the sacked companion
autumn dusk
she sits in a ballgown
fraying at the hem
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the hush in a library
a fly
on the woman's nose
to sneeze
or not
to sneeze
Til toppen
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Thanksgiving Day
candles and wine
a 3lb turkey
snow falling
through maple trees
a man and a woman...
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tangled sheets
tainting the walls
a neon's pulse
by the window
the glow
of a cigarette
Til toppen
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One little boy sulked, sat silent,
another shuffled his food round his plate
complained he was tired, cold, bored;
a third drank too much of the fizzy drink
made rude noises, had to go home.
They were all over sixty.
Til toppen
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En Cherita af Richard
Cheevers
Drinking wine
she mentions her fiance
in bed with flu
Avoiding eye contact
discussing
cures . .
Til toppen
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