Susan Marie Shuman

Cherita: Angst

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Cherita (pronounced CHAIR-rita) is a short verse that tells a story. It was created by ai li, UK poet and artist.  The Cherita is: a hexastich, a 6 line narrative poem made up of 3 separate strophes. Learn more at ThotPurge. 


Young, bewildered monk

 

second-guessing himself

as the rains begin

 

A dragonfly

alights on his arm—

he squashes it

 

SusanWritesPrecise

 

10 responses to “Cherita: Angst”

  1. That is interesting. There is a lot to your story in few words. I liked the arrangement. I’ll have to go have a look at Thot.

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    1. I’m back. I see they gave you words to use. Your image is perfect.

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    2. Thanks, Ted. ThotPurge looks like a pretty good site. I’ve been looking for some good challenges.

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  2. Oh a great take on the prompt words.. thanks so much for sharing!

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    1. Thank you! I’d never tried a Cherita before. Fun!

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  3. Cherita… Interesting! It’s like the other side of haiku, right?

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    1. Wow. I never thought of it that way! I learned about the Cherita form on the ThotPurge blog.

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  4. Thank you, i’ll take a look.

    Well it is similar to haiku, it is just a narrative form while haiku is more a “living snapshot” but i see the same feeling! I’ll start writing cherita too i guess XD

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    1. I think they are fun to write, but I still like Haiku best.

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      1. Mhhhh a little metrics limit would help in cherita, in dk… we should try O.o

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