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
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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I’m back. I see they gave you words to use. Your image is perfect.
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Thanks, Ted. ThotPurge looks like a pretty good site. I’ve been looking for some good challenges.
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Oh a great take on the prompt words.. thanks so much for sharing!
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Thank you! I’d never tried a Cherita before. Fun!
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Cherita… Interesting! It’s like the other side of haiku, right?
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Wow. I never thought of it that way! I learned about the Cherita form on the ThotPurge blog.
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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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I think they are fun to write, but I still like Haiku best.
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Mhhhh a little metrics limit would help in cherita, in dk… we should try O.o
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