Cherita.DK : Maljisk Cherita


	Malajisk Cherita [på engelsk udtalt CHAIR-rita] Cherita er det malajiske ord for en historie ellerberetning. En Cherita består af en enkelt strofe med et enkelt linietvers, efterfulgt af et to-liniet vers og så afsluttet med et tre-linietvers. Det kan enten være skrevet alene eller af op til tre personer. Cheritaen fortæller en historie. Det blevskabt af ai li den 22. juni 1997 til minde om hendes (ja... ai li er ethun navn) bedsteforældre, der var dygtige fortællere. Det varogså inspireret af Larry Kimmels følsomme genkendelse af enkortet form indeholdt inden for den begyndende tre vers linie af ai lisLUNENGA, 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 ai li's samlingaf Cheritaer old woman at the door collecting for hungry ghosts the shroud she wears for shawl ************************************************ drifting paper boat the rain on banana leaves indoors by an open window poet ********************************************** black limo on a wet day passing the empty florist colours deepening on stone ********************************************** christmas eve... the presents wrapped a cup of camomile tea anonymous call your eyes avoiding mine ********************************************** a passing phase... the drawers full of lingerie he orders by phone asking for black lace ********************************************** loveless under a stingy moon the cotton sheets between my legs are wet ********************************************** tiara in a pawn shop the missing ticket with the sacked companion autumn dusk she sits in a ballgown fraying at the hem ********************************************** the hush in a library a fly on the woman's nose to sneeze or not to sneeze Til toppen ********************************************** LarryKimmel samlingen Thanksgiving Day candles and wine a 3lb turkey snow falling through maple trees a man and a woman... ********************************************** tangled sheets tainting the walls a neon's pulse by the window the glow of a cigarette Til toppen ********************************************** En Cherita af Anthea Arnold 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 ********************************************** En Cherita af RichardCheevers Drinking wine she mentions her fiance in bed with flu Avoiding eye contact discussing cures . . Til toppen ************************************************