transient - the cherita

1 August 2024

Three unique short form genres created by ai li
that honour storytelling and keep its breath alive

Cherita [b. 22 June 1997]
Gembun [b. 12 June 1997]
Dua [b. 4 March 2022]

transient
# 8:3 of the cherita
edited by ai li

dancing silhouette
gembun anthology 14
edited by ai li

home in rain
dua anthology 9
edited by ai li

updates on all forthcoming dua and gembun anthologies
and our exciting the cherita award

For those of you who missed reading ai li’s essay i, storyteller on Cherita, Gembun and Dua on Rhyvers and viewing her You Tube Cherita video interview for The Wise Owl by Neena Singh, for their special issue on Cherita, here are both links again below.

Here are ai li’s You Tube interview link : www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnGmkKKQvqo
and the link for her essay i, storyteller on Cherita, Gembun and Dua
rhyvers.com/hk22/

The full transcripts for both can be found on www.thecherita.com/lectures/ as well on the Rhyvers and The Wise Owl’s websites.

There are now over 2900 views for my Rhyvers essay on Cherita, Gembun and Dua, which appeared on 16 September 2023, with 1600 views the last time I looked, for my You Tube video Cherita interview, which appeared on 30 September 2023, and which The Wise Owl’s Editor Rachna Singh called ‘insightful’.

transient is our eighth book for 2024 of our eighth year. 89 editions of the cherita are now in existence and are available on Amazon in paperback and kindle, along with 14 Gembun Anthologies, and 9 Dua Anthologies, with more on their way.

transient is our 89th book in the cherita series of storytelling books, with 90 virgin cherita of more timeless stories to hopefully inspire our readers and poets to join our caravanserai of storytellers.

dancing silhouette is our new Gembun Anthology 14 and home in rain is our Dua Anthology 9. Both these eagerly awaited anthologies have launched alongside transient.

This edition of transient showcases 90 fine cherita and cherita terbalik from writers and poets who hail from UK, USA, Singapore, India, Germany, Canada, China and Italy.

transient, currently 89th on the list, belongs to the ongoing the cherita series, as do my personal ongoing writing in one breath series of virgin Cherita, Cherita and Tanka, Cherita and Haiku, and Cherita, Tanka and Haiku books, and lastly my poems for inner rooms series with its 18 Tanka and Haiku books. All these editions are available in paperback and kindle on Amazon.

Two of my own books of virgin Gembun, the weight of rain and blank screen, and my two books of Dua, the journey east and dancing shoes, and now arriving nowhere, my first cherita, gembun and dua book, have all been added to my writing in one breath series.

I have edited this edition as I have all the other editions of the cherita, to be experienced two ways. It can be read as one storybook but also as an anthology of individual poems. Two reading experiences within one book, filled with stories of Life, Love, Loss and Renewal.

Cherita terbalik continues to capture the imagination of poets and there are again fine examples in this edition.

Featured Poets as they appear in this edition :-

ai li/ Larry Kimmel/ Teri Messmer/ Partha Sarkar/ John Paul Caponigro/ Joanna Ashwell/ Jackie Chou/ Megha Anne Wilson/ Isabella Kramer/ Kathabela Wilson/ Leon Tefft/ Sigrid Saradunn/ Teri Messmer/ Ash Greenwood/ Nicholas Gentile/ Partha Sarkar/ David Cox/ Barry J. Vitcov/ Connie Pittman-Ramsey/ Sean Wilson/ Eva Joan/ Yiwei Huang/ Maria Tosti/

Six sample virgin Cherita from this edition :-

the dark continent
holds my daughter
while she sleeps

a bare army cot

my heart
is her pillow

Teri Messmer

rain angels

all over
touching every cloud

when the storm
becomes a runway
for wings

Joanna Ashwell

midsummer night

while fireflies
dance around

goblins
whisper
lewdness

Isabella Kramer

your face

the
romantic
caress

of
moonlight

Nicholas Gentile

night owl

i’ve
become one

my lit window
is now
the neighbourhood moon

ai li

the

swirling
northern
lights

no
words

Barry J. Vitcov

the cherita lighthouse has been awarded to the following writers and poets in this edition for their timeless Cherita :

Larry Kimmel/ Teri Messmer/ Joanna Ashwell/ Jackie Chou/ Partha Sarkar/ Isabella Kramer/ Nicholas Gentile/ David Cox/ Barry J. Vitcov/

transient has been edited to be experienced two ways. It can be read as a storybook and as an anthology of individual poems.

I have enjoyed the challenge of selecting and collating for this edition of the cherita and of any other new books from either our 1-2-3 press or our the empty press, and hope that you will find the poems within worthy of a campfire gathering and the sharing of meaningful stories.

If this new book or books strikes or strike a chord with you, please feel free to review, comment on Amazon or give feedback directly to me. It would be much appreciated. Many thanks.

ai li
editor

creator of cherita, gembun, dua
and of 19 other unique and original linked forms
www.thecherita.com
storyteller oasis

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