<br /><b>alone together</b> is the sixth edition of our fourth year, of <i>the cherita</i><br /><br />The cherita genre was created by ai li on the 22 June 1997. It consists of three stanzas of 1 - 2 - 3 lines and it tells a story.<br /><br />This edition of <i>alone together</i> showcases 90 fine cherita from writers and poets who hail from UK, USA, Singapore, New Zealand, Romania. Japan, India, Philippines, Australia and Poland.<br /><br />cherita terbalik continues to capture the imagination of poets and there are again fine examples in this edition.<br /><br />Featured Poets as they appear in this edition :-<br /><br />Orrin/ Joanna Ashwell/ Daniela Becher/ Patricia Prime/ Larry Kimmel/ Ruth Kay/ Kath Abela Wilson/ Sharon Hawley/ Jackie Chou/ Connor Orrico/ ai li/ Cynthia Anderson/ Peter Jastermsky/ Giddy Nielsen-Sweep/ Bon Callahan/ Gregory Longenecker/ Paweł Markiewicz/ Geoffrey Winch/ Taura Scott/ Sherry Grant/ Réka Nyitrai/ kris moon/ S. Radhamani/ Maricris Cabrera/ arvinder kaur/ Stella Damarjati/ Bryan Rickert/ James Haddad/ Carol Purington/ Partha Sarkar/ Keitha Keyes/<br /><br />The book has been edited to be experienced two ways. It can be read as a storybook and as an anthology of individual poems.<br /><br />The entire book also has one poem to a page to allow the author's words to breathe.<br /><br />Here is an example from the book:-<br /><br /><br />my heart hopes<br /><br />you are invited<br />my head pretends<br />not to care<br /><br />reality<br />has no disguise.<br /><br /><br />Ruth Kay<br /><br /><br />The cherita lighthouse has been awarded to the following writers/poets in this edition for their timeless cherita :-<br /><br />Joanna Ashwell/ Orrin/ Bon Callahan/ Paweł Markiewicz/ Réka Nyitrai/ Maricris Cabrera/ Bryan Rickert/ James Haddad/ Patricia Prime/ Larry Kimmel/<br /><br /><br />ai li is the editor and publisher of <i>the cherita</i>. She is an internationally published Haiku, Tanka and Cherita poet and the founding editor and publisher of still, moving into breath and dew-on-line.<br /><br /><b>N.B. Please be aware that all Kindle versions now match the paperback versions and do not contain any colour images.</b><br />