Author Description

snowfall is our 95th edition in thecherita series of storytelling books. 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. This edition showcases 90 fine cherita and cherita terbalik from writers and poets who hail from UK, USA, Singapore, India, Germany, New Zealand, Canada and Italy. 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/ Roy Kindelberger/ Bill Waters/ Larry Kimmel/ Diane Funston/ Kathabela Wilson/ Sigrid Saradunn/ Partha Sarkar/ Pitt Büerken/ Teri Messmer/ Paulette Calasibetta/ Jackie Chou/ Karina Klesko/ Nicholas Gentile/ Barry J. Vitcov/ Joanna Ashwell/ Michelle Farrell/ Dan Schwerin/ Barun Saha/ C.X. Turner/ Jan Stretch/ Neena Singh/ Biswajit Mishra/ Daniel W. Brown/ Ceri Marriott/ Barbara Anna Gaiardoni/ Debbie Strange/ The book has been edited to be experienced two ways. It can be read as a storybook and as an anthology of individual poems. The entire book also has one poem to a page to allow the author's words to breathe. Six sample Cherita from this edition:- all in black the people in this room you would have hated the colour ai li * pocket jungle how deep is the darkness of a root freshly woven around my fingers Joanna Ashwell * I read between the lines it’s the moment I learn fear her suicide note Jan Stretch * lost from his heart I sleep in sorrow an oyster's pearl Karina Klesko * you speak to me when I'm light years away searching the Milky Way for stardom Jackie Chou * your touch<br/