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be amazed is the fourth edition of the cherita: a storybook journal. This edition is edited by Larry Kimmel. 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 volume showcases 86 fine cherita from poets who hail from England, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Philippines, India, West Africa and USA. Featured Poets as they appear in this edition:- Mark Gordon/ Caroline Skanne/ Patricia Prime/ Debbie Strange/ John Tehan/ Michael McClintock/ Peter Jastermsky/ Alan Summers/ Geoffrey Winch/ Lesley Anne Swanson/ Carol Raisfeld/ Teresa Evangeline/ ai li/ Celestine Nudanu/ Keitha Keyes/ Kala Ramesh/ Tracy Davidson/ Autumn Noelle Hall/ Kath Abela Wilson/ Jennifer Hambrick/ Samantha Sirimanne Hyde/ Ferris Gilli/ Michael H. Lester/ Angelo B. Ancheta/ pamela a. babusci/ Alegria Imperial/ Julie Bloss Kelsey/ Madhuri Pillai/ Ron C. Moss/ Billy Antonio/ Robin White/ Joanna Ashwell/ Alexis Rotella/ Christine L. Villa/ Elizabeth Howard/ Larry Kimmel/ Pat Geyer/ 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. Here is an example from the book:- in the beginning myth & memory trees were important then Caroline Skanne The cherita invokes the storyteller who lives in all of us. Larry Kimmel is the godfather of cherita, and the editor of Editions Two, Four and Six of the cherita: your storybook journal. He has been publishing poetry for 40 years and you can find his most recent books, "outer edges" (tanka)" and "shards and dust" (cherita) on his Winfred Press website, as well as on Amazon.com. N.B. Kindle versions contain a wonderland of colour images withi