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A charita (Chair-rita) is a six-line poem with no title. It is divided into three stanzas with one, two, and three lines each. The poetry form was created by ai li in 1997. It is a Malay word for story or tale. A charita poem tells a short tale in a simple format using a handful of words and six lines. It can be a standalone or presented as a series. The form can be inverted (3-2-1) as well. When a charita and an inverted charita are used together in a poem, the result is an hourglass or a diamond (rhobus).
Format: 1-2-3 lines
Rhyme: Not mandatory
My Poem
Aligned and bound together, the round baskets float
Piled with sticks, nets, and bait to lure fish big
and small
Hiding in the sparkling blue waters glistening like
lapis lazuli
Men and women, young and old turn into statues
Hope flickering the hearts and lips praying for a
tug on the string
All they need is a good catch today and every day to
feed their bellies
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