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The Far Mountain: cherita
In The Far Mountain, Cynthia Anderson uses cherita—the six-line poetic form invented by ai li—to explore a variety of themes, from the desert landscape where she makes her home, to health and family issues, to friends and lovers, to dreamscapes and imaginary realms.
Cynthia began writing cherita just before the pandemic, and it became an essential part of her writing practice. Chosen from over 400 poems, this volume is divided into five Desert Vista, What Air I Have, A Long Silence, Fateful Distraction, and Quantum Night. Two-thirds of the poems included here have been previously published in the cherita, Frameless Sky, MacQueen’s Quinterly, FemkuMag, Scarlet Dragonfly Journal, Journal of Radical Wonder, Poet’s Salon, and The Wise Owl.
Brevity is the soul of these cherita, which penetrate to the heart of the poet’s experience and translate it into stories that can be deeply felt by the reader. As evoked by the title poem, all of us, in our own way, are walking toward The Far Mountain.
Cynthia began writing cherita just before the pandemic, and it became an essential part of her writing practice. Chosen from over 400 poems, this volume is divided into five Desert Vista, What Air I Have, A Long Silence, Fateful Distraction, and Quantum Night. Two-thirds of the poems included here have been previously published in the cherita, Frameless Sky, MacQueen’s Quinterly, FemkuMag, Scarlet Dragonfly Journal, Journal of Radical Wonder, Poet’s Salon, and The Wise Owl.
Brevity is the soul of these cherita, which penetrate to the heart of the poet’s experience and translate it into stories that can be deeply felt by the reader. As evoked by the title poem, all of us, in our own way, are walking toward The Far Mountain.
103 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 2, 2024
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