A Cherita



A CHERITA

Intoxicating,

tasty and sweet,
or sharp-edged and smoky.

Tastes mature,
and sampling has a limit,
but we all eventually find our favorite libation.

When we date, we add and subtract from an ideal
trading up, playing the field
as we grow into ourselves - 

spoused and bound,
or roving according to appetite,

Interacting.

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The Cherita is an interesting form, fully explained by those balanced yet boisterous folks over at DVerse Poets.

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©2023 Christopher Reilley 

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  1. An interesting juxtaposition of libation and relation-ship...

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  2. I agree with Andrew, and you got the balance just right, Chris. I love the contrasts in ‘tasty and sweet, / or sharp-edged and smoky’, and ‘spoused and bound, / or roving according to appetite’.

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  3. Appetites bound and unbound - I wonder where the poet stands in this Cherita tale?!

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  4. An interesting and provocative take on the prompt. Those final lines especially.

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  5. I feel like finding love is a winetasting experience. eventually you will have your favorite.

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  6. I love that finding and growing into ourselves. Our ideals change with experience.

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  7. A wine, a partner, a song — all a matter of taste. Liked this Chris.

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  8. I guess I don't need to comment again. 😊

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  9. A nice contrasting of issues in your double cherita

    Much♡love

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  10. Chris, I love how you connected the first with the second, as the two appetites parallel.

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  11. Every comment I thought I'd make has been voiced above and so to repeat them will brand me as a plagiarist! Suffice it to say that this is a deliteful and clever poem.

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  12. A questioning Cherita! Cleverly done from both viewpoints ☺️

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  13. Hmmm, can't argue with that. And nicely said!

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