Eastern Structures No. 24

by R. W. Watkins, Myles Gordon, John Baglow

The world’s premier publisher of Asian forms in English, Eastern Structures picks up where Contemporary Ghazals left off, publishing English-language examples of the Middle Eastern form, but now in addition to Korean sijo and Japanese forms such as tanka and renga—rendered exclusively in the 5-7-5-7-7 syllabic structures. Issue 24 features the ghazals of Myles Gordon, John Baglow, Emma Lee, Gail Foster, Mace Hosseini, Alex Lubman and others; the sijo of Sarah Taylor, Corey Bryan and Gareth Writer-Davies; the tanka of Lee Clark Zumpe, Edward Baranosky and Jerome Berglund; and the sedoka of Corey Bryan. The issue also pays tribute to the late poet Norma Jenckes (1943-2022).

31 pages, Paperback

Published April 30, 2023