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Eastern Structures No. 12
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 haiku and tanka – rendered exclusively in the 5-7-5 and 5-7-5-7-7 syllabic structures. Issue 12 features the ghazals of Steffen Horstmann, William Dennis, Mace Hosseini, Denver Butson, Red Slider, Eric Torgersen, and others; the sijo of Tamara K. Walker, Edward Baranosky, Norma Jenckes, and several others; the haiku and tanka of Priscilla Lignori, Susan Tamara Darrow, Steve Denehan, Kiersta Recktenwald, Mark Ward, Jim Wilson, Ann Hills, Sari Grandstaff, and others; the essay ‘Richard The Best American Haiku’ by Odin H. Halvorson; and a review of Tamara K. Walker’s recent volume of sijo, Fabric Heart, by R. W. Watkins.
31 pages, Paperback
Published December 19, 2019
About the author
R.W. Watkins
38 books4 followersR W Watkins is a poet, essayist, indie publisher and social critic.
He is the author of two volumes of haiku and related poetry, October Twilight and New England Country Farmhouse, and the co-author (with Robin Tilley) of a third, In The Grip of Sirens. He has also edited and published issues of Contemporary Ghazals (the world's first English-language journal dedicated exclusively to the titular form) and the one-off Contemporary Sijo. His poetry has appeared in several journals throughout Canada and the US, and he was the only Canadian included in Agha Shahid Ali's Ravishing DisUnities, the world's first anthology of English-language ghazals.
He has also published numerous literary essays and reviews in various print journals throughout Canada and the US. Others, of a more sensational nature, have appeared on various websites.
Over the years, Watkins has been a member of such literary organisations as Haiku Canada, The League of Canadian Poets, and the Writers' Alliance of Newfoundland & Labrador (WANL).
In more recent years he has turned his attention to the internet and comics criticism, editing poetry at Red Fez and launching The Comics Decoder website.
His latest major works are View From The Cellar: A Critical Analysis of Laird Koenig's The Little Girl Who Lives Down The Lane; Contemporary Ghazals: An Anthology of the best poems from his sporadically published magazine; and Direct Lines to Hell, the first of two volumes which consist of his early Jim Morrison / Lawrence Ferlinghetti-inspired free verse.
Watkins holds a bachelor's degree in Religious Studies and English Literature, but invests very little faith in contemporary formal education. Outspoken on many issues, he resides in Newfoundland, Canada.
He is the author of two volumes of haiku and related poetry, October Twilight and New England Country Farmhouse, and the co-author (with Robin Tilley) of a third, In The Grip of Sirens. He has also edited and published issues of Contemporary Ghazals (the world's first English-language journal dedicated exclusively to the titular form) and the one-off Contemporary Sijo. His poetry has appeared in several journals throughout Canada and the US, and he was the only Canadian included in Agha Shahid Ali's Ravishing DisUnities, the world's first anthology of English-language ghazals.
He has also published numerous literary essays and reviews in various print journals throughout Canada and the US. Others, of a more sensational nature, have appeared on various websites.
Over the years, Watkins has been a member of such literary organisations as Haiku Canada, The League of Canadian Poets, and the Writers' Alliance of Newfoundland & Labrador (WANL).
In more recent years he has turned his attention to the internet and comics criticism, editing poetry at Red Fez and launching The Comics Decoder website.
His latest major works are View From The Cellar: A Critical Analysis of Laird Koenig's The Little Girl Who Lives Down The Lane; Contemporary Ghazals: An Anthology of the best poems from his sporadically published magazine; and Direct Lines to Hell, the first of two volumes which consist of his early Jim Morrison / Lawrence Ferlinghetti-inspired free verse.
Watkins holds a bachelor's degree in Religious Studies and English Literature, but invests very little faith in contemporary formal education. Outspoken on many issues, he resides in Newfoundland, Canada.
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