Eric Torgersen

Eastern Structures No. 9 Eric Torgersen

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 9 features the ghazals of Steffen Horstmann, Mohammad Zahid, Mace Hosseini, Eugene A. Melino, Mindy Watson, Chidananda Sali, and Eric Torgersen; the sijo of Pat Geyer, Chi Holder, and Edward Baranosky; the haiku and senryu of Priscilla Lignori, James Lignori, Sean Lynch, I. S. Kipp, Charles Kramer, Michael Lustbader, Mark Redfearn, Nancy Rullo, Ann Hills, Odin H. Halvorson, B. J. Wells, William Dennis, and others; and essays 'Getting to Know the Ghazal' by Norma Jenckes and 'The Noun Clause in Formal Haiku' by Jim Wilson. Issue 10 is expected in the late spring of 2019, and submissions of traditionally structured Asian poetry and relevant non-fiction are welcome and encouraged.