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 1 features the poetry of Denver Butson, William Dennis, L J McDowall, Priscilla Lignori, Clark Strand and Bill West among others; and the critical essays of R W Watkins and Jim Wilson. Issue 2 is expected in early Autumn, and submissions of traditionally structured Asian poetry and relevant non-fiction are welcome and encouraged.

Eastern Structures No. 1

Literature & Fiction

Wilson, Jim

Strand, Clark

West, Bill

Watkins, R. W.

Horstmann, Steffen

Lignori, Priscilla

McDowall, L. J.

Poetry

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

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 3 features the poetry of Steffen Horstmann, Eric Torgersen, Norma Jenckes, William Dennis, Eugene A Melino, Liùsaidh, Chi Holder, Priscilla Lignori, Clark Strand, Bill West and Craig W Steele, among others; and the critical essays of R W Watkins, L J MacDowall, and Jim Wilson. Also included is R K Singh’s tribute to noted ghazal poet I H Rizvi (1936–2015). Issue 4 is expected in late Summer 2017, and submissions of traditionally structured Asian poetry and relevant non-fiction are welcome and encouraged.

Eastern Structures No. 3 (Volume 1)

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 Wright: 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.

Eastern Structures No. 12

Ward, Mark

Torgersen, Eric

Strahan, Bradley R.

Jenckes, Norma

Baranosky, Edward

Walker, Tamara K.

Butson, Denver

Hosseini, Mace

Independently published

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 11 features the ghazals of Steffen Horstmann, William Dennis, Mace Hosseini, Simeon Dumdum Jr., R. W. Watkins, Denver Butson, Norma Jenckes, and Eric Torgersen; the sijo of Edward Baranosky, Tamara K. Walker, Pat Geyer, and Chi Holder; the haiku and senryu of Priscilla Lignori, James Lignori, Susan Tamara Darrow, Steve Denehan, Nicholas Alexander Hayes, Clark Strand, Ma. Milagros T. Dumdum, Debra Woolard Bender, JoAnn Passalaqua, Ann Hills, Michael Lustbader, Shelli Jankowski-Smith, John Martucci, Sari Grandstaff, Charles Kramer, and others; the essay ‘The Ecology of Formal Haiku’ by Jim Wilson; and a review of the recent collection 575: The Haiku of Basho (John White and Kemmyo Taira Sato, Eds.) by Jim Wilson. Issue 12 is expected in December of 2019, and submissions of traditionally structured Asian poetry and relevant non-fiction are welcome and encouraged.

Eastern Structures No. 11

Dennis, William

Denehan, Steve

Lignori, James

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 5 features the ghazals of Denver Butson, John Philip Drury, Steffen Horstmann, William Dennis, Eric Torgersen, Mindy Watson and editor R W Watkins; the sijo of Tamara K Walker, Chi Holder and Pat Geyer; the haiku of Mark Redfearn, Priscilla Lignori, James Lignori, Michael Lustbader, Ann Hills and several others; the third in a series of sijo essays by L J MacDowall; and an introduction to the Cambodian pathya vat by Bob Newman with exemplary contributions by Gareth Writer-Davies. Issue 6 is expected in late Winter or early Spring 2018, and submissions of traditionally structured Asian poetry and relevant non-fiction are welcome and encouraged

Eastern Structures No. 5

Rûmî

Hills, Anne

Drury, John Philip

The Complete Eastern Structures / Volume One provides the newcomer an excellent opportunity to own the first five issues of R. W. Watkins’s groundbreaking magazine in one handy 8.5” × 11” collection. Born out of the ashes of Watkins’s Contemporary Ghazals, Eastern Structures is the only English-language print magazine dedicated exclusively to several major Asian verse forms. Always true to form, ES publishes the most accurate representations of the ghazal, sijo, haiku and tanka in English today. Also featuring essays and editorials, this collection offers an excellent cross section of the best work from the past two years by some of the premier poets working in such forms. Among others, Steffen Horstmann, Denver Butson, William Dennis, L. J. McDowall, Priscilla Lignori, Mark Redfearn, Clark Strand and Watkins himself are all well represented. Issues One to Five of Eastern Structures are still available individually from Amazon.

The Complete Eastern Structures / Volume One: Nos. 1--5

Redfearn, Mark

Eastern Structures No. 24

Lee, Emma

Taylor, Sarah

Zumpe, Lee Clark

Berglund, Jerome

Gordon, Myles

Baglow, John

Bryan, Corey

Eastern Structures No. 19

Writer-Davies, Gareth

Jankowski-Smith, Shelli

St. Claire, Joshua

Woerner, Danielle

Eastern Structures No. 16

Stone, Alison

Wilson, Michael

Hameed, Aafaq

Haina, S.

Steele, John W.

Ting, Sher

Early Journeys, Forgotten Logs: The Nocturnal Iris Anthology of Ancient Ghazals in English

PAYNE, JOHN

Browne, Edward G.

Mangan, James Clarence

Jones, William

Leaf, Walter

Ross, E. Denison

Nicholson, R. A.

Gibb, E. J. W.

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