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.

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 7 features the ghazals of Christopher Mooney-Singh, William Dennis, Mace Hosseini, Norma Jenckes, Eric Torgersen and Mindy Watson; the sijo of Li saidh (L J McDowall) and Pat Geyer; the tanka of Daniel Hales, R K Singh, Bill West and others; the haiku of Priscilla Lignori, James Lignori, Nancy Rullo, Ann Hills, Sari Grandstaff, Mark Redfearn, Clark Strand, Mitchell Grabois and others; and the essay 'Instantiating Syllabics from Japanese to English (Part Two: Tanka Translations)' by Jim Wilson. Issue 8 is expected in mid Autumn 2018, and submissions of traditionally structured Asian poetry and relevant non-fiction are welcome and encouraged.

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 4 features the poetry of Steffen Horstmann, Eric Torgersen, William Dennis, Mindy Watson, Li saidh, Chi Holder, Pat Geyer, Priscilla Lignori, James Lignori, Mark Redfearn, Nancy Rullo and Lance Nizami; and the critical essays of R W Watkins and L J MacDowall. Issue 5 is expected in late Autumn or early Winter 2017, and submissions of traditionally structured Asian poetry and relevant non-fiction are welcome and encouraged.

In 1908, Rainer Maria Rilke wrote Requiem for a Friend in memory of Paula Modersohn-Becker, the German painter who had profoundly affected him and who had died a year earlier. Although a great modern painter, Modersohn-Becker is remembered primarily as she is portrayed in Rilke's poem. Dear Friend looks at the relationship of two great artists whose often-strained friendship was extraordinary for both.