Priscilla Lignori

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.

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 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