The Ghazal Page 2008
The Issues
April Issue
Special Issue: "Clouds and Rain"
The results of the clouds and rain radif challengeMarch Issue
February Issue
January Issue
Editor's Remarks
Wed Apr 2 13:35:49 2008
A day or two late, but here's the April issue. Please enjoy!
Tue Feb 26 17:58:36 2008
Having just finished preparing the March issue, including writing the Editor's Comments, I'm sitting here in the chill of "unseasonably" cold temperatures. The temperature applet on my desktop tells me that it's 28 F. outside. There was a light snowfall overnight and a strong northwest wind has persisted all day. Meaning? Meaning the six refreshing spring ghazals in the March issue have helped me be patient as I wait for spring. I hope you will find equal or greater reward in reading them.
I'm assembling the Clouds and Rain special issue and hope to publish it by March 8th. It will have a number of excellent ghazals.
Tue Jan 29 20:28:56 2008
It's cold outside — about as cold as it gets in the Ozarks (but not quite the coldest). The poems in the February issue, though are warm with the ferment of the imagination. Sip them or gulp them, but savor them.
Here's a final reminder of the "clouds and rain" radif challenge. There are still a couple of weeks to go. I will either prepare those ghazals as a separate special issue or as a page within the March or April issue. Send 'em in!
Sun Dec 30 08:41:19 2007
Welcome to the January issue of the 2008 Ghazal Page, with six poems by three poets. You'll have noticed a new appearance to The Ghazal Page. My approach for the 'zine is to create fairly basic HTML, without fancy trappings. I do use some XHTML and a Cascading Style Sheet or two. I hope to explore some more CSS possibilities in 2008 and may do a redesign about half-way through. A few years back, I did a page using some of the positioning possibilities of CSS, and, guess what? The Internet Explorer version then current wouldn't display the layout properly. (Other current browsers would, though.) I'd like to try CSS positioning again.
Don't forget the "clouds and rain" radif challenge!
About the Poets
For those poets interested in providing autobiographical information, I have posted it here. If a poet has provided a good quality digital photo of him or herself, that is here too.)
Interested readers — for instance, seeking permission to reprint a poem — can always contact the poet through me.