The Ghazal Page

Index to 2011 Issues. 2012 issues to follow soon (first week in February).

Welcome to The Ghazal Page! Since 1999, The Ghazal Page has published ghazals in English — most originally written in English, with a few translated from other languages. It has also published a variety of notes, reviews, and essays relating to ghazals, their history, and their potentials as a form for poetry in English.

You will find, in these virtual pages, a number of ghazals with varying approaches. Some adhere closely to the traditional Persian/Urdu form, while others use the older Arabic modes, and yet others experiment in various ways. There are also the results of several "ghazal challenges," with more to come. The responses to the challenges show how varied the ghazal can be as a form.

I hope that you will read the current challenge and be inspired to send an entry.

Please browse freely. If you wish to share your responses, you may email me or post a comment on my blog. You are also invited to contribute your own ghazals, previously unpublished, either for one of the regular issues or in response to a challenge.

New Publication Schedule

In 2010 and 2011, there were six quarterly issues of The Ghazal Page. While this schedule worked well enough, I feel that the following schedule will provide a quicker turn-around for poets and simplify the editor's work. Starting with January 2012, submissions to The Ghazal Page may be sent at any time. (See the revised guidelines for submitting ghazals for further information.) The editor will review submissions as they arrive. An issue will be published when there are enough accepted ghazals, usually from 4 to 8 poems. Thus, there will be no fixed schedule for issues. Instead, issues will appear when there are sufficient poems.

Challenges will continue with fixed closing dates.

Copyright

All writings and graphics on The Ghazal Page are copyright by their respective creators. There is a copyright notice at the top of each issue. To use any of these materials, you must obtain explicit permission from the copyright holder(s). Where there is no e-mail address listed for a writer, you may contact the editor, who will put you into contact with the writer.

There is also copyright information in the meta tags. Use "view page source" and look at the meta tags for copyright information for specific compositions. Where there is no copyright statement, the rights are held by the author or by Gene Doty.

Beginning with the ekphrastic ghazals, The Ghazal Page will publish some images of art work from other sources. We believe our use of these low-resolution images of such works for critical or creative commentary on them falls under the "fair use" provision of copyright law. Any other use might be copyright infringement.