For the Love of Form: 21st Century Ghazals
For the Love of Form: 21st Century Ghazals
Poets will read their ghazals, talk about their favorite ghazals, and discuss why they are drawn to the ghazal form. About this eventThe ghazal is composed of a minimum of five couplets—and typically no more than fifteen—that are structurally, thematically, and emotionally autonomous. The form has roots in seventh-century Arabia, and gained prominence in the …