This Old Middle Eastern Verse Form Is Alive And Vigorous To This Day, Even In English

The ghazal “is an intimate and relatively short lyric form of verse from the Middle East and South Asia. The form thrives in such languages as Arabic, Persian, Urdu, and now English.” Claire Chambers provides a brief guide to how the form works and what has made it great poetry in the past and today. – 3 Quarks Daily