Aha! Poetry . . .

Here's a brief pointer to a large site with many rewarding items. It is AHA! Poetry, home to many varied types of poetry, most of them of Japanese origin but also including sijo (Korean) and ghazals. I owe my first acquaintance with ghazals to the journal Lynx, in its earlier print incarnation. Now, Lynx is online, published three times a year, and hospitable to a variety of poetic forms, comments, and discussion.

I'm certain if you visit the AHA! site, you will be challenged, provoked, and enriched. Jane and Werner Reichhold have labored on it for a number of years.

Another labor that the Reichhold's have taken up is the AHApoetry Forums. Like their other site, the forums focus on Asian forms but explore others, including the ghazal and the cinquain. You must be registered to participate in the forums. I moderate the ghazal forum, although I've been more absent than not for several months.

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