Not a "Gotchya!" (but it is April Fools' Day)

The previously announced April Fools' issue of The Ghazal Page is online now. I hope you will visit it and find the half-dozen poems there amusing and provocative. These ghazals aren't practical jokes or tricks, but they are, variously, funny. playful, intense . . . . When the first two or three of these poems were submitted, I wasn't sure whether to use them. While I like them, the tone of the poems didn't seem to fit into the tone of most issues of the 'zine.

Then I thought, Why not a special issue? As a few other ghazals with unusual tone showed up, the "April Fools'" title seemed like a good idea. April Fools', yes, but I promise not send out a message that you've been tricked!

Comments

[Emerging Writer]

I'm interestabout the ghazal as a form in English. Do you have a simple guide to the layout? I've read differing summaries as to rhyme and repetition.