Tag: ghazal

Brook Bhagat stands in a lake with her arms open wide

Field Notes from the Poetry Sabbatical: Brook Bhagat

September 22, 2026

by Brook Bhagat I’m proud to share that PPSC has awarded me a faculty sabbatical for fall 2026. Right now, and for a few more precious months, I am a full-time author working on two new books from Unsolicited Press: Exodus with Red Delicious, a collection of poetry and short fiction to be released in … More Field Notes from the Poetry Sabbatical: Brook Bhagat

Brook Bhagat’s “Ghazal on Fire”: Finalist for Orison Spiritual Literature Award 2024

December 15, 2024

Brook Bhagat is proud to share that her poem, “Ghazal on Fire,” was selected as one of five finalists for the 2024 Orison Spiritual Literature Award in Poetry. “I have never been drawn to poetic forms of any kind,” she said. “They always felt like rules. But ghazals are different—so difficult and strange that they … More Brook Bhagat’s “Ghazal on Fire”: Finalist for Orison Spiritual Literature Award 2024