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About anthonyhowelljournal

Poet, essayist, dancer, performance artist....

Three Pessimistic Poems

Posted on August 22, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal

GROUNDING YOUR STANCE x Thought emerges out of a blur of language. It may be Not quite a thought, or a wrong thought like the picture Which doesn’t match the pieces in your puzzle. You tug at the thought, it … Continue reading →

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Slide Shows and Videos on YouTube

Posted on August 21, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal

Click on my YouTube Channel Link It takes you to several performance art videos and videos of the slideshows I made a few years ago – many drawn with the eyes closed. There are also slideshows which accompany readings and … Continue reading →

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Self-Portrait in a Drought

Posted on August 9, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal

x I am a persona, I would say; a caricature by Cruikshank Of myself. Like a comedian, I’ve contrived my role. So I am not aiming for authenticity, more, exaggeration. Braggadocio. Something out of The Merry Wives of Windsor. Made … Continue reading →

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The Lost Child in Kensington Gardens

Posted on August 5, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal

The French invented impressionism and modernism: the British invented children’s literature and nonsense poetry. Zola’s Nana can say, Fuck me! to a young man paying her a surprise visit. For a British writer of the same period, that is quite … Continue reading →

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Some Days

Posted on July 18, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal

x Some days I am charged with an idea. Other days, There’s nothing there, that is, the mind’s so filled with self There’s room for little else. I need to walk away, Free the mind of me. Trouble is, at … Continue reading →

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Fauve Warfare

Posted on July 11, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal

x He ran majestically for the bus. However he was beaten to it By an unfortunate Bugatti. Andre Derain was afforded a week in London Charged with painting Westminster in his demented colours. Inappropriate modifiers might be how verse gets … Continue reading →

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Chanting – a Truly Brave Poetry

Posted on July 6, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal

These brilliant chant-leaders inspired my full-throated responses outside the Old Bailey today, demonstrating for true justice for the Filton 25. I have to say this chanting at demonstrations has become a new sort of poetry, and these young people led … Continue reading →

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Article on the Theatre of Mistakes in The Drama Review

Posted on July 6, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/the-drama-review-tdr/article/abs/theatre-of-mistakes/E0B28A4CA347CA0192BC9CF427F93783 The Theatre of Mistakes by Robb Creese (Sept 1979) More than five years ago, a group of young English artists formed a workshop in London under the direction of Anthony Howell. This group, eventually to be known as the … Continue reading →

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Three Heat Poems

Posted on July 6, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal

TROPICAL TOPIC x The fan is the centre of my universe. I ask, Does cold air fall? I am baking from the feet up. Amid giant retorts The God of Heat experiments. x This weather’s great If you’re cold-blooded, Soaking … Continue reading →

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Aquileia a Capella – Knots in a Mosaic

Posted on July 4, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal

A draft recording on YouTube of the short opera I wrote the libretto for – with music by Robert Stuckey. There are five songs, one for each singer. Each has its own melody which nevertheless dovetails with each of the … Continue reading →

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