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Meandering through La Belle Epoque
Vuillard Interior Two contributions have come out at the same time (essay and poems). SO – here is my new essay in the Fortnightly Review It’s a celebration of a time that is an inspiration to me. AND – … Continue reading
Posted in art, Essays, Poetry
Tagged Anna de Noailles, Degas, Forain, J-K Huysmans, La Belle Epoque, Manet, Vuillard
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Earthquakes and Milkshakes
As there is to everything, There is a fitness to grandad Fleeing a delighted boy. Miniscule petlets of alyssum Compliment overweight orchids. Condos trump the ancient bay. x Drums of stone stacked One by one on top Of each other, … Continue reading
J-L Forain’s take on Verlaine’s Poem
THE LOVER OF NATURE x Paris being not a spit Worth spittin, I am gonna split. But ‘ow my soul’s a poet’s innit, Sundays when me gaff I quit, The country’s bout as cool as shit. x The overland’s a … Continue reading
Posted in art, Poetry
Tagged J-K Huysmans, J-L Forain, Paul Verlaine, poetry, Rimbaud, watercolor
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Shiva and my ‘Songs of Realisation’
photo by Dilys Bidewell Many of my Indian readers (and others) may enjoy my most recent collection of poems – Songs of Realisation. These three long poems celebrate what is on the earth, what is below the earth and what … Continue reading
Posted in Dance, Poetry
Tagged Epping, equilibrium, Hindu Mythology, India, poems by Anthony Howell, Shiva, Songs of Realisation
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Painted Pallets, June 2020.
80 79 78 77 76 75 74 73 72 71 70 69 68 67 66 65 64 63 62 61 Painted pallets 41-60 (May 2020) Painted pallets 21-40 (April 2020) Painted pallets 1-20 (March 2020) This brings my sequence of … Continue reading
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IMAGE x Poor faun, who must expire, Reflect me in your pupils. Take my memory to dance For my dark immortals. x Go, and tell those pensive dead For whom my pranks were a joy so rare, I dream of … Continue reading
Joris-Karl Huysmans on Modern Art
One of my favourite authors! His views on Modern Art are at last translated by Brendan King (Dedalus, 2020). Tim Keane has an excellent article about this in Hyperallergic – a very good art site. And I also review Brendan … Continue reading
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Tagged decadence, Dedalus, Hyperallergic, Joris-Karl Huysmans, modern art
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A Cloud Garden for Bruce Grove
Petition to make a Cloud Garden in Luke Howard’s House – The ‘Namer of Clouds’ resided in Bruce Grove, off Tottenham High Street. Here is a poem Goethe wrote to him. CLOUD FORMS X When, from the water’s quiet mirror, … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged Bruce Grove, Clouds, Goethe, Luke Howard, Tottenham
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I Believe in Bill
People may dismiss my distrust of Bill Gates as conspiratorial, but wouldn’t I be even more spooky if I were to endorse his projects? This thought inspired the following poem: I BELIEVE IN BILL x I believe in Bill because … Continue reading
Painted Pallets, May 2020…
60 59 58 57 56 55 54 53 52 51 50 49 48 47 46 45 44 43 42 41 Continuation of my painted pallets – the sheets of cartridge paper I use to test brush loads and marks when … Continue reading
Posted in art
Tagged abstract watercolours, art in isolation, painted pallets, watercolour
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