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About anthonyhowelljournal

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

Tango Valley

Posted on August 30, 2020 by anthonyhowelljournal

x SIGRID x In your wake, the air Will fill itself in; The air you imagine Is water, water x You may move to, Keeping abreast of it, Riding it with ease; Wading through x What surrounds you, The air … Continue reading →

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Temptation in Whispers

Posted on August 20, 2020 by anthonyhowelljournal

Very pleased to announce the publication of a new E-book Temptation in Whispers – written in 1971 – and now published by Argotist Ebooks Just click that link, then scroll down to find the ebook! Temptation in Whispers was written … Continue reading →

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Meandering through La Belle Epoque

Posted on July 27, 2020 by anthonyhowelljournal

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 – please … Continue reading →

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Earthquakes and Milkshakes

Posted on July 23, 2020 by anthonyhowelljournal

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 →

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J-L Forain’s take on Verlaine’s Poem

Posted on July 7, 2020 by anthonyhowelljournal

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 →

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Shiva and my ‘Songs of Realisation’

Posted on June 22, 2020 by anthonyhowelljournal

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 →

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Painted Pallets, June 2020.

Posted on June 14, 2020 by anthonyhowelljournal

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

Posted on May 20, 2020 by anthonyhowelljournal

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 →

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Joris-Karl Huysmans on Modern Art

Posted on May 17, 2020 by anthonyhowelljournal

  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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A Cloud Garden for Bruce Grove

Posted on May 15, 2020 by anthonyhowelljournal

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 →

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