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

Susan Hiller, Amikam Toren and others at Purdies Farm 1974

Posted on November 16, 2020 by anthonyhowelljournal

The 1974 Arts Festival at Purdies Farm The picture is of my first wife Signe sleeping in a field with Storm, my daughter, in 1974. I have never seen this photo before. Storm died of cot death that winter. Someone … Continue reading →

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Psycho-painting and what you see in it

Posted on October 13, 2020 by anthonyhowelljournal

Psycho-Painting slideshow “Look at walls splashed with a number of stains, or stones of various mixed colours. If you have to invent some scene, you can see there resemblances to a number of landscapes, adorned with mountains, rivers, rocks, trees, … Continue reading →

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Tights

Posted on September 13, 2020 by anthonyhowelljournal

xx Strong but skinny, or rather, skinny but strong, I practise till the cows come home Back in Berkshire. I’ve moved into town. Legs and butt start looking great in tights. x The days are mirrors, wall to wall, behind … Continue reading →

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Anthony Howell interviewed by Scott Thurston – Stride Magazine

Posted on September 3, 2020 by anthonyhowelljournal

Interview with Scott Thurston in Stride Magazine – Part 1 And here is Part 2 See also The Step is the Foot

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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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