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About anthonyhowelljournal

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

Worker in Dotage

Posted on August 24, 2019 by anthonyhowelljournal

x What can I do but go in search of the rose Although I feel contempt for my persistence? Why can’t I appreciate the twilight of existence? Withered, if appropriate, companionship? x An aged bee, why is that gaunt contemporary … Continue reading →

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Grey Suit Editions Launch – Autumn 2019

Posted on August 19, 2019 by anthonyhowelljournal

Here is the link to our Launch for Grey Suit Editions on 20 Sept 19 Two books for the price of one – only at this free event!

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The South African Information Scandal

Posted on August 15, 2019 by anthonyhowelljournal

Here are some quotes from The Life of Secret Agent turned Hollywood Tycoon Arnon Milchan by Meir Doron and Joseph Gelman Gefen Books 2011. They concern the attempt to erase criticism of apartheid from the world media between 1977 and … Continue reading →

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Grey Suit’s new books have arrived

Posted on August 9, 2019 by anthonyhowelljournal

Our new books These have just arrived from the printer. Click on the link above to discover the blog for Grey Suit Editions. There’s a home page and a page for posts (‘Journal’) which will get updated as we publish … Continue reading →

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Dental Poems

Posted on August 6, 2019 by anthonyhowelljournal

PARTIAL OBJECT My bridgework becomes me, everyone says, but will it ever Become me? Fitted betwixt the last of What was once an upper row. It has been brought Into existence so recently! My gums making whatever Impression they could … Continue reading →

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Concert in Lignano 2019

Posted on July 31, 2019 by anthonyhowelljournal

Lignano per…La Musica XXII Rassegna Internazionale di Musica da Camera Lignano Sabbiadoro, Sala darsena VIII Concerto Alessandro Cortello, tenore Riccardo Pes, violoncello Michele Bravin, pianoforte Anthony Howell, voce recitante Musiche di Field, Schumann, German, Vaughan Williams, Nyman, Pradal Lunedì 22 … Continue reading →

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Shadow of a Campanile

Posted on July 30, 2019 by anthonyhowelljournal

They have broken up the mosaics Of the last century, together with those Of the previous century, and of the centuries before. This is the way with foundations, when you Build your bell a tower towering above The tallest cypresses; … Continue reading →

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Empyrean Suite – a homage to my friend Fawzi Karim.

Posted on July 12, 2019 by anthonyhowelljournal

Here is a link to my homage to my friend Fawzi Karim – Empyrean Suite – together with an obituary to this great poet and noble man. All in the Fortnightly Review. Also, here is a link to the obituary … Continue reading →

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A New Throne

Posted on July 5, 2019 by anthonyhowelljournal

VITAMINS   I have grown heated under my rind; At rest behind my eyelids, While the figs ripen, one at a time. On the edge of being over-ripe, I’ve cut out drink and drugs And you could say I’m rationing … Continue reading →

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Edith Sitwell ‘Face to Face’.

Posted on June 19, 2019 by anthonyhowelljournal

Wonderful interview by John Freeman with Edith Sitwell. Face to Face is a legendary series of interviews from the BBC and Freeman died in 2014 at the age of 99 years old.  Besides, Sitwell is an author I have always … Continue reading →

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