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About anthonyhowelljournal

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

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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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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The Day the Earth Stood Still

Posted on May 13, 2020 by anthonyhowelljournal

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: x THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL x We believe … Continue reading →

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Painted Pallets, May 2020…

Posted on May 9, 2020 by anthonyhowelljournal

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 →

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An Essay on Fawzi Karim

Posted on May 8, 2020 by anthonyhowelljournal

Click here for my essay on Fawzi Karim  together with a selection of his verse in The latest issue of The High Window. The two books of my versions of his poetry are Plague Lands and Incomprehensible Lesson – both published by Carcanet. … Continue reading →

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Write where we are now

Posted on May 2, 2020 by anthonyhowelljournal

Pleased to see two more poems of mine in Write where we are Now Carol Ann Duffy’s initiative with Manchester University, during lock-down. They have used four. I must say, I am encouraged! My thanks to all involved. Scroll down … Continue reading →

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Painted Pallets, April 2020…

Posted on April 21, 2020 by anthonyhowelljournal

  40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 Click here for Painted Pallets 1- 20  When I paint figurative watercolours, I always have a piece of paper … Continue reading →

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Painted Pallets, March 2020…

Posted on April 4, 2020 by anthonyhowelljournal

  20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13   12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5   4 3 2 1 Project started mid-March 2020. I took the sheets used as pallets for my figurative water-colours and decided … Continue reading →

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