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

Beeches

Posted on June 19, 2019 by anthonyhowelljournal

They muster an irregular yet monolithic avenue Up the ridge that leads to Loughton Camp – More than merely trees. The forest exhibits these Grey entities in its sculpture gallery. We are treated To a private view in the sense … Continue reading →

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Publications by The Theatre of Mistakes

Posted on June 9, 2019 by anthonyhowelljournal

At last, we have managed to work out a way of creating a sales outlet for the seminal Publications of THE THEATRE OF MISTAKES   Click this link for Publications by The Theatre of Mistakes My textbook The Analysis of … Continue reading →

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Songs of Realisation

Posted on June 7, 2019 by anthonyhowelljournal

Very pleased that this book of poems is now published by The High Window Press This book opens with poems committed to the transfiguration of the ordinary: garden sheds, bus rides, daily life in Tottenham, motorways leading to escapes as … Continue reading →

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The Young

Posted on June 5, 2019 by anthonyhowelljournal

The poets outnumber their audience, But then we choose to be gracious, Mentioning Chinooks. Perhaps we’ve beenx Out-Trumped by demonstrations. Not to mention fares. You can’t expect The young to hike it herex Unless there’s an open mike. I say, … Continue reading →

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Teaching Writing and Art in Jail

Posted on May 30, 2019 by anthonyhowelljournal

A talk given for Confer: The Masks of Masculinity – Exploring the Links Between Male Vulnerability and Violence (18th May 2019) – at Foyles Bookshop.  In the early years of this century I started teaching creative writing and art in … Continue reading →

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Oriental

Posted on May 26, 2019 by anthonyhowelljournal

x “Awesome, I understand, But what does it mean, pulpit?” She asks her boyfriend’s mother. A young girl, eating a bird; x Slender, in a tube skirt, on Bleeker Street. This is a shovel-ready project Listed under mist, tea and … Continue reading →

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Incomprehensible Lesson – Poems by Fawzi Karim – English Versions by Anthony Howell – Fawzi passed away 16/17 May 2019

Posted on May 17, 2019 by anthonyhowelljournal

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Very pleased that a new book of my versions of the poems of Iraqi poet Fawzi Karim have just come out from Carcanet Incomprehensible Lesson:  poems by Fawzi Karim in versions by Anthony Howell after translations…

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EXTINCTION OF THE HEART

Posted on April 23, 2019 by anthonyhowelljournal

  Do you know how long ago it was that the heart Vanished at last from the face of the earth? Once it cropped up on the coins of Cyrene: Double-chambered emblem only Cupid’s dart Could ever penetrate. The last … Continue reading →

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SATIRE for the Millenium

Posted on April 16, 2019 by anthonyhowelljournal

Very pleased that my essay on satire is now posted on The Fortnightly – Satire for the Millenium

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Outside Belmarsh for Julian

Posted on April 14, 2019 by anthonyhowelljournal

Click The RUPTLY LINK for the video – and here is The Duran  DLR Veering below us, the railings go optical. When did you last see a tree? Way up above, there are clouds hemmed in x Between the plutocratic … Continue reading →

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