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An Essay on Fawzi Karim
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
Posted in Poetry
Tagged Fawzi Karim, Iraqi Poetry, poetry in translation, The High Window Press
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Write where we are now
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
Painted Pallets, April 2020…
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
Painted Pallets, March 2020…
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
Posted in art
Tagged 2020, chance versus deliberation, painted pallets, watercolour, watercolour abstracts
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Two Families of Rats
Sonnet VII, from Immoral Sonnets, published in Sonnets, 1999, Grey Suit Editions x Two families of rats were placed inside Some rooms which set a limit to their space. Adequately housed, they multiplied; Indeed, their population grew apace. Next, overcrowding caused them to decide … Continue reading
“Children’s shoes have far to go.”
“Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without.” Boyd K. Packer Watch Jack Chapple. x CHILDREN’S SHOES x Have far to go, And the road stretches Ahead of them All the way to infinity. x Romper … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Politics
Tagged between the wars, Boyd K. Packer, Jack Chapple, post war, Start-rite, The great depression
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Theatre Reviews
Originally posted on anthonyhowelljournal:
Here is a review in the Fortnightly of Christopher Reid’s Love, Loss and Chianti. 20 March 2020 – subject to postponement. Worth seeing when it returns. XXXXXXXX Here is my review of two intriguing plays in…
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Trippin
Click the link to watch Trippin This is a dance video set in the wonderful communist monuments of what was Yugoslavia. These were often erected to commemorate resistance against the Nazis. The photographer Xiao-Yang took got some amazing images out … Continue reading
Posted in art, Dance, history and Geography, Video
Tagged communist monuments, Illusion in Ruins, Katerinha, Xiao-Yang, Yugoslavia
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The Antonine Plague
At first it was simply a mild irritation At his slightly buck-toothed expression. He carried on, convincingly enough, But then there was his lisp, you hardly heard it At first, but gradually it became unmissable: THs as Fs. It was … Continue reading
