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CATHAR COUNTRY
They are here like us at Queribus And at Peyrepertuse, fiddling with their Camera batteries, dragging their red setters Up congested spirals onto views. When they meet each other unexpectedly Hyperbolic protests of astonishment Lose their fizz in about five … Continue reading
BATRACHIANS
A wary nod suffices on the cycle track. It follows an extensive reach where breezes Dint the idling river. Clustered round A sewer’s lid, cow parsley thrives, as muddied Clouds abet the treacherous stillness of This prelude to the weir … Continue reading
Articles by AH at the Fortnightly Review
Fortnightly articles This is the cluster index for all my articles published by the Fortnightly, on subjects such maverick poets, war poetry, the sixties, Marianne Faithful, carnival in Rio de Janeiro, on freeing up in poetry, on drone warfare, … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Key Links
Tagged carnival, Essays, Marianne Faithful, mavericks, poets, satire, The Fortnightly Review, the sixties, war poets
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An Essay on Translation (first published in Stand Magazine in 1971)
TRANSLATION: A QUERY A review by Anthony Howell of Poem into Poem: world poetry in modern verse edited by George Steiner (Penguin 10/-) first published in Stand 12, no. 2, 1971 For the sake of argument let us say we … Continue reading
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Modern Love
Now I ask her to kiss her fingers and then touch Her privates just as though the kisses came from me. And she tells me that she’s done it, someone I’ve never met, whose passionate responses On the internet only … Continue reading
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The Lugubrious Gondola by Franz Liszt performed by Tango Schumann
The Lugubrious Gondola Tango Schumann performance from 2010 As for La Lugubre Gondola: ‘It is one of several works Liszt wrote relating to the death of Wagner, who was his son-in-law, but only two years his junior. Liszt wrote that … Continue reading
Posted in Dance, Music, Tango, Video
Tagged Anthony Howell, Franz Liszt, Lindi De Angelis, Tango, Tango Schumann, Tango to classical music
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