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

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

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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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Another lovely song by Zaz

Zaz From street-singer to superstar.

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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

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New Article at The Fortnightly Review

Post-Modernism

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The Problem of Multitude

This is a 2011 published article about the problem of multitude in American poetry today. I found it interesting. The Problem of Multitude in American Poetry It mentioned that in 2010, three deciders had each put ten names forwards as … Continue reading

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At Seventeen – (Feels like it feels approaching seventy)

Lovely song.  

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Beverley at Iguazu

This is a video poem, the text was written in Argentina about ten years ago. It was inspired by the falls at Iguazu. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDtuWt-SOhM

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Writing articles

I’ve just completed a draft of one article and more or less finished writing another. I realise that I have put myself into these pieces, as I do into all my essays.  I’m unrepentant about this.  My view is never … Continue reading

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