Category Archives: art

HOMAGE TO THE DOUANIER ROUSSEAU

Posted on February 17, 2023 by anthonyhowelljournal

x Steep tracts of dry earth occasionally perplexed by roots Proceed up the aisles of perpendicular cathedrals. Bundled pillars of bamboo admit onto chapels of The unkempt wild banana, larger than a mammoth by Comparison to its pip-less and domesticated … Continue reading →

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Three Thai Poems in the Fortnightly

Posted on February 6, 2023 by anthonyhowelljournal

Here is the link to Three Thai Poems published now in The Fortnightly Review. This old lady eyed me rather suspiciously as she chewed on some straw.

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SIN

Posted on January 18, 2023 by anthonyhowelljournal

Hot pants drop for cash. Now fallen spears change into silvery Snakes of light plucked from each lake’s modernist whorls That lead us where the bougainvillea bush bespoke For each lakeside testifies to concave curves And loggias on gated streets. … Continue reading →

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“The Weather” – exhibition at The Room/Poetry Reading/Cloud Performance for Kids

Posted on November 21, 2022 by anthonyhowelljournal

There is an exhibition in homage to Luke Howard ‘Namer of Clouds’ on his 250th anniversary at The Room, 33 Holcombe Road N17 9AS – 15 November 2022-14 December 2022. Also included – Sandie Macrae’s film “The Most Beautiful Shadow … Continue reading →

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‘Envelopes’ – published by The High Window

Posted on August 15, 2022 by anthonyhowelljournal

I am very pleased indeed that this poem has been published in The High Window. Thanks to the editor David Cooke for all the final sleuthing that it needed. https://thehighwindowpress.com/2022/08/15/anthony-howell-envelopes/ Here is a video of Lombardi at work and discussing … Continue reading →

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All our Perverse Pleasures

Posted on July 10, 2022 by anthonyhowelljournal

This being Giorgio de Chirico’s birthday, I’m adding this link to his contemporary epitome Trevor Winkfield. It’s an entertaining interview, and includes several images of Winkfield’s unique vision. Both de Chirico and Trevor Winkfield were favourites of John Ashbery. Anyway, … Continue reading →

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Jack the Ripper

Posted on June 23, 2022 by anthonyhowelljournal
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Shunga 1-6

Posted on May 9, 2022 by anthonyhowelljournal

SHUNGA 1 Over the bedspread His pipe is well-used, and he fills it again. You’re wearing a mantle over your gown Because he likes to enter the reserve, Searching here and there for its waterfall. x You have done up … Continue reading →

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Two Sequences of Poems by David Plante

Posted on April 11, 2022 by anthonyhowelljournal

Two Sequences of Poems by David Plante I am proud to introduce these two sequences by David. He and Nikos Stangos were vital components of the London scene in the 60s and 70s – two people I would see as … Continue reading →

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Madame Gautreau Drinking a Toast

Posted on March 4, 2022 by anthonyhowelljournal

Terrific article in Artsy about this restless sitter by Alina Cohen

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