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NO AGENTS FOR OLD FARTS
“…..Wherever there was a gentleman of renown in his home I had silver and a mount. From whomsoever some had greatness and gifts, greatness and gifts had I from the house of Saman. The Prince of Khorassan gave me forty … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Poetry
Tagged authors, Literary agents, publishing your work, rejection, rejection slips
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Basil Bunting – a review
My Review of Basil Bunting here in the Fortnightly
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Tagged Basil Bunting, Don Share, Ezra Pound, Iran, labouring class poetry, Northumbrian, objectivism, poetry
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Reviews of Poets and other Articles in The Fortnightly Review
Here is a link to Against Pound– a brief new essay in the Fortnightly. And here is an earlier review of several poets published back in November 2013 in The Fortnightly Review It featured four poets: Kathryn Maris, Jackie … Continue reading
George Pitts and the Longer Line in Poetry
This page is a link to my essay on the longer line, and it is also a homage to the brilliant poet George Pitts, who died sadly in 2015. John Ashbery was a great admirer of George’s work and introduced … Continue reading
The Prose Poem – What the hell is it?
My article on the Prose Poem is now published by the Fortnightly Review. Here is the link: The Prose Poem – What the Hell is it? Also click this link for a review of Ian Seed. And click on Simon … Continue reading
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Tagged Gracian, Ian Seed, John Ashbery, John Paul, Martina Evans, Rimbaud, the poetry of the sentence, The prose poem, Traherne
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LINKS TO NEW POEMS, ESSAYS AND REVIEWS
(This post last updated 29 August 2026) These Six Metaphysical Sonnets by the artist Arturo Nathan have just come out in The Fortnightly Review Very pleased to see I DO MORE DEEPLY published finally in THE EXACTING CLAM MAGAZINE Issue 21 … Continue reading
Posted in art, Essays, Key Links, Poetry
Tagged Alain-Fournier, Australian poetry, Chauvet, Epping, Hubble, JPR, latest published, poems and essays by Anthony Howell, poetry, Serpentine, Songs of Realisation, The Fortnightly Review, The High Window, the madrigal, The Runiad, The Spectator
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The Mastery of the Suicide Bomber
My article on Suicide Bombers can be found here: The Fortnightly Review This essay, written in 2015, concerns the accurate perception that a drone killing is essentially a cowardly act, and will be perceived as such by supporters of its … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Politics
Tagged Afghanistan, brain washing, Drones, Hegel, Iraq, mind control, Qassem Soleimani, Suicide Bombers
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A PAEAN TO THE PIONEER OF THE MADRIGAL
Here is the link to my essay in the Fortnightly Review: A Paean to the Pioneer of the Madrigal
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Tagged Della Casa, Drummond of Hawthornden, F T Prince, Leonardo da Vinci, Madrigals, poetics, Tasso, verse-forms
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Verse from the Desert Country
Very pleased that the Journal of Poetics Research has republished this essay, which first came out in PN Review: The link is here: Verse from the Desert Country They have also published with it “The Age of the Street” – … Continue reading
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Tagged Australia, Australian poetry, Francis Webb, John Tranter, Journal of Poetics Research, Les Murray, Shaw Neilson, Sydney
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IN THE LAND OF THE CENTAURS
I just watched Mama Mia At the end of this post is a version from the short lyrics of the Greek anthology of Philodemus – whose poem I translated on the beach where Mama Mia was filmed. Watching the movie … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged art deco, centaurs, Giorgio De Chirico, Greece, Mama Mia, Meryl Streep, The Pelion
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