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Foody Land
The Sunday market manifests an erudite philosophy. All that may be done shall be done unto your titbits. x They shall be toasted wickedly, marinated, roasted. Bacchanalian bits of things shall be peeled and pickled, x Battered, steamed or fried; … Continue reading
SIN
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 convex curves And bushes on gated … Continue reading
Reading at the Torriano Meeting House
I am reading with Naomi Foyle this Sunday (7.30) 18th December at the Torriano Meeting House. Address: 99 Torriano Avenue, Kentish Town, London NW5 2RX Directions: From Kentish Town tube station walk up Leighton Road for seven minutesand turn left onto Torriano … Continue reading
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Tagged Anthony Howell, Naomi Foyle, poetry, poetry reading, Torriano Meeting House
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Three Titles from The High Window Press
The High Window Press has now published three books of my poetry. I am very grateful to David Cooke and to Peter Jay who designed them so beautifully. From Inside – 2017 – Chilcot, Arkan, Dick Cheney, the Middle East: … Continue reading
Posted in Key Links, Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged Anthony Howell, High Window Press, poetry
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On One Younger Than I Am
xON ONE YOUNGER THAN I AM Taken all too soon, a friend has flatlined and is now Out of the picture. Which picture is meant? What does it show? Immobility? This painting of these clouds above Those chimneys on that … Continue reading
“The Weather” – exhibition at The Room/Poetry Reading/Cloud Performance for Kids
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
Posted in art, Dance, Performance Art, Poetry
Tagged Children's performance art, Clouds, Luke Howard, Luke Howard's anniversary, Namer of Clouds, The Room
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On Difficulty in Poetry
A new essay in The Fortnightly Review!
Posted in Essays, Poetry, Reviews
Tagged Emma Hammond, John Clegg, Kathleen Ossip, Wendy Mulford
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Luke Howard – Namer of Clouds – 250th anniversary
Tottenham is celebrating Luke Howard The father of meteorology! Here is a link to the exhibitions page at The Room CLOUD FORMS x When, from the water’s quiet mirror, A mist floats off like a carpet And the moon, … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged Exhibition at The Room, Luke Howard's anniversary, Namer of Clouds, Tottenham
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Odin at the Well
My friend, the artist Anthony McCall, gave me Thinking in Circles: an essay on ring composition by Mary Douglas. He observed that much of my work in performance art and in writing has had a circularity to its composition. His visit coincided … Continue reading
Posted in Dance, Performance Art, Poetry
Tagged Odin, Physics and poetry, Quantum mechanics, relativity and myth
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Donald Gardner’s New and Selected Poems – a new review
Here is a link to an excellent review of Donald Gardner’s New and Selected Poems – published in LONDON GRIP And here are other links to follow up – a film of Donald reading ‘Hardly News’ And a link to … Continue reading
Posted in Grey Suit Editions, Poetry
Tagged Donald Gardner, Grey Suit Editions UK, London Grip
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