Category Archives: Poetry

Grey Suit Editions: Catalogue of all Published Videos

Posted on September 11, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal

Grey Suit Editions was originally a magazine on VHS videotape. This was back in the nineties. Years later, the British Film Institute helped us to digitise all thirteen hours of video material – featuring performance art, poets reading, experimental film … Continue reading →

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Edward Field dies at the age of 102

Posted on September 7, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal

The poet of simply describing it as it is. One of my favourite writers. x WORLD WAR 11 x It was over Target Berlin the flak shot up our plane just as we were dumping bombs on the already smoking … Continue reading →

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Metaphysical Sonnets by Arturo Nathan

Posted on August 29, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal

Hugely pleased that these six metaphysical sonnets by Arturo Nathan have appeared in The Fortnightly Review Intrigued to discover a metaphysical painter I had not heard about, I bought several catalogues of Arturo Nathan’s work. In one I found these … Continue reading →

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Three Pessimistic Poems

Posted on August 22, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal

GROUNDING YOUR STANCE x Thought emerges out of a blur of language. It may be Not quite a thought, or a wrong thought like the picture Which doesn’t match the pieces in your puzzle. You tug at the thought, it … Continue reading →

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Slide Shows and Videos on YouTube

Posted on August 21, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal

Click on my YouTube Channel Link It takes you to several performance art videos and videos of the slideshows I made a few years ago – many drawn with the eyes closed. There are also slideshows which accompany readings and … Continue reading →

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Self-Portrait in a Drought

Posted on August 9, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal

x I am a persona, I would say; a caricature by Cruikshank Of myself. Like a comedian, I’ve contrived my role. So I am not aiming for authenticity, more, exaggeration. Braggadocio. Something out of The Merry Wives of Windsor. Made … Continue reading →

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Some Days

Posted on July 18, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal

x Some days I am charged with an idea. Other days, There’s nothing there, that is, the mind’s so filled with self There’s room for little else. I need to walk away, Free the mind of me. Trouble is, at … Continue reading →

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Fauve Warfare

Posted on July 11, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal

x He ran majestically for the bus. However he was beaten to it By an unfortunate Bugatti. Andre Derain was afforded a week in London Charged with painting Westminster in his demented colours. Inappropriate modifiers might be how verse gets … Continue reading →

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Chanting – a Truly Brave Poetry

Posted on July 6, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal

These brilliant chant-leaders inspired my full-throated responses outside the Old Bailey today, demonstrating for true justice for the Filton 25. I have to say this chanting at demonstrations has become a new sort of poetry, and these young people led … Continue reading →

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Three Heat Poems

Posted on July 6, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal

TROPICAL TOPIC x The fan is the centre of my universe. I ask, Does cold air fall? I am baking from the feet up. Amid giant retorts The God of Heat experiments. x This weather’s great If you’re cold-blooded, Soaking … Continue reading →

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