Category Archives: Poetry

Nepenthes

Posted on July 19, 2023 by anthonyhowelljournal

The only evidence of invisible women, These anatomical vaginas form themselves From stalks that have grown out of leaves. Aberrant blooms that have got it all wrong? x Or are they the next delicious thing – More alluring than the … Continue reading →

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Deep State

Posted on July 13, 2023 by anthonyhowelljournal

x Inside the Beltway, it’s a black hole. Outside? Only desert islands. Actual desert islands, none with much of a palm. x Castaway means left behind, Less than a dot on the map. Not in sight. No way borne in … Continue reading →

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Recent contributions to magazines etc: some useful links.

Posted on July 1, 2023 by anthonyhowelljournal

    Here is the link to new publishing activities  It includes poems, reviews and essays and is currently up-to-date. Ebook and flip-book publications which can be read for free can be found here

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Edward Field

Posted on June 7, 2023 by anthonyhowelljournal

Edward Field is 99 years old today (7/6/2023)x In my opinion one of the most significant American poets of his time. Why? Because he is one of the first poets to “tell it how it is”. No frills. A sane … Continue reading →

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Visitation

Posted on April 21, 2023 by anthonyhowelljournal
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Poetry of Protest

Posted on April 5, 2023 by anthonyhowelljournal

  Anthony Howell says: UPDATE – Unfortunately I have come down with a really horrible flu, so I have had to cancel my reading tonight. But please go and support the other readers on my behalf.   I am glad … Continue reading →

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TIGER TOPIA – for Julian Assange

Posted on March 28, 2023 by anthonyhowelljournal

x Marry your lover too soon after your husband has passed away And you could die of tiger fright. They have these unfathomable eyes. Their lean stripes, imagine them. How they slide between Poles. Shaman-masked, marked with ancient writing. x … Continue reading →

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A Monkey Reflects upon Eternity

Posted on March 22, 2023 by anthonyhowelljournal

x We come back as us. Call it representation. For so as to comply with time being space And space time, from one life to the next, There can be no development. We just exist again, Each our own link … Continue reading →

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The Ramakien mural surrounding Bangkok’s Emerald Buddha Temple

Posted on March 21, 2023 by anthonyhowelljournal

Wat Phra Kaew is the Temple of the Emerald Buddha. Wat Phra Kaew’s importance as a Buddhist temple in Thailand owes to its association with the kings of Thailand, but also because it houses the Emerald Buddha statue. This temple … Continue reading →

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Rainbow Revolutionary

Posted on March 20, 2023 by anthonyhowelljournal

x With far more roofs than are needed, Golden eaves, bewildering embellishments, Porticos held up by pillars sprouting ardent Angels offering busts and candles, architraves And window-frames accompanied by legends, Threshold stairways flanked by snakes Disgorging snakes disgorging tiger-headed demons, … Continue reading →

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