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Category Archives: Poetry
The Aeon of Ganymede
As we move into the age of Aquarius – who is Ganymede the water-bearer of the Gods – it is interesting to read this well-researched take on classical astrology It’s a pretty gloomy prognosis: velvet fascism and private paedophilia. And … Continue reading
Posted in history and Geography, Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged age of aquarius, astrology, Ganymede, mythology
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Tights
xx Strong but skinny, or rather, skinny but strong, I practise till the cows come home Back in Berkshire. I’ve moved into town. Legs and butt start looking great in tights. x The days are mirrors, wall to wall, behind … Continue reading
Posted in Dance, Poetry
Tagged AIDS, ballet, Dancers in Daylight, Fonteyn and Nureyev, Nureyev, Swan Lake
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Anthony Howell interviewed by Scott Thurston – Stride Magazine
Interview with Scott Thurston in Stride Magazine – Part 1 And here is Part 2 See also The Step is the Foot
Posted in Dance, Parkinsons, Performance Art, Poetry
Tagged Dance, dance steps and poetry, Performance Art, poetic metre
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Tango Valley
x SIGRID x In your wake, the air Will fill itself in; The air you imagine Is water, water x You may move to, Keeping abreast of it, Riding it with ease; Wading through x What surrounds you, The air … Continue reading
Posted in art, Dance, Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged Sigrid Van Tilbeurgh and Murat Erdemsel, Tango, Tango Valley, water movement
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Meandering through La Belle Epoque
Vuillard Interior Two contributions have come out at the same time (essay and poems). SO – here is my new essay in the Fortnightly Review It’s a celebration of a time that is an inspiration to me. AND – please … Continue reading
Posted in art, Essays, Poetry
Tagged Anna de Noailles, Degas, Forain, J-K Huysmans, La Belle Epoque, Manet, Vuillard
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Earthquakes and Milkshakes
As there is to everything, There is a fitness to grandad Fleeing a delighted boy. Miniscule petlets of alyssum Compliment overweight orchids. Condos trump the ancient bay. x Drums of stone stacked One by one on top Of each other, … Continue reading
J-L Forain’s take on Verlaine’s Poem
THE LOVER OF NATURE x Paris being not a spit Worth spittin, I am gonna split. But ‘ow my soul’s a poet’s innit, Sundays when me gaff I quit, The country’s bout as cool as shit. x The overland’s a … Continue reading
Posted in art, Poetry
Tagged J-K Huysmans, J-L Forain, Paul Verlaine, poetry, Rimbaud, watercolor
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Shiva and my ‘Songs of Realisation’
photo by Dilys Bidewell Many of my Indian readers (and others) may enjoy my most recent collection of poems – Songs of Realisation. These three long poems celebrate what is on the earth, what is below the earth and what … Continue reading
Posted in Dance, Poetry
Tagged Epping, equilibrium, Hindu Mythology, India, poems by Anthony Howell, Shiva, Songs of Realisation
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Image
IMAGE x Poor faun, who must expire, Reflect me in your pupils. Take my memory to dance For my dark immortals. x Go, and tell those pensive dead For whom my pranks were a joy so rare, I dream of … Continue reading
A Cloud Garden for Bruce Grove
Petition to make a Cloud Garden in Luke Howard’s House – The ‘Namer of Clouds’ resided in Bruce Grove, off Tottenham High Street. Here is a poem Goethe wrote to him. CLOUD FORMS X When, from the water’s quiet mirror, … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged Bruce Grove, Clouds, Goethe, Luke Howard, Tottenham
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