Category Archives: Poetry

Andrea Loseries: The Scholar and Cremation Ground Yogini

Posted on December 10, 2025 by anthonyhowelljournal

Olivia Clementine has recorded a marvellous conversation with Andrea; informative and truly intriguing. “You will hear about Andrea’s path from being a 19-year-old student in Paris, to journeying to the Himalayas to study with yogic masters, including her teacher the … Continue reading →

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Take the Case of Mrs C.

Posted on December 3, 2025 by anthonyhowelljournal

Story worthy of the wife of Bath: What do women want? Well, take the case of Mrs C. She and Bill come to mind, for me. If that was your own White House, this is my own war. I can … Continue reading →

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Asprezza and Sprezzatura – A Paean to the Pioneer of the Madrigal – my homage to William Drummond

Posted on November 27, 2025 by anthonyhowelljournal

(First published in The Fortnightly Review, 16 Nov 2015 – and now to be found online as an appendix to The Step is the Foot) “Like the Idalian queen,Her hair about her eyne,With neck and breast’s ripe apples to be … Continue reading →

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Dunera Exhibition in the Library of New South Wales

Posted on November 19, 2025 by anthonyhowelljournal

Hugely impressed with the Library of New South Wales catalogue to the exhibition about the internment camp in Hay, Australia where my father and other jews were interned as “enemy aliens” for the first years of WW2. My father kept … Continue reading →

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Review of my Collected Longer Poems in London Grip

Posted on November 18, 2025 by anthonyhowelljournal

Very pleased to discover this review from Jennifer Johnson! I have also attached the review below. Collected Longer PoemsAnthony HowellGrey Suit EditionsPaperback ISBN 978-1-903006-37-5e-Book ISBN 978-1-903006-37-5280pp £20.00 Anthony Howell, 80, has a Wikipedia page showing his many achievements. He worked … Continue reading →

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Narnia

Posted on November 15, 2025 by anthonyhowelljournal

x Open the wardrobe door. Push past the gowns and the suits, Past the furs and the overcoats, and you are there. There in Narnia. Trigger warning however: it’s not at all like the Narnia in “The Lion, the Witch … Continue reading →

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Richard Lovelace: a Poet who Means a Lot to me

Posted on November 9, 2025 by anthonyhowelljournal

There are the poets of the canon, and then there are the poets you think with. I mean, poets whose method has a bearing on your own. They are often to be found not on the highroad of literature but … Continue reading →

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Du Dsi Tschun

Posted on November 9, 2025 by anthonyhowelljournal

The Chinese tale of Du Dsi Tschun is told in Book 5 of THE RUNIAD (move the pagination bar below the text along to page 115). x …….‘Once upon a time there was a man, One Du Dsi Tschun: a … Continue reading →

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The Deserted Garage

Posted on November 4, 2025 by anthonyhowelljournal

x Cracks have appeared in the concrete and some tough, urbanised grasses Have sprung up.  You can’t get onto its forecourt with wheels any more: Some circular blocks have been dropped across entrance and exit While metal roller blinds have … Continue reading →

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The Great Cheese Riot

Posted on October 28, 2025 by anthonyhowelljournal

x THE GREAT CHEESE RIOT x Boston had its Tea Party. What of the Great Cheese Riot? Was it something to keep quiet about, happening as it did In 1766 at Nottingham’s annual Goose Fair Where you were free to … Continue reading →

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