Category Archives: Poetry

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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Aquileia a Capella – Knots in a Mosaic

Posted on July 4, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal

A draft recording on YouTube of the short opera I wrote the libretto for – with music by Robert Stuckey. There are five songs, one for each singer. Each has its own melody which nevertheless dovetails with each of the … Continue reading →

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Lost Children

Posted on June 25, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal

A thousand and a thousand more again, These little waves roll in along the shore, And constantly appear and disappear While mothers tear their useless hair. Calling, calling one more time: Each vanishment abruptly noticed With a sick chill, either … Continue reading →

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A Dim View

Posted on June 25, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal

We are witnessing a phenomenon: a process that magnifies space. Whatever enters its zone will enlarge – as did Alice After she ate that very small cake, on which the words “EAT ME” were marked in currants. However, in this … Continue reading →

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GREY SUIT ARTS MENTORING SERVICE

Posted on June 22, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal

I am currently offering mentoring in Writing (prose and poetry), Art, Time-Based Studies (including film, video and installation), Performance Art and Art History. Contact: open gmail and then send a message via editorial@greysuiteditions.co.uk – This mentoring can be at The … Continue reading →

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The Meaning of Nowhere

Posted on June 16, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal

x It started out as such a nice day, But then a cloud crept up and overcast the sky. Your spirit clouded over too. But ‘nowhen’, we don’t say. Perhaps we should. It’s best to hit upon a process Rather … Continue reading →

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Over 100,000 views!

Posted on June 7, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal

Very pleased that my journal has now had well over 100,000 views and over 70,000 visitors. Thank you everybody. This encourages me to continue evading niches. Most views were for my poetry, then for my art and then for my … Continue reading →

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To Sir Charles Sedley

Posted on May 29, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal

x Mild as we may appear to be, we Brits are good At anarchy. Much appreciated are the japes Perpetrated by St Trinian’s and the training In revolt offered by that riot-prone establishment. x The Pistols got it right, and … Continue reading →

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Ode on Conflict

Posted on May 27, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal

x Conventional once more, Warfare can nevertheless Take the world as her stage.  A period piece perhaps, Featuring asymmetric tanks. Nostalgic gear Of the Great War – what the Napoleonic ones were To the Victorians. Tainting the national atmosphere. We … Continue reading →

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