Category Archives: Poetry

Songs of Realisation

Posted on June 7, 2019 by anthonyhowelljournal

Very pleased that this book of poems is now published by The High Window Press This book opens with poems committed to the transfiguration of the ordinary: garden sheds, bus rides, daily life in Tottenham, motorways leading to escapes as … Continue reading →

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The Young

Posted on June 5, 2019 by anthonyhowelljournal

The poets outnumber their audience, But then we choose to be gracious, Mentioning Chinooks. Perhaps we’ve beenx Out-Trumped by demonstrations. Not to mention fares. You can’t expect The young to hike it herex Unless there’s an open mike. I say, … Continue reading →

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Oriental

Posted on May 26, 2019 by anthonyhowelljournal

x “Awesome, I understand, But what does it mean, pulpit?” She asks her boyfriend’s mother. A young girl, eating a bird; x Slender, in a tube skirt, on Bleeker Street. This is a shovel-ready project Listed under mist, tea and … Continue reading →

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EXTINCTION OF THE HEART

Posted on April 23, 2019 by anthonyhowelljournal

  Do you know how long ago it was that the heart Vanished at last from the face of the earth? Once it cropped up on the coins of Cyrene: Double-chambered emblem only Cupid’s dart Could ever penetrate. The last … Continue reading →

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SATIRE for the Millenium

Posted on April 16, 2019 by anthonyhowelljournal

Very pleased that my essay on satire is now posted on The Fortnightly – Satire for the Millenium

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Outside Belmarsh for Julian

Posted on April 14, 2019 by anthonyhowelljournal

Click The RUPTLY LINK for the video – and here is The Duran  DLR Veering below us, the railings go optical. When did you last see a tree? Way up above, there are clouds hemmed in x Between the plutocratic … Continue reading →

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WHAT STARTED IT?

Posted on April 11, 2019 by anthonyhowelljournal

Gulls on the pitch sound faint through the night at five. Lights are wasted on streets forsaken even by foxes. Hooked beaks inspire each other’s desolate, distant mewing Over the somewhat more diminished drone of one lone juggernaut Orbiting the … Continue reading →

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Anthony Howell – Readings and Performances

Posted on February 26, 2019 by anthonyhowelljournal

Readings and Performances Click the above link for a connection to this selection of performances in various genres. I have added a vimeo link to OBJECTS to this page, a performance I created in the 1990s. And I have added a … Continue reading →

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Writing as the plough turns.

Posted on January 30, 2019 by anthonyhowelljournal

Very interesting article about Boustrophedon writing which I came across  – by David L O’Hara. It proved rewarding to research I am did into the relationship between dance steps and the metrical foot in poetic scansion, with regard to the … Continue reading →

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Variations on Pygmalion

Posted on January 25, 2019 by anthonyhowelljournal

Jean-Léon Gérôme   THE METAMORPHOSIS OF PIGMALION’S IMAGE 1. Pigmalion, whose high love-hating mind Disdain’d to yield servile affection, Or amorous suit to any woman-kind, Knowing their wants, and men’s perfection. Yet Love at length forc’d him to know his … Continue reading →

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