Category Archives: Poetry

THE GREY SUIT INITIATIVE

Posted on December 9, 2016 by anthonyhowelljournal

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Grey Suit Issues 1-12 are now online! Thanks to BFI, Elephant Trust, Ikon Gallery and ACE.  We did it! Here is the link to the videos at  Grey Suit Editions Grey Suit Online Grey Suit was…

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A Poem by Alain-Fournier – and a review!

Posted on December 2, 2016 by anthonyhowelljournal

Finally, a review   in the Manhattan Review of our versions of Alain-Fournier’s Poems FROM SUMMER TO SUMMER  xxxxxxxxx(To a young girl xxxxxxxxxxTo a House xxxxxxxxxxFrancis Jammes)  * Awaited so Through summers listless in each yard, Summers which pour down their … Continue reading →

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NO AGENTS FOR OLD FARTS

Posted on September 12, 2016 by anthonyhowelljournal

“…..Wherever there was a gentleman of renown in his home I had silver and a mount. From whomsoever some had greatness and gifts, greatness and gifts had I from the house of Saman. The Prince of Khorassan gave me forty … Continue reading →

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Chilcot

Posted on July 7, 2016 by anthonyhowelljournal

Westminster bells overwhelm our chants and slogans. Anyway the commentators aren’t here to listen to us. On temporary platforms constructed out of scaffolding, They’re holding forth under listless Union Jacks. They’re putting the network spin on events as they unfold, … Continue reading →

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George Pitts and the Longer Line in Poetry

Posted on July 4, 2016 by anthonyhowelljournal

This page is a link to my essay on the longer line, and it is also a homage to the brilliant poet George Pitts, who died sadly in 2015. John Ashbery was a great admirer of George’s work and introduced … Continue reading →

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IRIS

Posted on June 20, 2016 by anthonyhowelljournal

The phrase, My garden is wanton, comes to me as I weed. It feels somewhat Sitwellian.  Later, I’m off to a launch. It’s one of my own generation who’ll hold forth: he’ll bring the league   Of greybeards out in … Continue reading →

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Anne-Marie Albiach

Posted on June 8, 2016 by anthonyhowelljournal

Very pleased to see our Grey Suit: Video for Art & Literature interview now posted here at PennSound

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LINKS TO NEW POEMS, ESSAYS AND REVIEWS

Posted on March 22, 2016 by anthonyhowelljournal

(This post last updated 15 March 2026) Review of Melissa McCarthy’s Photo, Phyto, Proto, Nitro published in The Fortnightly Review Ten Poems from Shorter Poems 1969-2022 published in The High Window. A Review of Autumn, plus an interview in CHAINLINK … Continue reading →

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Is 5

Posted on January 21, 2016 by anthonyhowelljournal

Ok, so here is a wonderful forward by e. e. cummings, followed by a poem from IS5 FOREWORD TO IS5 On the assumption that my technique is either complicated or original or both, the publishers have politely requested me to … Continue reading →

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Readings

Posted on January 4, 2016 by anthonyhowelljournal

Click here for Readings Several of these readings are an exploration of the “Poem Film”. I find most poem films detract from the words by illustrating the verse.  I therefore evolved the notion of the “constant moving image” – as being … Continue reading →

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