Category Archives: Poetry

SONNETS FOR ALL TASTES

  Lady Mary Wroth – one of our first sonneteers. Here is a link to my essay on Sonnets. It is published by the Fortnightly Review. See also the Corona What went on – in Rosanne Wasserman’s No Archive on Earth which … Continue reading

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John Ashbery 1927-2017

Here he is reading for Grey Suit. To find him reading Soonest Mended and other poems, please scroll to 47:31 on Issue 3 Here is my obituary note in the Fortnightly Review. Here is a link to an interview with … Continue reading

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THE READIES

It starts in tantrum’s pram; those tears for treats withheld – Unfair and inexplicable. And then there is the wonder of it all: Your pocket money tripled by that cheque from uncle – x Lack of these feeds the will … Continue reading

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WAY BACK WHEN

We could all just tumble into bed together. We could make love not war, And then we couldn’t any more. Now there’s terror everywhere – and condoms. x Way back, before, you could cruise across Iran Into Afghanistan, accommodate the … Continue reading

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Beverley at Iguazu

Click on image for my poem. More readings and performances here But scroll down to foot of the linked page to pause audio tracks before choosing what to play.

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FROM INSIDE – my book of post-satirical poems.

  At last a review! Scroll down on the link here to find it. And in print, there is now one in the latest Poetry Salzburg Review – which can be found by scrolling down to the end of this … Continue reading

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Dick

DICK Eight days after the invasion we were dealing with a country That could actually finance its reconstruction by our own Reconstruction contractors. A decade later, and we have a failed State which is relatively easy to exploit, and that … Continue reading

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THE GREY SUIT INITIATIVE

Originally posted on anthonyhowelljournal:
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!

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

“…..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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