Category Archives: Poetry

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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GREY SUIT EDITIONS

Posted on December 9, 2015 by anthonyhowelljournal

Grey Suit Editions WE have moved on since I first posted this, and have now published a further three chap-books – Rosanne Wasserman, Donald Gardner and Hugo Williams. Please click on the link above for details. Grey Suit Editions, another … Continue reading →

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IN THE LAND OF THE CENTAURS

Posted on October 4, 2015 by anthonyhowelljournal

I just watched Mama Mia At the end of this post is a version from the short lyrics of the Greek anthology of Philodemus – whose poem I translated on the beach where Mama Mia was filmed. Watching the movie … Continue reading →

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THE POETRY BOOK FAIR

Posted on October 3, 2015 by anthonyhowelljournal

Here is the link to my piece about The Poetry Book Fair in The Fortnightly Review – and why I came home broke! http://t.co/FwZNBhrhdp

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L’ORIGINE

Posted on September 23, 2015 by anthonyhowelljournal

Why do you allow it to dominate the brain, This feeling things have come to roost, right here and now? Like a writer out of style, steep yourself in porno, Morbidly refining what hardly seems worthwhile; The sad sperm swimming through … Continue reading →

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CATHAR COUNTRY

Posted on August 12, 2015 by anthonyhowelljournal

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They are here like us at Queribus And at Peyrepertuse, fiddling with their Camera batteries, dragging their red setters Up congested spirals onto views. When they meet each other unexpectedly Hyperbolic protests of astonishment Lose their…

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The Blog

Posted on August 4, 2015 by anthonyhowelljournal

Interaction’s what a blog’s about! Who posts exclusively For output? Nowadays, You go for input too, since it tells you How many views you’ve had. Marshal McLuhan got it right About the tv era, way back when We were all … Continue reading →

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Now up on The Poetry Archive! And an Error Rectified!

Posted on August 3, 2015 by anthonyhowelljournal

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The recordings I made of some of my poems, including “Innisfree”, are now online at the  National Poetry Archive. The Archive has more material recorded, including the whole of  “Silent Highway”.  These recordings are now available for a…

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THE BALLAD OF MULAN

Posted on June 24, 2015 by anthonyhowelljournal

Creak creak, and again a creak. It’s Mu-lan’s loom there, by the door. But you don’t hear its shuttle speak. You hear her sighs and nothing more. You ask her, Who is in your heart? You ask her, Who is … Continue reading →

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