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GREY SUIT EDITIONS
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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Tagged Alan Jenkins, Fawzi Karim, Kerry-Lee Powell, Pamela Stewart, poetry, poetry pamphlets
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IN THE LAND OF THE CENTAURS
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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Tagged art deco, centaurs, Giorgio De Chirico, Greece, Mama Mia, Meryl Streep, The Pelion
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THE POETRY BOOK FAIR
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
L’ORIGINE
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
CATHAR COUNTRY
Originally posted on anthonyhowelljournal:
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…
The Blog
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
Now up on The Poetry Archive! And an Error Rectified!
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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
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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Tagged a ballad, a poem that inspired a film, Chinese poetry, Mu-Lan, Mulan, woman warrior
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Beverley at Iguazu – Read by Anthony Howell
Beverley at Iguazu This poem was first published in Dancers in Daylight, Anvil, London 2003. More poem-films and videos of performances here
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Tagged Dancers in Daylight, father daughter relationships, Iguazu Falls, poetry
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My Part in the Downfall of Everything
First published 2015, my satire. Click the image to see the post in the Fortnightly Review! The full story can be found in Go forth and Serve, Martin Rosenbluth, 1961. Library of Congress cat. no. 60-53237 The poem is now … Continue reading
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