Category Archives: Poetry

WAY BACK WHEN

Posted on May 4, 2017 by anthonyhowelljournal

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

Posted on April 4, 2017 by anthonyhowelljournal

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.

Posted on February 27, 2017 by anthonyhowelljournal

  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

Posted on January 6, 2017 by anthonyhowelljournal

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

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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