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Category Archives: Poetry
Memories of an Island
Memories of a idyllic island on the Green Coast of Brazil. X ….Things that prefer to be hidden from us, without the effrontery Of the small seven-coloured birds that flit through the quiet, Perch for a sec on a branch … Continue reading
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Tagged Anthony Howell, Brazil, Green Coast, mobile, poetry, The Runiad, watercolour
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A Serpentine
As well as the scansion of a regular metre such as pentameter, in verse, the madrigal was a form that used the scansion of prime numbers – 3 and 5. F.T. Prince has pointed this out in his book about … Continue reading
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Tagged madrigal form, poetry, prime numbers, Serpentine, verse forms
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THE RUNIAD – Books 1 to 23 – (Now completed – 24)
Books 1 to 24 (now) of my (now completed) epic poem can now be read on this Heyzine link I suggest expanding the image and turning off the sound of a page-turn. Click the bottom right corner of the page … Continue reading
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Tagged Anthony Howell, epic poem, poetry, The Runiad
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Rio, back in 2012
Here is a Youtube slideshow It’s a slideshow of paintings I made in Rio in 2012, when I escaped the London winter to spend summer in Brazil. Below are some poems I wrote at the time: x TRISTEZA x That … Continue reading
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Tagged Anthony Howell, Brazil, poems from Rio, watercolours
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The Runiad – Books 1 to 22
x To read this epic in progress, please click this Heyzine link. Book 22 was written in Rio de Janeiro. I suggest expanding the image and turning off the sound. Click the bottom corner of the page to turn the pages, … Continue reading
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Tagged Anthony Howell, Brazil, poetry, The Runiad, The Tiger King, Vargas
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Vista
x Each of us pursues a path, each ant has its very own Destination. However, in my opinion, poetry’s been ruined by An excess of thought: thought that sneers at action and Reduces observation to a metaphor crawling across the … Continue reading
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Tagged Rio de Janeiro, Runiad, Sugar Loaf, watercolour
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On writing a very long poem
x There is no justification for being in a hurry. But at the same time a certain amount of impatience is necessary, in order for the urge to persevere and finally arrive at completion to function as an efficient drive. … Continue reading
The Gale
x But now the streets get emptied. Everyone exits. It’s the rain, mistily thin this afternoon, but still with The ability to soak one. Rain which began last night, Drumming in a syncopated fashion on the ventilator fixed Into my … Continue reading
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Tagged Brazil, gale over Rio, poetry, The Runiad
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Lavinia – an excerpt from The Runiad published now in The High Window
Very pleased that this has now been published in The High Window magazine! x Added note: The completed RUNIAD can now be read by clicking here This final version contains my own illustrations
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Tagged Anthony Howell, Longevity, poetry, The High Window, The Runiad
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Villa Venturoza – Rio de Janeiro
And now I am drifting, drifting away from the relevance Of impending affairs, even though there are whole towns Burning down elsewhere, but here… here old men gather to chat And play chequers, seated on plastic chairs behind pineapples and … Continue reading
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Tagged art, Gloria, poetry, Rio de Janeiro, watercolour
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