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Asprezza and Sprezzatura – A Paean to the Pioneer of the Madrigal – my homage to William Drummond

(First published in The Fortnightly Review, 16 Nov 2015 – and now to be found online as an appendix to The Step is the Foot) “Like the Idalian queen,Her hair about her eyne,With neck and breast’s ripe apples to be … Continue reading

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Review of my Collected Longer Poems in London Grip

Very pleased to discover this review from Jennifer Johnson! I have also attached the review below. Collected Longer PoemsAnthony HowellGrey Suit EditionsPaperback ISBN 978-1-903006-37-5e-Book ISBN 978-1-903006-37-5280pp £20.00 Anthony Howell, 80, has a Wikipedia page showing his many achievements. He worked … Continue reading

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Richard Lovelace: a Poet who Means a Lot to me

There are the poets of the canon, and then there are the poets you think with. I mean, poets whose method has a bearing on your own. They are often to be found not on the highroad of literature but … Continue reading

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Du Dsi Tschun

The Chinese tale of Du Dsi Tschun is told in Book 5 of THE RUNIAD (move the pagination bar below the text along to page 115). x …….‘Once upon a time there was a man, One Du Dsi Tschun: a … Continue reading

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The Deserted Garage

x Cracks have appeared in the concrete and some tough, urbanised grasses Have sprung up.  You can’t get onto its forecourt with wheels any more: Some circular blocks have been dropped across entrance and exit While metal roller blinds have … Continue reading

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The Great Cheese Riot

x THE GREAT CHEESE RIOT x Boston had its Tea Party. What of the Great Cheese Riot? Was it something to keep quiet about, happening as it did In 1766 at Nottingham’s annual Goose Fair Where you were free to … Continue reading

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The Warrior

x I am not suffering, me, from post-traumatic stress disorder. There is a reason for what we do. Their wives have weaponised Their wombs. Our problem is our democracy. We call it mowing the lawn, think of it as a … Continue reading

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Eloquence

ELOQUENCE x Eloquence, versed in feats of silence, Loiter where the brown river meets the sea: Shall we watch the large sunset sink again, Or note the reversals on the sound – The dolphin afloat, the ship aground? Deciding to … Continue reading

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Lost in the Alps

On my 7th birthday we were in Austria and I wanted to climb a mountain. In the evening my mother and I climbed so high we couldn’t find the way down again and had to be rescued by eight guides … Continue reading

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