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Black Ink
A Poem on the Underground
Yeah! High Fives all round!
Update August 2023: over 65,000 views! Over 40,000 visitors! Thanks to all of you who have clicked on any post of mine. As an outlying writer, a maverick and ancient fellow, I hugely appreciate the response and attention I get … Continue reading
Incomprehensible Lesson – Poems by Fawzi Karim – English Versions by Anthony Howell
I was honoured to be included on the 2019 shortlist for the Sarah Maguire Prize for Poetry in Translation for my versions of Incomprehensible Lesson by Fawzi Karim. I feel that Fawzi would have been pleased about this as well. My … Continue reading
Posted in Key Links, Poetry
Tagged Anthony Howell, Carcanet, Fawzi Karim, Incomprehensible Lesson, Iraq, Iraqi Poetry, Sarah Maguire Prize, Translations from Arabic
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Statius: Silvae
STATIUS: SILVAE Sleep, Silence’ child, sweet father of soft rest, Prince, whose approach peace to all mortals brings, Indifferent host to shepherds and to kings, Sole comforter of minds with grief opprest; Lo, by thy charming rod all breathing things … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Poetry
Tagged Anthony Howell, Anvil, Carcanet, Latin Poetry, poetry, Statius, translation, W.G. Shepherd
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