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George Pitts and the Longer Line in Poetry

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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LINKS TO NEW POEMS, ESSAYS AND REVIEWS

(This post last updated 20 May 2026) Very pleased to see I DO MORE DEEPLY published finally in THE EXACTING CLAM MAGAZINE Issue 21 Review of Melissa McCarthy’s Photo, Phyto, Proto, Nitro published in The Fortnightly Review Ten Poems from Shorter … Continue reading

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CLASP Late modernist poetry in the 1970s

Tony Lopez posted this on Facebook, just as my own copy came through the post. Just received a copy of *Clasp: late modernist poetry in London in the 1970s*, edited by Ken Edwards and Robert Hampson and published by Tony Frazer at Shearsman … Continue reading

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Is 5

Ok, so here is a wonderful forward by e. e. cummings, followed by a poem from IS5 FOREWORD TO IS5 On the assumption that my technique is either complicated or original or both, the publishers have politely requested me to … Continue reading

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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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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

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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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Now up on The Poetry Archive!

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 very modest price on … Continue reading

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Diane Arbus and Howard Nemerov

Very interesting post about sibling rivalry in the arts of poetry and photography. Has to be said, Nemerov was no slouch when it came to poetry.  Here is one of his best. BRAINSTORM The house was shaken by a rising … Continue reading

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Blue of Noon

A New online poetry ‘zine.  Glad to have a poem here at Blue of Noon Check the magazine’s archive for provocative poems by other poets. The poem is one that I consider abstract, and now there is another here – … Continue reading

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