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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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Tagged Anthony Howell, civil unrest, Great Cheese Riot, Nottingham, poetry
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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
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
The Cyst – from The Runiad, Book 14
From The Runiad – Book 14 x … I have been afflicted by a growth. It has taken root In my face, just above my right eye, exactly where my forehead Would make contact with my partner’s in a dance. … Continue reading
Atalanta
Thus it is on this planet. Self-importance may suggest posterity will grant us An immortal empire, that we shall rule the waves forever, but Nothing, nothing whatsoever can be relied on, x Not even one or two relics. It can … Continue reading
Boadicea – from Book 21 of The Runiad
x (As Nero fiddled and the city burned) the empire was horribly smitten: Eighty thousand Romans and their proxies died in Britain. The island could have been lost for good. Moreover, all this ruin Was brought upon us by a … Continue reading
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Tagged Anthony Howell, Boadicea, epic, poetry, The Runiad
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Shorter Poems 1969-2022
I have set up my Shorter Poems as a Heyzine Link. Click on the link to read.
Earth Day 2025 – Kristian Evans and Nathan Roach
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPkBj7X1dfQ A Film by Kristian Evans & Nathan Roach This is one of the best poem/films I have come across. It often uses a constant moving image (reeds moving, waves breaking etc) which I have always found the ideal backdrop … Continue reading
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Tagged Kristian Evans, Nathan Roach, poem/film, poetry, sand-dunes
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Rhododendron
x It is always the same window, one out of which they have climbed Into the garden; leaving the house to its dreams at the fringes of sleep: Out of it by the back stairs or in by my half … Continue reading
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