Tag Archives: The Runiad

The Oligarch

Posted on December 12, 2025 by anthonyhowelljournal

x The deep artist stumbles backwards, backwards into a past That can’t be seen. Because that artist faces the other way, Anticipating horrors that progress would inflict upon us all, As evidenced by the tractors that have come to block … Continue reading →

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Du Dsi Tschun

Posted on November 9, 2025 by anthonyhowelljournal

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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Atalanta

Posted on August 1, 2025 by anthonyhowelljournal

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 →

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Boadicea – from Book 21 of The Runiad

Posted on July 17, 2025 by anthonyhowelljournal

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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From Book 7 of The Runiad

Posted on May 18, 2025 by anthonyhowelljournal

x At a time when St. Francis was staying in the town of Gubbio, There appeared in that region a wolf so maddened by lack of a meal It took to devouring humans as well as beasts in the wild. … Continue reading →

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Memories of an Island

Posted on May 16, 2025 by anthonyhowelljournal

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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THE RUNIAD – Books 1 to 23

Posted on May 9, 2025 by anthonyhowelljournal

Books 1 to 23 of my epic poem can now be read on this Heyzine link I suggest expanding the image and turning off the sound. Click the bottom corner of the page to turn the pages, and the bar … Continue reading →

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The Island off the Green Coast

Posted on April 28, 2025 by anthonyhowelljournal

x x x x And to this post I am now adding a section from Book 23 of my poem The Runiad: x Now here seems far away from the pressing urgency Experienced in the West. Sure it’s an illusion, … Continue reading →

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The Runiad – Books 1 to 22

Posted on April 18, 2025 by anthonyhowelljournal

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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On writing a very long poem

Posted on April 16, 2025 by anthonyhowelljournal

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 →

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