The Incomplete Poems by David Howard review

The Incomplete Poems of David Howard.

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12th May, 2012

Review

Judy is a Punk, the title of the first poem in David Howard’s The Incomplete Poems, declares an allegiance of a kind to the music anthems of the late 1970s and early 80s by the Ramones, Lou Reed, XTC and others who are name-checked occasionally throughout this big book. It’s a pointer, too, to the nervous energy that animates the language, keeping the reader alert, and sometimes off-balance, as Howard dances and pogos his poetic phrases over the wide white pages. Handsomely designed by Roger Hickin, The Incomplete Poems constitutes a revisionist take on Howard’s ...

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