What is it about January? You have to trust that living things are asleep and not dead. The garden is brown and damp. In January…
Poetry
Robin Houghton Posts
How easily do poem titles come to you? How about book/pamphlet titles? I’ve always found titles quite hard to come up with. I’ve been through…
Oh no! I can see I haven’t posted for several weeks, has there really been nothing to talk about? Let me see… First of all,…
“Ah! There is nothing like staying at home, for real comfort” – Jane Austen (allegedly). Although she didn’t have to endure the harassment of up…
I’m feeling very uplifted by real-life in-person poetry events. Last week in Lewes was the launch of three Frogmore Press publications: The Naming by Jeremy…
I’ve just been editing an interview I did with the wonderful Kim Addonizio recently, for Planet Poetry. I’m a huge fan of Kim’s and in…
Some lovely poetry stuff recently – firstly the launch of Finished Creatures in Lewes, the first in-person poetry reading I’ve been to for (pretty much)…
If you’re already on my mailing list for poetry magazines submissions information, you’ll be getting an email in the next day or so with a…
Nothing wrong with distractions, and goodness I’m certainly welcoming them with open arms. But scroll down if you’re only here for the poetry stuff. Distraction…
Did I mention I’d signed up for some swimming lessons? I saw a poster for a six-week long (school holidays) once a week group course,…