Robin Houghton

New poem on Ink, Sweat & Tears

Very nice of Helen Ivory to take ‘Left’, for Ink, Sweat & Tears. It’s the closest thing to a love poem I’ve written, I […]

Last week I was lacking inspiration, part due to work commitments and then a 3-day headache – ugh – so it was a […]

It’s two weeks since my last ‘poem a day’ update, and I must confess I feel like I’ve run out of steam. The […]

I’m having a very self-indulgent morning. I was hoping to listen to an episode or two of ‘Poetry Please‘ but for some reason […]

Although I did enter the Mslexia pamphlet competition last year I did feel a bit like I was scraping the barrel for poems. […]

… to actually make it onto a prizewinners list (The New Writer Poetry Prize 2012). The poem in question was one that had […]

I haven’t had a poem accepted for a while so it was very nice to hear from Jeremy Page at The Frogmore Papers […]

I turned up to yesterday’s Brighton Poetry Stanza meeting with pretty much a clean sheet regarding how we’d spend the time. Although it […]

I’m about halfway through my mission to write (or at least start) a poem a day. I wish I could say it’s been […]

Last week I wasn’t able to get along to the first Pighog poetry night in Brighton as it was Nick’s birthday so we […]