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Eyewear Anthology launch & a scary flashback

by Robin Houghton on April 3, 2017

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This one is dedicated to my good friend Lucy, who often comes with me to London poetry readings. I’ve taken her to standing-room only upstairs rooms in Victorian pubs, damp basements…

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National Poetry Competition awards night

by Robin Houghton on March 30, 2017

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This is where I open with a statement about the star-studded atmosphere of the Savile Club ballroom last night, where the UK’s biggest poetry single-poem competition reached its climax…but this is my…

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News round-up: the good, the bad & the ugly

by Robin Houghton on March 3, 2017

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Facebook blackout – the verdict It’s now been two months since I stopped checking in with Facebook and I’m enjoying the freedom it’s given me. I’ve been writing, little by…

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On staying motivated

by Robin Houghton on February 16, 2017

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It’s one of those tricky periods right now. The poetry honeymoon is well and truly over. I’m existing on a handful of acceptances (for which I am humbly grateful). I’m…

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TGI February

by Robin Houghton on February 6, 2017

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January is really my least favourite month – I think it’s the short days and dark evenings that are so depressing.  It doesn’t help that the it’s the month of…

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Giving up Facebook for at least a month

by Robin Houghton on December 31, 2016

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Today is my last day on Facebook for a while. I was inspired by Dan Blank’s recent blog post about the importance of ‘investing in white space’ in our lives: time…

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End of year gratitude & resolutions

by Robin Houghton on December 30, 2016

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Is this the blogging equivalent of the Christmas round robin? If so, I confess I rather like receiving them. I honestly quite like reading about relatives of relatives I’ve never…

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Poetry vs DIY, plus a few upcoming deadlines

by Robin Houghton on November 24, 2016

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It’s easy to lose the rhythm of blogging – I’ve been lacking the motivation lately, partly out of a feeling of ‘what is there really to say that makes a…

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To travel hopefully…

by Robin Houghton on September 25, 2016

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..as a teenager I remember being set this title as the subject of an essay competition, and I charged off on what I thought would surely be the winning entry.…

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Individual poems v collections – still on the learning curve

by Robin Houghton on August 29, 2016

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Putting together a collection of poems is proving to be harder than I ever expected. For a while now I’ve had a number of poems on a theme, which originally I…

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