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Making, moving, cleaning, reading, studying, growing … life while social distancing

by Robin Houghton on March 16, 2020
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Funny how quickly our vocabulary grows around novel situations. A few weeks ago I’m not sure I was familiar with the terms social distancing, self-isolation or elbow bump. Now –…

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Sin Cycle, a new poetry sequence from Peter Kenny

by Robin Houghton on January 28, 2020
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Epigraphs, we’re told, are risky – they have a habit of upstaging the poem that follows. But the quote from William Blake is an apt start to Peter Kenny’s Sin…

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December at last! And the submissions list update…

by Robin Houghton on December 1, 2019
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So, I made it to December without a drop of alcohol passing my lips! I hope you are impressed, because I am. Today I’ve been updating the spreadsheet of Poetry…

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A dry month in Purgatory and book launch imminent

by Robin Houghton on November 4, 2019
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Day Four of No-booze-vember and I’m thinking of making an advent calendar to count down the days to when I’m allowed a glass of wine.  Last year it all made…

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A birthday post and on magazines

by Robin Houghton on October 29, 2019
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Ooh. Lots of interesting discussion & comment around my last post. Thank you to everyone who engaged! (Feels a bit of a sham/shame to use that 21st century term but…

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Updated – UK Poetry Mags Subs Windows

by Robin Houghton on September 1, 2019
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It’s that time again!  I’ve updated the list of UK poetry magazines and it’s gone out to everyone who has requested it, as far as I know. Highlights: 7 new…

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Being on the happy side of a fine line, and other August musings

by Robin Houghton on August 4, 2019
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August. Already. Do you remember how summer holidays seemed in childhood – a long holiday starting late July (for those of us in state schools) and extending only really to…

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Summer reading, thinking & waiting

by Robin Houghton on July 24, 2019
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After a couple of weeks of what’s felt like full-on socialising in our sunny garden, I’m enjoying a quiet day alone catching up, which means giving my blogs a little…

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Poems, schmoems. Couple acceptances, a bit of rejection but hey.

by Robin Houghton on July 7, 2019
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Well hello! I am feeling epic. Not because I’ve suddenly won some dough or got a call from Faber. No! Health update (feel free to skip!) You may recall my…

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New reading: Magma 74 and the Laureate’s Choice Anthology

by Robin Houghton on June 24, 2019
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The new edition of Magma, edited by Benedict Newbery and Pauline Sewards, is dedicated to ‘work’, a subject close to my heart. It’s always puzzled me why there appears to be…

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